Animation Nation
From the album Highway Collection released earlier this year, Lovett's "Eye of the Storm" is an enigmatic and masterfully animated video that is as haunting as the song. Directed by Chris Alender and produced by Kris Eber for Soapbox Films, you can view the making of this project by following the link to the Forums. Thanks to Adrian "Skynet" Foster for showcasing this earlier.
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Here's a different rendition of the story of Thor from CAOZ, a leading European 3D animation studio located in Reykjavík, Iceland. This is part of a CG adventure set in the Nordic mythology universe scheduled to premiere this Fall 2011. Here's the website for the film and the link to the Forum Topic. Enjoy the trailer...
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Here's another video of impressive animation posted on the AN Gallery, this one by a student who's graduated this year from Bournemouth University in the UK. There's a list describing the different animated scenes in the reel at this link to the Forums.
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Whenever a member posts a demo reel of theirs in AN's Gallery that features exceptional work, I like to share it with our homepage audience. Here's what animator Harry Paakkonen has brought to our attention. The Gallery topic is here. Click this link to visit Harry's website
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Whenever a member posts a demo reel of theirs in AN's Gallery that features exceptional work, I like to share it with our homepage audience. Here's what animator Harry Paakkonen has brought to our attention. The Gallery topic is here. Clink this link to visit Harry's website.
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Whenever a member posts a demo reel of theirs in AN's Gallery that features exceptional work, I like to share it with our homepage audience. Here's what animator Harry Paakkonen has brought to our attention. The Gallery topic is here. Clink this link to visit Harry's website.
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The campus of DreamWorks Animation Studio in Glendale, California is just beyond the border with Burbank. At its heart is a special place, home to a fortunate group of fish that live an idyllic life at one of the greatest animation houses in the world. On July 22 of this year, I participated in a landmark educational conference between DreamWorks and California State University. You can read about it and see photos from the conference here. Afterwards, I had an opportunity to spend some time at the studio's pond. As I enjoyed the moment, I was visited by several of the DreamWorks locals. Follow this link to get a glimpse at some of the fish that make DreamWorks their home.
This year at Annecy the Crystal Award for Best Feature went to this movie, "The Rabbi's Cat". Directed by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux, based on Sfar's comic series with the same title, it's yet another example of the great legacy in animation that the French continue to develop. Produced by Autochenille Productions, I first brought the film to the attention of our community in June in this topic where I featured several films that were honored at Annecy. I've since started a dedicated topic on the AN Forums that focuses exclusively on this film, where several scenes from The Rabbi's Cat can be viewed. Take a look at the trailer and get a glimpse at the beautiful design, style and feel of this hand drawn, traditionally animated film.
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ANer hcjehg on the Forums, who's professionally associated with HoBSoft Production, contributed to this ongoing topic regarding the upcoming CG animated feature film "Soul Man" from Blacklight Movies by posting up a second teaser that's just been released. We featured the first Soul Man teaser on August 9 on the homepage. Here's the follow up to this quite awesome looking film.
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Nope, it's not a new personality in the pantheon of the World Wrestling Federation, it's from the World Wildlife Fund. Did you ever think you'd see an animated commercial from this organization touting the processing of wood products, and using a little animated tree as the brand? Well, it's happened, as this promotional cartoon went online about two weeks ago. Nicely produced through the Leo Burnett Agency of Sydney, Australia in association with LoveYourForests.org. Here's the Forum Topic and here's the video.
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