Not exact matches
The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies
from Pixar
Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC
films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).
When adjusted for inflation to even the playing field, the top - earning
films at the US box office include many old classics,
from overall winner «Gone with the Wind» to a couple Steven Spielberg favorites and a Disney
animation.
Another stop - motion
animation film released in 2016, Kubo and the Two Strings comes
from the same studio that brought us The Boxtrolls, Paranorman, and Coraline.
She almost looks like a cartoon character
from Scooby Doo or some Japanese
animation film.
I had the privilege of watching this
film on the Disney lot, and afterwards going behind the scenes at Disney
Animation studios to learn a little bit about how the film was made from story to art to a
Animation studios to learn a little bit about how the
film was made
from story to art to
animationanimation.
A California
animation company announced it is working on creating a feature length
film based on a comic strip
from the Southern Tier.
(WBNG)-- A California
animation company announced it is working on creating a feature length
film based on a comic strip
from the Southern Tier.
In the
film's lyrical telling of the story, which relies on historical photographs, an inventive use of
animation, and interviews with Egan and western historians, «flaming embers shot down
from the sky» as an ad - hoc army of firefighters tried to control the fast - spreading blaze.
Animation still
from «On a Knife Edge,» a
film from season 5 of America ReFramed.
Sure the
animation was a standard for Disney between the 1940's and 1970's, where you can see certain characters move in the same way as other characters
from earlier or later
films, but that was solely due to the limitations in the
animation room at the time.
The
film, which is based on a television series (which was itself a spinoff
from the Wallace & Gromit franchise), boasts a tremendously appealing stop - motion
animation style that's heightened by an assortment of affable characters, and it's worth noting, too, that the movie's total absence of dialogue in no way hinders one's ability to get caught up in the briskly - paced narrative.
Overall, the
films animation is buttery smooth and very specifically stylized, which really sets it apart
from similar child
films.
Director Nora Twomey changes the
film's style for the fantasy story, transitioning
from the sharp lines and solid colors of the real - life scenes to
animation that looks like paper models in motion.
«Mary and the Witch's Flower,» the first
film from Studio Ponoc, an
animation outfit founded by Studio Ghibli veterans Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura after Ghibli closed its doors in 2015, starts in medias res, with a violent firestorm engulfing the screen.
The
film set itself apart
from others as it used a combination of live action
filming and
animation.
There's so much pleasure in the ambitious production design too,
from the exquisite puppets and sequences influenced by traditional shadow play to
animation inspired by Japanese woodblocks and Alexandre Desplat's striking, non-orchestral score, which is fully in tune with the
film's setting.
Other titles announced out of competition include: the closing night
film, Therese D, by Claude Miller, the French director who died earlier this month; Me and You, a new drama
from Bernardo Bertolucci; and Madagascar 3, which looks to fill the regulation
animation spot (previous cartoons to do the honours include Up and Kung Fu Panda).
OUR TAKE: Disney
Animation (not to be confused with Pixar) has been churning out some good flicks, and while the marketing for this
film curiously doesn't stress it, Big Hero 6 hails
from camp Marvel.
Another bonus for the
film is its voice acting, with these big budget
animations usually carrying some huge names; they have a good cast but no stand out big guns this time around (although Damon Wayans, Jr. is fairly well known as coach
from New Girl, and Scott Adsit of 30 Rock fame as Baymax).
(remix) music video by Danger Mouse and Jemini; deleted scenes and alternative takes, five in total, including an alternative ending (9 min) with a less subtle conversation between Richard and Mark, but a haunting final image of Richard with Anthony; images
from Anjan Sarkars graphic novel
animation matched to actual dialogue
from the
films soundtrack (the scene where Herbie first sees the elephant); In Shanes Shoes (24 min) documentary featuring the premiere at the 2004 Edinburgh Film Festival, interviews with Shane Meadows about run - ins with violent gangs in his youth, and on - location clowning; Northern Soul (26 min) also made by Meadows in 2004, and starring Toby Kebbell as an aspiring wrestler with no actual wrestling experience or talent - this comic short is as amateurish as its protagonist, and serves only to show how much better Dead Mans Shoes is.
Feature
films are released under the following banners: Disney, including Walt Disney
Animation Studios and Pixar
Animation Studios; Disneynature; Marvel Studios; Lucasfilm; and Touchstone Pictures, the banner under which live - action
films from DreamWorks Studios are distributed.
DreamWorks
Animation's toon
film Home and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount
Animation, are outside players, while the unrelated Brazilian movie The Boy and the World, The Boy and the Beast
from Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu, The Laws of the Universe Part 0 (based on the teachings of a new Japanese religion called Happy Science), the Finnish
film Moomins on the Riviera and Regular Show: The Movie, an animated
film based on the Cartoon Network original series — are unknown quantities at this point.
But perhaps it was the six award - winning
films in MIFF's 50th Shorts Awards that most fittingly captured the hybrid nature of MIFF 2011, a selection of old and new forms of filmmaking,
from a myriad of countries on a range of issues: A Fine Young Man (Kevan Funk, 2010)
from Canada, winner of Best Short Film; Best Australian Short, The Palace (Anthony Maras, 2011); Andrew Kavanagh, winner of the Emerging Australian Filmmaker Award for At the Formal (2010); Green Crayons, (Kazik Radwanski, 2010)
from Canada, winner of Best Fiction Short Film; Nullabor (Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell, 2011)
from Australia, the Best
Animation Short Film; Leonids Story (Rainer Ludwigs, 2011)
from Russia, the Best Documentary Short; and A History of Mutual Respect (Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt, 2010)
from Portugal, winner of Best Experimental Short Film.
The
film begins in the future when the Chief is awakened
from suspended
animation and in flashback recounts his story to the naked woman who has freed him.
«One Brick at a Time: Making The LEGO Batman Movie» (16:10) details the creative processes of the
film,
from turning real Legos into digital
animation to the voice cast bringing the characters to life.
«The delightful animated
film from 1991 plays as classic
animation, but if you want to go a level deeper into the story and into the songs and into the emotions, that's what this live - action
film delivers: a greater depth of emotions,» says director Bill Condon.
Director Alfonso Gomez - Rejon bluntly borrows
from indie king Wes Anderson throughout the entire
film, particularly in the quirky heavy first half, packing «Me and Earl» with weird camera angles, snippets of stop - motion
animation and on the screen titles.
Though Watership received a PG rating
from the MPAA in 1978 (six years before the advent of PG - 13), the same rating applied to most new theatrical
animation, it is not a
film you'd feel comfortable showing a young child.
Walt Disney
Animation released this fantastic new movie still
from the upcoming
film «Tron Legacy» aka...
Family
animation still UK No 1, despite competition
from «spiritual successor» to Cloverfield and new
film on the block, High - Rise
From the purposely stiff
animation in Wreck - It Ralph's game, to the hyper realistic looking Hero's Duty, to the colorful Sugar Rush, Wreck - It Ralph is the most visually superb computer animated
film of the year.
Also on board is an audio commentary
from» 09 — Disney, alas, has dropped the picture - in - picture option that made this a full - blown «Cine - Explore feature» on the PE — teaming Leonard Maltin with Disney animator («and unashamed
animation geek») Eric Goldberg and
film historian J.B. Kaufman, who at the time was writing a book about the making of Pinocchio that finally got published in 2015.
Official Premise:
From Walt Disney
Animation Studios comes an extraordinary new collection of award - winning and beloved short
films featuring Disney's Frozen Fever, starring Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Sven and Kristoff, and the Oscar ® - nominated Lorenzo (Best Animated Short, 2004).
«Test Shot Comparisons» (2:15) show us a handful of
animation and effects tests, each followed by the corresponding clip
from the final
film.
But with a partly Kickstarter - funded
animation based on his play «Anomalisa» currently
filming — Kaufman is listed as co-director — probably the
film we're anticipating even more
from him as writer / director is his much - touted «examination of celebrity as a mental illness» (according to star Jack Black) «Frank or Francis» a musical, which also stars Nicolas Cage, Kevin Kline and Steve Carell.
«Meet Barry B. Benson» is an interactive feature in which you can choose
from eleven questions to ask the
film's protagonist, which he answers in 15 - 30 seconds mixing unique interview
animation with movie clips.
Honorable Mention One
film that isn't particularly high on the radar yet but that will be no doubt be a major player for the family - movie - at - Christmas - dollar is Disney «s «Frozen,» which our resident
animation enthusiast tells us looks terrific, judging
from a few sneak peeks.
Sony Pictures
Animation's new
film «The Star», about the Birth of Christ
from the POV of the animals, is Reckart's feature -
film directorial debut.
This definitely looks and feels like a Ghibli
film, no doubt,
from all the stunning background art to the
animation to the fantasy elements and characters.
Then there's the photorealistic CG
animation which, aside
from looking completely amazing, lends the
film an unexpectedly dark tone.
A new stop - motion
animation film from director Wes Anderson.
We are interested in not just those directors who are long venerated — although there is no lack of passionate support for figures such as Robert Bresson, judging
from the entries so far — but, equally, the major figures (criminally little - known as they may be) in any sector or mode or geographical region of cinema:
animation (Chuck Jones), independent (Todd Haynes),
film - essay (Chris Marker), «new Asian cinema» (Edward Yang), experimental, «third cinema», B -
films, underground, women's cinema...
There are tons of great interviews with every key figure in the Turtles» evolution including co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird,
animation legend Fred Wolf, creature effects maestro Brian Henson, and even Vanilla Ice, who made my made the song «Ninja Rap»
from the
film «Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II The Secret of the Ooze».
DreamWorks
Animation's Trolls once again came in second, earning an estimated $ 35 million, a 24 percent drop
from its debut, which is one of the lowest declines for an animated
film.
I haven't seen Turbo, the latest 3D animated
film in cinemas starring Ryan Reynolds, but
from the trailers and general feedback it looks like the harmless and charming fun that we're used to
from DreamWorks
Animation.
With the easy stuff out of the way, I went through and did the best I could to match the camera angles and walking / dance
animations from the
film.
This latest stop - motion wonderment
from Aardman
Animations is more than just one of the year's most visually inventive
films.
The Red Turtle is animated
film from director Michael Dudok de Wit, produced by the legendary Studio Ghibli with Isao Takahata involved as an artistic consultant, even though the
animation was finished in France.
Extras: New audio commentary featuring jazz and
film critic Gary Giddins, music and cultural critic Gene Seymour, and musician and bandleader Vince Giordano; new introduction by Giddins; new interview with musician and pianist Michael Feinstein; four new video essays by authors and archivists James Layton and David Pierce on the development and making of «King of Jazz»; deleted scenes and alternate opening - title sequence; «All Americans,» a 1929 short
film featuring a version of the «Melting Pot» number that was restaged for the finale of «King of Jazz»; «I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket,» a 1933 short
film featuring Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra; two Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons
from 1930, featuring music and
animation from «King of Jazz.»
From 2D
animation, stop - motion, and live action, a wide variety of short features were exhibited representing the finest student
films made in Canada this past year.