Making animated movies is one of my favorite video creation projects for elementary school students.
Putting aside the songs, which are unremarkable, Coco has most of the requisites that
make animated movies popular: the (young) protagonist is likeable, the animal sidekick has cute antics, the villain is suitably nasty, and there's heart & soul to the proceedings.
All in all, the movie does the best job it can based on source material that doesn't have much of a story to begin with, but it's not enough to
make this an animated movie take flight.
Here's two really awesome fan -
made animated movie posters featuring Batman and Bane from the upcoming film...
I've never
made an animated movie before, but we created the character of Juba with nothing but a voice.
When someone at Studio Ghibli besides Hayao Miyazaki
makes an animated movie, you can bet it'll be a good one.
Make an animated movie, for example.
Not exact matches
In addition to established
movie franchises like Shrek and Kung Fu Panda, DreamWorks also owns a library of
animated content such as the Casper the Friendly Ghost series, which NBCUniversal could
make use of.
We also added a story element, which really helped drive
making a
movie,
animated TV series and all that stuff.
So with
animated movies making a killing at the box office, we decided to look back on the 15 all - time highest - grossing
animated movies, adjusted for inflation over time.
The Infinity 3.0 team ran into similar challenges with Star Wars, according to one source, juggling priorities to
make levels and characters for Star Wars Rebels, a popular
animated series even as the game's developers wanted to focus more on the
movies, particularly the then - upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
With the release of Beauty and the Beast, a live - action remake of the 1991
animated classic, Disney has
made it clearer than ever that none of its most famous
movies...
Whiteside
made sure to shout - out the
animated movie Rio on this sad parrot death day.
Make it a family
movie night with the beloved blue creatures in the fully
animated, all - new take on The Smurfs when Sony Pictures Animation's SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE debuts on digital June 20 and on 4K Ultra HD / Blu - ray + Digital, Blu - ray + Digital and DVD July 11th.
The new model can be used in
animated movies and in video games to
make cloth look more realistic.
This hand - drawn French import is fresh evidence that you don't need computers and singing princesses to
make a charming
animated movie.
Why in the wide, wide, world of sports would anybody
make a big - budget feature film from a decades - old,
animated cartoon parody of Nelson Eddy / Jeanette MacDonald
movies?
He's right, of course; it's just that most
animated movies that aren't
made by Bird's compatriots at Pixar aim for that broad, middle - of - the - road buddy comedy bulls - eye.
(In fairness to Dreamworks, it should be noted that they have been at the forefront of
making animated 3 - D
movies watchable, surpassing even Pixar.
The animation studio
made three ambitious, distinct stop - motion
animated movies, films that aren't always afraid of scaring children.
The folks at HISHE
made several
animated alternate endings to Guardians of the Galaxy, with many of the
movie's memorable scenes getting derailed and Thanos in his hovering chair becoming the most chill villain in the Marvel Universe.
Don't confuse this with the other
animated bigfoot
movie coming out this year - Smallfoot - which is
made by Warner Bros..
«Heavy Traffic»: Blu - ray debut of writer - director Ralph Bakshi's 1973
animated movie about a cartoonist struggling to
make it in inner - city New York.
The
movie is different enough to
make it stand out from other
animated movie making - of featurettes you've seen.
Making a gritty film noir - style
movie as an
animated feature
makes for a visually interesting experience; the animation uses striking colors, and the backgrounds are beautifully detailed while the characters are very simply designed, creating a unique contrast.
What follows is a rather traditional story of the cranky ogre
making good by saving the princess, but it is so imaginatively told, and with such unabashedly adult sensibilities and humor, that this
movie transcends typical
animated fare and takes on a life of its own.
Particularly the puppy scene in the beginning and his unselfish bravery in the end, thus
making this
movie a most see for any self - acclaimed dog lover and anyone who wants to see a good
animated film.
Much like The LEGO
Movie leveraged LEGO's partnerships with established fictional universes to create a juggernaut of
animated film, LEGO Dimensions will
make use of franchises like Batman, Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz, and even Back to the Future -LRB-!!)
The enchanting fairy tale
made its screen debut as a silent
movie in 1924, with assorted remakes, sequels, spin - offs and
animated versions being released over the ensuing generations.
After the recent success of the
movies like Alice In Wonderland, Cinderella, 2016 Jungle Book and Beauty and the Beast, Disney studios knows it is onto a really good thing by
making its
animated films into live - action
movies.
Making his first
movie at the tender age of 8, he shot live action and
animated films in a number of different formats.
Tangled Rated PG for brief mild violence Available on DVD, Blu - ray and Blu - ray 3D You know it's a strong year for
animated films when a
movie like Tangled garners some of the strongest reviews of the year,
makes over a half - billion worldwide, and still can't muster up an Oscar nom for best
animated film.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That
Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For
movies opening March 2, 2012 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Lorax (PG for mild epithets) Danny DeVito stars as the title character in this
animated adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic about an idealistic 12 year - old (Zac Efron), raised in an artificial reality, who searches for a real tree in order to impress the girl of his dreams (Taylor Swift).
-- Previous versions of the Hulk include a 1977
made - for - TV
movie followed by a TV series from 1978 - 1982, and three
animated TV series in 1966, 1982, and 1996 - 7.
Meryl Streep & Sandra Bullock Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, Precious Best Young Actress: Saoirse Ronan Best Documentary: The Cove Best Foreign Language Film: Broken Embraces Best
Animated Movie: Up Best Comedy
Movie: The Hangover Best Score: Up Best Song: The Weary Kind Best Costume Design: The Young Victoria Best
Make - Up: District 9 Best Action
Movie: Avatar Best Cinematography: Avatar Best Visual Effects: Avatar Best Art Direction: Avatar Best Editing: Avatar Best Sound: Avatar
Eye - catching animation and non-stop jokes
make this
animated monster
movie a lot more fun than we expect.
The
movie has a daring strategy for representing the adventures of the Trinity: It cuts to
animated sequences (directed by Todd McFarlane) that cross the everyday complaints and resentments of the authors with the sort of glorified myth -
making and super-hero manufacture typical of Marvel comics of the period.
Despite the gravity of these issues, the
movie does not forget that it is still
animated and
makes sure to weave in humor, particularly from the dogs.
However, for Wes Anderson fans, dog lovers, or people interested in well -
made animated stories, this
movie is a very solid showing from a uniquely talented filmmaker.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That
Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For
movies opening December 23, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Adventures of Tintin (PG for violence, drunkenness and smoking) Steven Spielberg directs this
animated adaptation of the classic comic book series about an intrepid young journalist who is abducted from Europe to Morocco where he escapes his kidnappers to embark on a perilous quest for hidden treasure.
Less than enamored with that calling, he left to begin directing live - action
movies, but not before
making two shorts at Disney: the stop - motion
animated Vincent (1982) and the half - hour black and white live - action Frankenweenie (1984).
If you look at Disney under Iger's reign, the studio has moved away from
making mid-budget
movies and instead shifted its focus almost entirely on building brands within the Disney family: Pixar
movies, Star Wars
movies, Marvel
movies, live - action Disney adaptations of classic
animated movies, etc..
A fan -
made trailer for an
animated Star Wars
movie brings a unique style to the tone and aesthetics of the Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer.
Only one wide commercial
animated film made the race for Best Animated Feature — «Inside Out» leads the charge next to «Anomalisa,» «Shaun the Sheep Movie,» and two obscure foreign selections in «Boy and the World» and «When Marnie Was There
animated film
made the race for Best
Animated Feature — «Inside Out» leads the charge next to «Anomalisa,» «Shaun the Sheep Movie,» and two obscure foreign selections in «Boy and the World» and «When Marnie Was There
Animated Feature — «Inside Out» leads the charge next to «Anomalisa,» «Shaun the Sheep
Movie,» and two obscure foreign selections in «Boy and the World» and «When Marnie Was There.»
Rogen, Franco, Hill, Wiig & More to Voice «Sausage Party:» At first the idea of a
movie featuring
animated sausages may
make you think the industry has gone too far, but when you hear the details, it's clear this project is pure comedy gold.
Marvel may have had little involvement with Disney's Big Hero 6, but that didn't stop comic book legend Stan Lee from
making his customary cameo in the
animated movie, and the studio has now released a new featurette which sees Stan discussing his appearance.
NBCUniversal is looking to reboot the Shrek franchise and
make as many as «four
animated movies a...
Sohn showed a rough animation he
made about his own life, and how animation showed him the power of visual storytelling — as Disney
animated movies were the one type of film he didn't need to explain to his Korean mother, who didn't know English.
In
animated films, it takes three very important components to
make the
movie work: story, animation and voice.
With a product that spawned various lines of toys that sold by the millions, and had television shows and an
animated movie to its name, The Transformers: The Movie in 1986, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood turned it into a hugely profitable film franchise, having now made over $ 3.7 billion across its four recent mo
movie to its name, The Transformers: The
Movie in 1986, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood turned it into a hugely profitable film franchise, having now made over $ 3.7 billion across its four recent mo
Movie in 1986, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood turned it into a hugely profitable film franchise, having now
made over $ 3.7 billion across its four recent
movies.