Sentences with phrase «animation feature films»

Production also began on the animation feature film Song of the Sea from the company behind the Academy Award ® nominated The Secret of Kells.

I am so proud we are the first Polish animation feature film to be nominated for an Oscar.

Also as a Brit I am very proud that this film is the first animation feature film nomination from Britain that isn't produced by the national treasure that is Aardman!

According to Gaveau, an additional factor in choosing Northern Sumatran forest for the case study was that it is the only place on Earth where all the animal characters of Walt Disney's animation feature film The Jungle Book co-exist.

Not exact matches

Brenda Chapman, an animation writer - director with a storied career (Disney's The Lion King, DreamWorks» The Prince of Egypt), made headlines three years ago when she penned a New York Times op - ed addressing her painful experience being removed as the first female feature film director for Pixar's Brave, a mother - daughter fairytale she created, and replaced by a male colleague.

The glory days of feature film animation were amidst World Wars, when propaganda on both sides was simple: Allies versus fascists, right takes on wrong, world defenders against world destroyers.

A California animation company announced it is working on creating a feature length film based on a comic strip from the Southern Tier.

Elin worked 25 years in television, feature films and animation.

(WBNG)-- A California animation company announced it is working on creating a feature length film based on a comic strip from the Southern Tier.

Grier's feature film credits include HOLY SMOKE, IN TOO DEEP, SNOW DAY, and the animation feature SCOOBY DOO III: THE CURSE OF CLEOPATRA, in which she was the voice of Cleopatra, and BACK IN THE DAY starring Ving Rhames, Joe Morton, and Ja Rule.

The film has two directors, Chris Miller and Raman Hui, neither of whom has ever made a feature film, though both have extensive experience working on the visual side of animation.

2010 is supposed to bring both Shrek Goes Fourth and the feature - length spin - off Puss in Boots: The Story of an Ogre Killer, while DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg has claimed that a fifth and final film is in the works as well.

Though boasting the creativity of a television episode, the short is presented in full Dolby 5.1 sound (with all the language options of the feature film, minus DVS) and cinema - ready 16:9 animation.

Rock & Rule is a masterpiece of outré animation and wildly ambitious vision and remains a triumph in animated feature film.

The first feature production of the new Japanese animation house Studio Ponoc — founded by veterans of Hayao Miyazaki's celebrated Studio Ghibli in the wake of Miyazaki's supposed retirement — Mary and the Witch's Flower is a film modest in temperament but ambitious in effect.

Over its 14 feature films produced since 1995, the computer animation studio has enjoyed outsized artistic and commercial success, but in recent years critics have suggested that it is in a creatively fallow period.

The Walt Disney Co. is pushing back «The Good Dinosaur,» the Pixar movie that had been set for release in 2014, making next year the animation studio's first without a feature film since 2005.

Feature films are released under the following banners: Disney, including Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios;

Sony Pictures Animation, in conjunction with Aardman Animations, has produced two critically acclaimed feature films: the CG - animated family comedy Arthur Christmas (3D); and the stop - frame animated high - seas adventure, The Pirates!

DreamWorks Animation has released its 19th feature film in theaters today, titled How to Train Your Dragon, based on Cressida Cowell's book of the same name.

Reel FX Animation Studios, an award - winning animation studio in Dallas, TX and Santa Monica, is releasing its first feature length animated film, Free Birds (in theaters NovAnimation Studios, an award - winning animation studio in Dallas, TX and Santa Monica, is releasing its first feature length animated film, Free Birds (in theaters Novanimation studio in Dallas, TX and Santa Monica, is releasing its first feature length animated film, Free Birds (in theaters November 1).

(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.

The DVD has a short feature on the making of the film, which was created with off - the - shelf software as a sort of low - rent counterpart to the computer animation applied in fellow nominees «Shrek» and «Monsters, Inc.» The disc also has two music videos, a dozen promotional TV spots, seven games playable on computer DVD - ROM drives and full - screen and widescreen versions of the film.

Irish stars Saoirse Ronan, Aidan Turner, and Chris O'Dowd are filming the «world's first painted animation feature».

«Lu Over the Wall» won the Cristal Award for animated feature at the 2017 Annecy International Animation Festival — the first Japanese film to win since Isao Takahata's «Pom Poko» in 1995.

The features in HD include «Spotlight on Donkey» (which is pretty self - explanatory); «Secrets of Shrek», a look at the creation of the film including the animation and everything on up; and «Karaoke Dance Party» which has the songs at the end of the movie available for the kids to sing along.

As with other Pixar productions, the original trailer for this film featured animation made specially for the trailer and not appearing in the final film.

Many people point to Sleeping Beauty (1959) as the last film in the Golden Age of Disney Animation and consider the seven full - length animated features that the House of Mouse made over the next three decades to be lesser accomplishments.

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.

Based on Mary Norton's classic novel The Borrowers, this film features striking animation and a story that's rich, detailed and full of vividly engaging characters.

The nominations covered 31 separate categories of feature film, short - form and television work, as well as individual achievements in character animation, design, effects, music, storyboarding, writing, voice acting and more.

That being said, most teases don't feature intricate stop - motion animation or gorgeous night - time city - scapes, so we're a little more favorably inclined to this promo for Wes Anderson's upcoming film Isle Of Dogs, the full trailer for which will arrive tomorrow.

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.

Toei Animation has also produced 19 animated feature films and three television specials.

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).

After much acclaim for The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea, Cartoon Saloon, Ireland's increasingly high profile animation house founded by Paul Young and Tomm Moore, are working on their fourth feature film, Wolfwalkers.

«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.

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.

Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs appointed Reginald Hudlin (directors branch), Gregory Nava (writers branch), and Jennifer Yuh Nelson (short films and feature animation branch) to join the Academy's 51 - seat Board of Governors for three - year terms.

The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999) Brad Bird's feature debut was traditional 2 - D animation when computer animation was the craze, released by studio folk who didn't realize just how special a film they had on their hands.

«The Boxtrolls» is the latest stop - motion animation film distributed by Focus Features and brought to life by Laika, the makers of «Coraline» and «ParaNorman».

The animation lacks the lushness of Disney's feature films but the episodes are perky and filled with cute versions of iconic monsters.

However, the level of bad taste has sunk to an all - new low in what is supposed to be a cute holiday animated feature, with some events occurring that would probably have made this an R - rated film if it didn't feature animation.

Though some might complain that the look of the film is cheesy, featuring actors and extras that aren't fit to be featured in a feature film, it should be remembered that this is a spoof of the cheesy dinosaur and caveman movies of the 1950s and 1960s, and therefore, the dated stop - motion animation, cheap - looking sets, and unconvincing costumes are in keeping with the nature of the satire.

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.

Following in the footsteps of Studio Ghibli (which co-produced the film), Michael Dudok de Wit's «The Red Turtle» is a surprisingly poignant feature - length debut that proves animation can be just as effective as live action when done right.

Ahead of its release next month, a new promo clip has arrived online for Home, the latest film from DreamWorks Animation, which features a voice cast that includes Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steven Martin, Jennifer Lopez and Matt Jones.

The grand old man of Japanese animation has retired and this film, not a fantasy or mythical adventure but a delicate biographical drama about an idealistic engineer devoted to making «beautiful airplanes» for a country he knows will use them as instruments of war, is his final feature.