Sentences with phrase «animation for the time it was»

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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.

Sometimes the indicated effect is a breathless calm — a virtual suspension of animation; at other times a violent excitement is called for.

Computer scientists from Saarbrücken have now developed a novel approach that turned out to be so promising, that it was adopted by companies in record time — among others by Pixar, well - known in the movie industry for its computer animation, and now a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company.

For the first time, digital animation has been used as a research tool to examine how the effectiveness of a lizard's territorial display varies across ecological environments and conditions.

«An example of this was the team that created Toy Story, who achieved great success by pairing computer graphics, which at the time was a new tool for animators, with more traditional cel animation.»

Animation illustrates the compilation of the sensitivity analysis of the maximum photoelectrochemical efficiency to semiconductor external radiative efficiency; (a) Maximum efficiency vs. semiconductor external radiative efficiency (ERE) for a single junction photoelectrochemical device, with the color axis indicating the semiconductor bandgap (eV) that corresponds to the maximum efficiency; (b) Animation of efficiency vs. semiconductor bandgap with the external radiative efficiency evolving in time; red dot indicates the bandgap corresponding to the maximum efficiency at a given ERE value that is plotted on (a).

This animation depicts movements of the robotic arm of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity as commanded for Aug. 20, 2012, the first time the arm was used on Mars.

Editor's note: Two years that tied records were not represented in the animation: 1911 tied 1909 for coldest year and 1930 tied 1926 for warmest at that time.

An animation from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences makes clear that though there have been variations over time, the current rise is unparalleled.

The animation of The Highway Rat shown on TV at Christmas really made the story come alive for us and has been watched many times over.

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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.

And at a time when all - ages three - dimensional animation seems to be in a serious rut (how many more movie - star - voiced pleas for interspecies understanding must we be subjected to?)

Nelson, who has done major time in the animation trenches, including as head of story for «Kung Fu Panda,» seems like an old pro despite «P2» being her first time in the director's chair.

Combat is clunky waiting for animations to finish so timing is somewhat random.

A second time out for the tubby high - kicking panda was always on the cards once DreamWorks hit the jackpot with the original animation.

This time it's with a hybrid animation / live - action comedy series called Son of Zorn for FOX.

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).

The directorial team of Hall and Williams has brought us a real feast for the eyes; the animation really is spectacular at times, pushing the boundaries of just how much detail you can control, while not making it overwhelming on the viewer.

Getting from animation to live action is a journey in and of itself, one that Director Bill Condon, and stars Emma Watson (Belle), Dan Stevens (Beast), Luke Evans (Gaston), Josh Gad (Le Fou), Audra McDonald (Garderobe), Ewan McGregor (Lumiere), Sir Ian McKellen (Cogsworth) and Gugu Mbatha - Raw (Plumette) took and created a gorgeous, fresh new look for a tale as old as time.

Rating: 7/10 — it's easy to forget that there are other animation studios in Japan beside Studio Ghibli (here it's Madhouse), but despite some obvious flaws, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is a positive reminder; engaging and unpretentious, it's a movie that treats its more serious themes with genuine integrity, while adding a lively sense of humour, all of which makes for an entertaining, if not entirely polished, viewing experience.

Early Man Rated PG for rude humor and some action Rotten Tomatoes Score: 84 % (at time of writing) In Theaters Aardman, the UK stop motion animation studio behind Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit, are now tackling caveman soccer in this new project about a tribe of neanderthals who are forced out of their valley by their technologically superior neighbors, only to challenge them to a football match to win back their land.

The animation was for the mostly part terrific, but at times it was below par for Disney, particularly with some of the background images.

The cute animation for pulling stickers off anything (walls, bushes, trees, etc) is nice at first, but quickly grows tiresome as you need hundreds of the damn things and just multiply the two seconds it takes to pull each one off and you'll realise how much time is wasted.

Just in time for the autumn season that permeates the movie's animation, Lost Treasure comes to DVD and a Blu - ray / DVD Combo today, the latter of which is reviewed here.

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.

From there, a sub-menu is activated and two brief sequences become available: «Where Jane and Hook Meet for the First Time» (2:04) and «Gift for Tink» (1:46), both presented in a combination of rough and finished animation.

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The Right Timing It has been a bit more than a month since DreamWorks Animation's «Kung Fu Panda 3» opened and held the top spot at the box office for two weeks.

The porting of this 2011 title, which features some snazzy facial animation technology and pretty - for - the - time graphics, means that Rockstar is confident in the hardware capabilities of the platform.

The animation is spot on — the comic timing is immaculate and you could be forgiven for thinking that this hand - drawn character is the equal of the legendary Tati.

There may be a day when computer graphics completely supersede the need to have celebrities in the middle of films, but given the costs of production today for animation, as well as the lack of the movie star draw to fill in the seats, Final Fantasy is a reminder that the day of the human actor will be with us for a long time to come.

Over the past 15 years, Disney's released 12 shorts, all of which are now available on Blu - ray (some for the first time) in the Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection.

For computer - generated animation, the result is flawlessly smooth, which is even more amazing when you consider how many fish are on the screen at the same time.

So I think that this is an exciting time for animation.

So while Hollywood chooses this time of year to start shelling their award hopefuls, many of them emotionally draining dramas, the search for a palette cleanser seems more of a necessity than a choice and this year, DreamWorks Animation is delivering the goods.

Disney's Big Hero 6 computer - animated movie marks the first time a Marvel comic has been adapted by Disney Animation Studios since Disney bought the famous comic book publisher in 2009 for $ 4 billion.

Based on the «Tarzan» stories created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, one of the most classic coming of age stories of all time is now completely re-imagined for a new generation in stunning CGI - animation.

It's been in development since 2009, a long time even for animation, and though LeFauve has sole screenplay credit, the fact that she shares story credit with four other writers — Sohn, Erik Benson, Kelsey Mann and Bob Peterson (who also has an original concept and development credit) points up how many cooks were involved in this tasty broth.

Britain's Aardman Animations had been going since the early 1970s, and had won three Oscars for its short films «Creature Comforts,» «The Wrong Trousers» and «A Close Shave» (the latter two featuring Wallace and Gromit), by the time that the company's founder, Peter Lord, and his collaborator Nick Park codirected their first feature, Chicken Run, in 2000.

The animations are slick for the fighters although the game has a tendency to switch to a lower frame rate when it plays through a detailed animation, which can end up jarring at times next to the smooth 60 fps offered by the rest of the game.

One thing the film has going for it, I'll admit, is the old - school 2 - D animation, rendered at a time when most animated features were going CGI.

«At DreamWorks Animation, our creative ambition has never been greater and the release schedule we're unveiling today is designed to give our movies the time and resources they need to realize their full potential so each one can become a true event for our audiences,» said Jeffrey Katzenberg, Chief Executive Officer of DreamWorks Animation.

If you were struck by the beautiful look of the film and wondered how the characters moved so realistically, there is a reason for that — Pixar rewrote its animation system for the first time in 25 years to portray Merida and her epic quest.

Apparently, after creating a separate category for animation, the voters are determined to keep animated movies out of the big time.

do nt try to compare it too much to the other games... its a very special and unique type of game... 1st of all... there is no hp of monsters for a reason... it wouldnt be a mh game if there was... 2nd... the long animation times for drinking, sharpening, sheathing weapons..

the game is really hard, not camera lock and the extended animations for taking potions increase the difficulty (you can get armor that will help decrease the animation time btw it's all part of the rpg element) it adds so much tension.

For a long time, the two heavyweight fighters were Pixar and DreamWorks Animation, because Disney Animation was churning out titles such as Brother Bear and Chicken Little, not remotely close to representing serious competition.

It's established several times over that Tim is an exceedingly imaginative child, which would seem to explain why this movie gets kookier and more manic with every passing set piece — except for the switch between graphic 2 - D animation in Tim's fantasies and 3 - D animated «reality.»

I like the characters int he first movie, I think the animation looks good and I like the story, it makes me misty - eyed for reasons I won't get into so this looks like it'll be one of the msot anticipated sequels for me in a long time.