Sentences with phrase «as animation studios»

iStoryTime is a publisher under parent - company zuuka, a worldwide leader in digital content for children and holder of a top market leading position thanks to its work with such publishers as Random House and HarperCollins, as well as animation studios such as Dreamworks.

OUR TAKE: Laika set itself apart as an animation studio with darkly quirky films like Coraline and ParaNorman.

Visual design will be done by Kevin Dart and Chromosphere, with DHX media serving as the animation studio.

From its earliest days as an animation studio, Pixar (now teamed with Disney) has had a knack for pouring life - like qualities into inanimate objects such as their trademark desk lamp.

Their films mix a perfect amount pop culture references for both kids and adults alike while also presenting themselves as an animation studio that takes their stories, action, and of course their animation styles seriously.

Once again, Disney stands as the animation studio to beat come Oscar time, and it's well - earned.»

King will produce an animated video during a two - week artist residency, when she will employ her gallery space as animation studio.

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).

CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg — who co-founded the DreamWorks movie studio with Steven Spielberg and then spun the animation unit off as a separate company in 2004 — has tried to sell the company several times.

After the acquisition, DreamWorks Animation will become part of NBCUniversal's Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes its Illumination Entertainment animation business — which produced the popular Despicable Me and Minions movies — as well as the Universal Pictures moviAnimation will become part of NBCUniversal's Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes its Illumination Entertainment animation business — which produced the popular Despicable Me and Minions movies — as well as the Universal Pictures movianimation business — which produced the popular Despicable Me and Minions movies — as well as the Universal Pictures movie studio.

What started as a modest animation studio has also morphed into a major media conglomerate that includes the ABC and ESPN family of networks.

The animation studio that Jobs sold to Disney for $ 7.5 billion in 2006 runs Pixar University, a professional development program that offers courses in fine arts and filmmaking as well as leadership and management to steep employees in the company's culture, history and values as well as its craft.

Lasseter is one of Pixar's founders, widely seen as the driving creative force behind the animation studio's dominance.

But I don't see that as a bad thing; an animation studio, no matter how deep and adult their themes, should always remember the passion with which children appreciate animation, which is perhaps why adults can continue to love it no matter how old they get.

A consummate sampler platter of the bounty of state - of - the - art animation currently available as alternatives established major - studio house styles.

Although the summer of 2015 has proven to be a largely disappointing season in terms of cinematic achievements for the most part, one definite bright spot has been the gradual reemergence of feature animation as a viable art form after a few years in which the genre has been largely dominated by increasingly formulaic and largely forgettable works that have done little more than fatten up the bottom lines of the studios behind them.

Coming from Dreamworks» animation studio, tapping the same empty vein as The Prince of Egypt and The Road to El Dorado, Sinbad looks as if it borrowed pieces from every single successful animated cartoon of the past 10 years and spit out a kind of combination, so as not to startle viewers with anything new.

John Henry, Lorenzo, and The Little Matchgirl, the 1 -2-3 punch that opens this Blu - ray, are not only the best shorts on the disc, they rival Disney's feature output of the last 15 years as the best animation released from the studio.

The stop - motion animation is a refreshing alternative to the familiar visuals presented by other animation studios such as Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks.

Today, computer animation is king, even at Walt Disney Pictures, the birthplace of the American cartoon feature nearly seventy years ago and the studio heralded as the undisputed champion of the medium many years since.

Far from the consistency of other major animation studios, such as Pixar, Aardman or Laika, you never quite know which DreamWorks Animation is going toanimation studios, such as Pixar, Aardman or Laika, you never quite know which DreamWorks Animation is going toAnimation is going to turn up.

Though the studio was smart to produce the movie as an animated feature, most of the animation looks cheap and dated.

When a studio has made some of the finest animation in the history of cinema, it's quite a letdown to describe their new movie as better than the «Ice Age» series but not quite up to «The Croods.»

Most mainstream animation studios avoid topics such as life, death, harmony, sacrifice, revenge, regret, redemption and spirituality.

It's that feeling that Pixar has already noticed, as an insider at the animation studio tipped off the NY Times that they're changing the ending of the 2015 sequel Finding Dory because of the response the doc is nurturing with the public.

We are blessed to exist at the same time as Pixar animation studios.

Other animation studios such as DreamWorks seem to hire big names before the characters are even fully conceived.

Wednesday morning, Walt Disney Studios kicked off the third day of CinemaCon with a presentation of the studio's upcoming slate, and an advance screening of Pixar Animation's «INSIDE OUT», about a little girl who is guided by her emotions, Joy (voice of Amy Poehler), Fear (voice of Bill Hader), Anger (voice of Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (voice of Phyllis Smith) that come to life as characters inside her mind.

Expanded version of Sonic Mania announced, available as paid DLC for current owners - and will be accompanied by a new free 5 - part animated series called Sonic Mania Adventures, done by the studio behind the awesome opening animation.

Three years ago Dreamworks Animation decided to assert itself for the first time since Shrek in 2001 as a fantastic animation studio with the release of Kung Animation decided to assert itself for the first time since Shrek in 2001 as a fantastic animation studio with the release of Kung animation studio with the release of Kung Fu Panda.

Built as either a shot to attain a loftier reputation or as penance for afflicting four goddamned «Shrek» movies upon the populace (perhaps both), Dreamworks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon 2 finds the red - headed stepchild studio attempting to go full Pixar and widen the emotional scope of what has been, to date, probably their...

Pushed along by Neeson saying things like «only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing,» these trippy and totally satisfying segments offer a consummate sampler platter of the bounty of state - of - the - art animation currently available to Hollywood as alternatives to the established house styles of the major studios.

Built as either a shot to attain a loftier reputation or as penance for afflicting four goddamned «Shrek» movies upon the populace (perhaps both), Dreamworks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon 2 finds the red - headed stepchild studio attempting to go full Pixar and widen the emotional scope of what has been, to date, probably their strongest effort, but also biting off more than it can chew, turning out a finished product that implies a creative team that knows the music, but nonetheless struggles to nail the rhythm.

We love other studios being successful as it means there's more animation out there and makes the genre viable and popular for people.

«Walt Before Mickey» also features Jon Heder as Walt's brother, Roy Disney, and David Henrie as Rudy Ising, who co-founded the Warner Bros. and Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer animation studios.

Ultimately, I'm gonna go with the latter because ParaNorman is a pretty good movie, and I think it would've been fine to give it the Oscar as sort of a package acknowledgment for the way its animation studio, Laika, burst onto the scene with two Oscar - worthy movies in three years (2009's Coraline was the other one).

Granted unfettered access to the notoriously insular Studio Ghibli, director Mami Sunada follows the three men who are the lifeblood of one of the world's most celebrated animation studios — the eminent director Hayao Miyazaki, the producer Toshio Suzuki, and the elusive and influential «other director» Isao Takahata, as they rush to complete production of Miyazaki's The Wind Rises and Takahata's The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (Toronto International Film Festival 2014 official selection).

The animation is as lush as one would expect from the studio.

Jan - Bart van Beek, Art and Animation Director at Guerrilla Games as well as the creator of Horizon: Zero Dawn's internal pitch within the team, was interviewed by GamesIndustry on how the Dutch studio managed to create this brand new world.

The Oscars invited a wide ranging class of 2017 animation film nominees to the party Tuesday, from acclaimed studio hits «Moana,» «Zootopia» and «Kubo and the Two Strings,» to Swiss stop - motion drama «My Life as a Zucchini» and the dialogue - free Studio...

I'm always excited for any animation that doesn't come from one of the big studios, as they can often bring great material to make up for a lack of polish.

There's no mistaking that Disney got its start by the art of animation, yet live - action films have been part of the film studio's classic repertoire, as well.

As studios increasingly turn their attention to producing entirely computer - generated animated features, Spirit is a stunning example of the irreplaceable splendors of traditional hand - drawn feature animation.

The self - taught animator founded the city's first animation studio in 1958 and has served as a mentor to generations of artists.

, is directing the series at studio Troyca, Makoto Bessho (Attack on Titan) will be handling the series composition and Michio Sato (Viper's Creed, Tenchi Muyo GXP) will be designing the characters as well as act as chief animation director.

This is a great first outing from developer Rumpus, whose background as an award - winning animation studio shows in all of Bertram «s the charming little touches, which will have us coming back for more murder - mystery shenanigans.

I realized really quickly that working at traditional animation studios didn't give me the creative breathing room I enjoyed as an indie, and self - realized just how awesome it was to work on so many facets of design as a game developer.

The original Ni No Kuni was released exclusively in Japan for the Nintendo DS in 2010 as a co-development between LEVEL 5 and the legendary animation studio, Studio Ghibli.

Working together as game developer and animation studio, how much back and forth was there between your two teams?

Now, I am no longer contracting; I have recently hopped across the pond as Raven Software (Activision) have appointed me as Animation Director — an exciting position within an awesome studio — and am now settling into life in Madison, USA.