We were going to talk about this early 2012 Calarts student films…. we’ve done our own selection in previous years but we weren’t very inspired by this year’s works. Maybe we should however dedicate a few words to …
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Remembering John Halas
From Budapest and his painting studies along with his first animated steps (firstly influenced by Bauhaus’ leading light Laszlo Moholy-Nagy) to his London studio creation in the mid-30s. Not easy years for a Jewish to travel Europe at …
Lupin is back!
With the endless imagination that characterizes Japanese animation do they really, really, really need to do a remake of the classic from the 70s & 80s TV animated series? Posted yesterday and spreading like a virus the trailer that …
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“It could be the end of the line for Jackie and Robert, two crotchety old men who have an enduring love of small talk, personal liberty and very good pies”. A great odd couple that could perfectly be the last few lines of a never-made animated film fro Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau’s famous characters.
All the arms, legs and heads contained in this box for safe keeping - for the Gristle short
A short film written by Jonathan auf der Heide, directed and animated by Tasmanian animator Jamie Clennett which was made using a combination of traditional 2D and Stop Frame animation.
The puppets are held together using weak magnets which are glued onto the replacement components
Another amazing example of the great work & effort put into this “replacement animation” technique which always includes a large and meticulous process of cataloging & piece numbering. As for Jamie’s next film…. well, he’s quite busy right now working for some of London & NY’s best musical companies (on the animation side of course), so I guess it won’t be very soon; but you can always enjoy his previous works he’s been recently uploading to his page.