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A newcomer to the Forums, Glovebox posted a different kind of video to the Gallery. A film in progress, she states that she's been animating for four to five months. Glovebox says that although her vision is outrunning her abilities at the moment, with practice they'll both be at the same pace. I'm sure of that as this video can attest. Great music and intriguing imagery.
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An award winning animator, the latest film by Yoram Benz is entitled "The Shark And The Can" and was produced in collaboration with PangeaSeed, a non profit dedicated to shark conservation and ocean preservation. Here's another website where you can experience more of Yoram's work. Yorem's first film, "Fisher", won Best Animation at the Atlanta Shortsfest and garnered 10 official festival selections so far and counting. To see Fisher follow this link to the Forums. meanwhile enjoy watching The Shark And The Can...
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There's a crowdfunding campaign in progress on Indiegogo for an animated project that looks interesting. It's a traditionally animated project, pencil on paper, and involves a dream that the animator's grandmother had many years ago. Going by 'animax' on the Forums, he brought this to our attention this past March 25. With two weeks left to the campaign, let's feature it on AN's homepage and get the word out a little more about what he's trying to do. Follow this link to the Forum topic and the preceding link for more details. Here's the video explaining what 'mi abela' is about with English subtitles.
Please note that Indiegogo is a crowdfunding site that differs from Kickstarter. The campaign doesn't necessarily have to match its monetary goal in order to be funded. Whatever monies are raised by the time the campaign ends, the project gets to keep with only a larger fee going to Indiegogo for the service than if they were to have reached the goal.
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Having fun on the Easter Holiday with an old time classic, UPA's jazzy "Peter Cottontail" from 1951. There's a topic on the Forums with videos and additional Easter content and you're welcome to check it out of course. Very best wishes from AnimationNation to friends throughout the world.
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If you're selling an idea for a television series, you've got to pitch the concept first. Sometime in the mid-1970s, Jim Henson, the creator of The Muppets, came up with this pitch to the executives of the CBS Network in the US. The video has been published on MSN.com today and posted in the AN Forums. Enjoy this special look at television history, and check out the context of the MSN article here.
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Legendary Executive Producer from Disney Studios, Don Hahn, has been working for the past year with Emmy Award winning director Michael Brown on a documentary called "High Ground".
The film is the incredible story of a band of wounded US veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who set out to climb one of the tallest peaks in the Himalaya in an attempt to heal the emotional and physical wounds of war.
High Ground won the coveted Audience Choice awards at the recent Vail and Boulder Film Festivals and makes its west coast premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 29, 2012.
Click here to buy tickets.
Check out the trailer for this powerful and moving film...
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This charming short was produced in 2009 and is finding renewed attention on YouTube. Created by Rhiannon Evans as a student film at the University of Wales, Newport School of Art, Media and Design in the UK. An award winning film as it took top honors at Animex for Stop Motion Animation, won Best Student Film at Stoke Your Fires and Best Animation and Audience Award at Screentest Bristol.
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I brought this topic up last summer, and ANer Ari who goes by Bloodwind on the Forums started a topic on the same subject.
North Korea has a long tradition of producing quality animation. Although almost all of it is wrapped in political propaganda, it is none the less very fine work that I'm happy to bring to a wider awareness by featuring it here on AN's homepage. This topic is being developed with more North Korean animation and you're welcome to follow it here. Meanwhile, let's take a look at what Bloodwind brought to our attention. There's no translation or subtitles available and I don't know when it was made, but the quality of animation can still be appreciated as well as the message that the regime is trying to convey.
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Here's a video I discovered recently that went online a couple of years ago and is well worth sharing as it gives us a good look inside Pixar's studio, including John Lasseter's office and a glimpse at their swimming pool and volleyball court. It's from CNN and was taped when Pixar was producing 'Up'.
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Looking for something different in your animation news intake? Then you'll love 2DayInAnimation. Check it out, and before you ask yourself what's going on and taking their news items to heart, here's a reprint of their disclaimer...
"All content on this website is a work of fiction. 2Day in Animation uses invented names, companies and organizations except in the case where public figures, companies, organizations and events are being satirized. Any other use of real names is purely accidental and coincidental. 2Day in Animation is not intended for readers under the age of 18. We apologize if you find any of our content objectionable or offensive."
This is a brilliantly creative blog that I'm sure you'll enjoy. Follow this link to experience 2DayInAnimation.