Speed Racer and the Art of 'Photo Anime'
Bill Desowitz goes deeper into Speed Racer's 'Photo Anime' look with Digital Domain's Compositing Supervisor Darren Poe and Digital Effects Supervisor Jake Morrison.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Speed Racer
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
The Informer
is not the latest Autobot.
It is a work flow spark which may be worth a look as covered by FXguide.com from NAB 2008.
Their introduction video explanation should give you a good idea of how handy it might be in term of footage management in between Flame operator, artists, producers and clients.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Roadside Romeo
Looks like Disney are testing the waters with this new animated feature due for release in Oct.. After the vfx work the Indians did on The Golden Compass Disney have signed Bollywood for four feature length animated movies by 2010, the indians did 60% of the work on Roadside Romeo which looks like it is mainly focused on the Indian market.
Over the last three years all the major studios in the US have poured around $1.5billion in total to tap into Bollywood and also the Indian TV market.
http://www.yashrajfilms.com/Movies/MovieIndividual.aspx?MovieID=3e2da32a-a555-49fa-8394-3c76ec4f50ed
Monday, May 5, 2008
The Sky Crawlers
Below is the new trailer for Mamoru Oshii's latest film 'The Sky Crawlers,' based on the Japanese Manga series. Oshii's previous film 'Ghost In The Shell: Innocence' was a unique blend of high end 3D with traditional cell animation, and 'The Sky Crawlers' utilises the same blend as well. Should be one to keep an eye out for...
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1214128517/bctid1519727057