Pixar’s Writing Secrets Exposed

A while back I syn­di­cated an arti­cle about how I believe that most of Pixar’s movies use obso­les­cence as a main theme. I said I …

Animation is Dead, Long Live Animation

I read a sta­tis­tic a few years ago that said that there were more ani­mated music videos pro­duced in 2009 than in the entire history …

Awful Animation Training?

Awful Ani­ma­tion Train­ing?
Awful ani­ma­tion train­ing really upsets me…
Seems that a lot of schools and uni­ver­si­ties are spring­ing up to teach ani­ma­tion and promise …

The Two Schools of Animation

I sup­pose there are two schools of thought when it comes to ani­ma­tors. I’m not refer­ring to Clas­sic 2D ani­ma­tion and 3D CGI ani­ma­tion, but …

SATURDAY SHORTS"> Get Animated with this week’s SATURDAY SHORTS

Ani­mate your own shorts! Might sound com­pli­cated too some, too time con­sum­ing for oth­ers or even a waste of time. To me see­ing a lot …

Dialogue Acting References (www.doublealee.com/blog)

http://vimeo.com/groups/actingref
 
A great col­lec­tion of var­i­ous pro­duc­tion level dia­logue ref­er­ences, good for cam­era setup and expres­sion study among other things.

“Image from www.doublealee.com”

Not So Brave Disney

Dis­ney like many film stu­dios has an inter­nal strug­gle with pre­sen­ta­tion for their sto­ries. Two sides, the mar­ket­ing and the story devel­oper have a his­tory of compromising …

JJ Abrams TED talk on story (www.ted.com)"> JJ Abrams TED talk on story (www.ted.com)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpjVgF5JDq8
 
Writer/Director/Producer, JJ Abram’s TED talk on story and the idea of the “mys­tery box”. Cer­tainly some­thing to watch if you’re look­ing to bring …

Nerding Out: How Pixar “Monsterized” the World of ‘Monsters University’

I love that the artists who cre­ate the envi­ron­ments for ani­mated films like Mon­sters Uni­ver­sity get to put so much his­tory and char­ac­ter into them. …

Pixar’s Writing Secrets Exposed

A while back I syn­di­cated an arti­cle about how I believe that most of Pixar’s movies use obso­les­cence as a main theme. I said I …

3 Reasons Why Your Story Needs To Be Simple

Last night I rented Dreamwork’s Rise of the Guardians.  I was really excited to see it, because the look of the film is quite different.  …