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A Short Visual History of Video Games
Add to Folder | Comments (0) | December 27, 2008



A Short Visual History of Videogames was created by Kyle Downes as a school project.



Link: more about the project on ViaComIT

Trailer for Shane Acker and Tim Burton's animated film 9
Add to Folder | Comments (0) | December 24, 2008


Shane Acker's Academy Award nominated animated short, 9, is being adapted into a feature length film with the help of producers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (among many other talents). The darkly animated tale about rag dolls surviving in a post-apocalyptic nightmare is due out in U.S. theaters appropriately on 9.9.09. 

Elijah Wood will lend his voice to the character 9. Other voice actors will include Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Christopher Plummer, and Martin Landau.








Link: watch the HD trailer for 9 on Apple.com

This Is Where We Live animation for 4th Estate books
Add to Folder | Comments (3) | December 03, 2008



In honor of the upcoming 25th anniversary of 4th Estate (an imprint of HarperCollins UK), Apt Studio produced a gorgeous stop-motion animation. I was blown away when I watched this (see video below), and I'm in disbelief that the film was completed in under a month. It's the perfect blend of nostalgia, a love of books, and modernity. The film took a team of  20 animators, and more than 1,000 books were put to use. Has anyone ever seen such a beautiful promotional film for a book publisher?? I can keep myself entertained just trying to make out fragments of books I recognize.    

I'm curious if the work of artist Brian Dettmer was an inspiration.







I've included some screen shots above from the film, but the actual animation is a must-see, along with behind the scene clips on the meticulous process (see below).


Here is one of many videos on the tedious time lapse animation:




The music was created by Mike Chalmers (aka Actionfist). Asylum Films also collaborated with Apt Studio on the This Is Where We Live film.



Limited edition books are also on sale to celebrate 4th Estate's 25th Anniversary in 2009.



Another great find while browsing vimeo...


Link: 25 the State

Neil Gaiman & Henry Selick's 3-D Animated Coraline
Add to Folder | Comments (1) | December 01, 2008


Update 12/30/09: There is a new interactive website for Coraline.


Over the weekend I saw a movie theater display for Coraline, an upcoming stop-motion animated feature in 3-D. The film is a feature-length adaptation of Neil Gaiman's bestselling children's novel Coraline. It is written and directed by Henry Selick (director of The Nightmare Before Christmas) and produced by LAIKA.  

Dakota Fanning will provide the voice for Coraline.  The cast also includes Ian McShane, Teri Hatcher, Keith David, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, and John Hodgman.


It's in theaters on February 6, 2009. Looks fun.


(a higher quality trailer is available on yahoo)



I didn't understand the movie website at first, but Drawn! has unlocked a few codes that may help you out. At first I was frustrated that the website requires secret codes to unlock hidden videos and content. But, it's gratifying when you finally discover something new.

Below are a few of screenshots from hidden clips:







IGN.com has also posted several clips for Coraline. Here are a couple videos that talk about the process of making the film.



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Link: Focus Features site for Coraline

Adam Elliot's clay animated film "Mary and Max"
Add to Folder | Comments (0) | November 19, 2008


Adam Elliot's 92-minute clay animation film, Mary and Max, will premiere at the 2009 Sundance Festival.
Mary and Max took almost 5 years to create. The film was shot using 6 hi-res Canon digital still cameras and is made up of approx. 132,480 individual frames.

excerpt from press release: "Written and directed by Eliot, Mary and Max tells the tale of an improbable friendship between two very different people: Mary Daisy Dinkle (Collette) a lonely Australian eight-year-old, and Max Jerry Horovitz (Hoffman), a middle-aged New Yorker. Spanning 20 years and two continents, Mary and Max is a journey that explores friendship, autism, taxidermy, psychiatry, alcoholism, obesity, kleptomania, sexual difference, religious difference, agoraphobia and more. The film is narrated by Australian legend Barry Humphries and features cameos from Eric Bana, singer Renee Geyer and Australian music icon Ian "Molly" Meldrum along with Julie Forsyth and John Flaus."

Australian animator Adam Elliot's short film Harvey Krumpet, won an Academy Award in 2003.

There is no trailer posted for Mary and Max yet. From looking around on the film's website, this looks like a slightly dark, uniquely animated film (with a curious, yet intriging story line). I don't anticipate I'll make it out to Sundance on January 15, but this film will be on my list for whenever it makes its way to theaters. Here's a look at a few of the main characters (via some screen shoots I made from the site) and some humorous description excerpts:



The voice of Mary Daisy Dinkle will be provided by Toni Collette. 

Mary "has eyes the colour of muddy puddles and a birthmark the colour of poo..."





The voice of Max Jerry Horowitz will be provided by Philip Seymour Hoffman. 

Max is a "three hundred pound atheistic New York who has Asperger's Syndrome and an addiction to chocolate hot-dogs, The New York Lottery and National Geographics..."





The voice of Damien Cyril Popodopolous will be provided by Eric Bana. 

Damien "smells like lemon dishwashing liquid and has skin smoother than the back of a spoon..."





The voice of Vera Lorraine Dinkle will be provided by Renée Geyer. 

Vera is "addicted to cooking Sherry, listening to cricket on the radio, baking and shoplifting..."



All the character designs for the film have so much personality. I'm very excited to see this (hopefully next year).


Link: Mary and Max movie site






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