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Coraline : 3 sneak peak videos

Coraline is the next stop motion animated movie from Henry Selick, following "James and the giant peach" and "Nightmare before Christmas". The movie is based on a success novel from Neil Gaiman. I feel I'll always love this "genre" of animated movies, despite many constraints they always end up being way more interesting graphically than most of the animated CG feature films.

Here is a quick resume of the synopsis:
"A young girl (Fanning) walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life – only much better. But when her adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents (including Other Mother [Hatcher]) try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home – and save her family." (Source IMDB)

Movie release date is febuary 2009 in the States The whole production took place at the Laika studio



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Academy Awards Nominations

Once again this is academy time, here is the list of nominees for the 3 categories related to the animation and special effects.
Best Animated Feature film , Best Animated Short Film and Achievements in visual effects.



 

Continue reading the post to get my forecasts about those awards and watch avideos about  the short movies in list.
Place your bets ladies and gentlemen :)

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Brazil 2.0, official release

Finally Splutterish is coming back in the news headlines with the release of Brazil 2. I've been working on Brazil 1.2x at Blur Studio for more than 4 years and I'm really happy of this new version.

splutterfish Click on the logo to see the official release page

Here is a small and condensed list of the new features :
Overall Speed Improvement
3D Motion Blur Support
Displacement Support
Brazil r/s V2 Materials: New Features and Improvements

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