Keyword - animation

Interview: Meet Méline project

By Zeb on Friday, September 5 2008, 17:25 - Short Movies

Méline is a superb short film project initiated by Virginie Goyons and Sebastien Laban. They both took kindly some time to answer a few questions about the project, once you read this I urge you to visit the links at the end of the article because their progress thread on the CGtalk forum is amazingly documented.

Meline Title

Residence: Lyon, France
Age: Virginie: 26 Sebastien: 25
Job / employer: Virginie: "Lead Environment" at Eden Games; Sebastien: "Director & Art Director" at Diplomatic Cover -
Education: Virginie: 3 years Computer ESRA; Sébastien: 3 years ESIA 3D computer graphics.
Prefered Artist of the moment: Virginie: Hayao Miyazaki , Sébastien: Steven Spielberg

1 - For those who are unfamiliar with your project, could you resume the story line?
"Meet Meline" follows the story of a little girl, Méline, who spends most of her time in the old barn of her grandparents. One day, while she is in the process of indulging in her passion, drawing, Méline finds herself faced with a unknown furry creature. "Meet Meline" follows our little girl in the discovery of this strange creature.

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Short Movie : Oktapodi

By Zeb on Friday, August 15 2008, 10:46 - Short Movies

Bravo to the students from the french school "les Gobelins" who directed the short movie Okatpodi:

Directors :
  • Julien Bocabeille
  • Francois-Xavier Chanioux
  • Olivier Delabarre
  • Thierry Marchand
  • Quentin Marmier
  • Emud Mokhberi

They won the general prize at Siggraph as well as the audience prize.
Don't forget to have a look at their official website to enjoy a great making of.




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Coraline : 3 sneak peak videos

By Zeb on Thursday, August 14 2008, 14:20 - CG News

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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Pixar's Last short movie : Presto

By Zeb on Saturday, July 5 2008, 21:22 - Short Movies

Here is a sneak preview of the latest short movie from Pixar which was shown before Wall-E in the theaters
I can't wait to have more time so I can finally watch Wall-E on the big screen

You can find the full length movie on iTunes for 2 dollars

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Short Movie : Michael Dudok de Wit

By Zeb on Friday, June 13 2008, 10:00 - Short Movies

I could be starting a long presentation of Dudok de Wit, and those two shorts, express comments about the emotions those shorts brought me the first time I saw them, but the best is probably to just let you watch them and get back on their content later.
Two true jewels of traditionnal animation from a wonderfull director.




Father and daughter need no explanation, no comment, if you haven't felt anything then that's it! you missed it, too bad... Let's speak about the Monk and the Fish

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Academy Awards Nominations

By Zeb on Wednesday, January 23 2008, 08:00 - CG News

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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