ZPZtudio‘s beautiful Luminaris has been shortlisted for an Oscar as Best Animated Short Film. The official nominees for the category will be announced on January 24th. The Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. (more…)
Director Peter Sluszka of Hornet Films has taken animation to the next virtual dimension with this scoping and dynamic project for PNC. Based on the song ‘the Twelve Days of Christmas,’ the animation is part of an elaborate interactive website that lightheartedly teaches us about economics by tracking the fluctuating prices of the twelve sets of gifts from the classic carol. Beyond entertaining, it will be used as a teaching aid in schools across the country.
Passion Pictures delivered a key piece of stop motion for Martin Scorsese’s new feature film HUGO. The Dragonframe team was contacted early on in the production to supply an anamorphic conversion preview within our software. They also used our IOTA 3D Slider because the movie was shot in 3D. (more…)
Another beautifully animated and truly epic short film from Sean Pecknold. ‘The Shrine / an Argument’ is a music video for the Fleet Foxes. Please watch in HD with headphones / speakers and full screen, and read Sean’s in-depth interview with us on the process. (more…)
California born filmmaker, animator, sculptor and painter Allison Schulnik creates another textural masterpiece with ‘Mound,’ her sixth and most complex film to date. It follows ‘Forest‘ a music video for the band Grizzly Bear. ‘Mound’ was created solely by the artist and features over 100 hand-sculpted and sewn puppets. (more…)
Filmmaker Kirsten Lepore has been wowing the film festival circuit over the last few years, expressing themes of romantic longing using an earthy, tactile approach. Kirsten discusses her move from illustration to stop-motion animation, the physicality of her process, and her youthful beginnings as a camcorder-auteur.
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