Jason Schleifer talk

TEDx Youth talk with Head of Animation on PDIIDreamworks' new film "Peabody and Sherman" Jason Schleifer. He talks about the importance of individual moments in the character's story arc.



Great talk! Check out his website here:

jasonschleifer.com

"My Family and the Wolf"

A great teaser for animated film "My Family and the Wolf" from Headless Productions. I love their visual style and hope they keep doing more films!

Hotel Transylvania Trailer

The trailer for "Hotel Transylvania" is out!




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The Sweatbox

An interesting insight into the making of the Disney movie "Kingdom of the Sun" which ended up becoming "Emperor's New Groove". Definitely shows a realistic view of what goes on behind the scenes, and the emotional attachment of the artists involved.

Watch it before it gets taken down!



Now on Vimeo:

Balto

I was introduced to Balto (directed by Simon Wells) by Nouche only in the last 5 years, even though it was released back in 1995. Greatly underrated movie, with some amazingly animated scenes.

Ron Doucet over at Flooby Nooby (love the name) posted an amazing collection of model sheets, line tests, story boards, you name it. It's a huge post that I can spend hours staring at.

Check out the extensive post here:

http://floobynooby.blogspot.ca/2012/03/balto.html

It's awesome!

Shekhar Kapur TED talk

Great TED talk from director Shekhar Kapur ("Elizabeth" and it's sequel "The Golden Age") where he talks about "getting rid of your mind" in creative situations.




For more great director TED talks, including James Cameron and JJ Abrams, check out Empire Magazine's Best Film makers list:

http://www.empireonline.com/features/best-film-ted-talks/p1

Bringing "The Pirates!" Characters to Life

Here's a behind the scenes look at the upcoming stop-motion feature "The Pirates!" from Aardman and Sony.

Looks like a lot of fun!