Beauty and the Beast - Glen Keane Line Test

Following on from my previous Andreas Deja post, here is another from "Beauty and the Beast". This time Glen Keane's amazing line test for the transformation scene at the end of the movie.



Thanks to Bryn Richards for passing it on:
http://www.zombryn.co.uk/2012/05/beauty-and-beast.html

How Musician's Communicate Emotion

Interesting article and video about how emotion is communicated through music and how people find the most expressive versions to be the music that has variations in timing, and loudness and softness.

It can relate to animation as well, as sometimes the most interesting animations to watch have the same type of variations.






Thanks to "Spying for Lying" for posting this:
http://www.spyingforlying.com/2012/02/how-musicians-and-everybody-else.html

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