Apr
15
Puppet making made to make music. “Stems” is this week’s Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it here: https://vimeo.com/blog/post/stems Featuring music by Poppy Ackroyd http://poppyackroyd.com/
Apr
15
Green Screen Gringo
Posted in: Animation
Making-of and outtakes / o Making of e cenas extras: https://vimeo.com/263961038 www.instagram.com/douwe_dijkstra www.facebook.com/douwedijkstrafilmmaker douwedijkstra.nl/projects/green-screen-gringo someshorts.com/film/greenscreengringo Behind a green screen, a foreigner finds his way in an enchanting – and yet turbulent – Brazil. Where the streets are a stage for politics, art and affection, a gringo can only watch. The result is a mixtape-portrait of modern day Brazil seen through the eyes of the visitor. Atrás de uma tela verde, o estrangeiro percorre os labirintos de um turbulento – porém encantador – Brasil. Quando as ruas são palcos de política, arte e afetos, cabe a um gringo apenas observar. Distributed by / Distribuído por: SomeShorts Contact / Contato: Wouter Jansen – info@someshorts.com Directed, filmed and edited by / Dirigido filmado e editado por: Douwe Dijkstra Audio mix and sounddesign / Design de som e mixagem: Rob Peters Title design / Design de título: Bas Koopmans & Nuno Beijinho Color grading / Gradação de cores: Wieger Steenhuis Music / Música: Pedrowl, Lia Clark, Stefanini and O Terno Made with the support of / Realizado com o apoio de: IMPAKT Festival Utrecht, São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound and the Government of São Paulo Awards / Prêmios: Prix in Labo Competition – Clermont Ferrand Int Short Film Festival 2017 Bill Douglas award for international short film – Glasgow Short Film Festival 2017 Best Documentary – Vilnius Int Short Film Festival 2017 Best Sound Design and Music – Pleinbioscoop Rotterdam 2017 Best Glocal Propose Award – Seoul Int New Media Festival 2017 Special Jury Prize – Concorto Short Film Festival 2017 Best Experimental Short Film – Bolton Film Festival 2017 Best Contemporary Experimental Short – Sapporo Int Short Film Festival 2017 Green S.O.S. Award – Kaohsiung Film Festival 2017 Third Prize in European Competition – Alcine Festival Int de Cine 2017 Mathieu Hoche Prize for Best Documentary – Festival Int du Film d’Aubagne 2018 Special Mention for Best Experimental Film – Lago Film Fest 2017 Special Jury Mention – Timishort Film Festival 2017 Festivals / Festivais: http://someshorts.com/film/greenscreengringo
Apr
15
Let us introduce Aidan, the first playable character from OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead – the upcoming game from OVERKILL and Starbreeze Studios.
OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead is a four player co-op action FPS, where you and your friends fight the dead as well as the living. Set in The Walking Dead Universe, you and your group tries to survive in a post-apocalyptic Washington D.C.
Trailer produced by Goodbye Kansas Studios.
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Apr
15
‘Stellar’ is a short story of space exploration, what might be out there and what are the chances of finding it? “The probability of success is difficult to estimate; but if we never search the chance of success is zero.” Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison – ‘Searching for Interstellar Communications’ Directed by Stephen Ong & Mark Fuller Sound Design by Drew Simmons – tigerbearaudio.com Produced by Make it Move Productions – makeitmove.co.uk Make it Move is an animation studio based in the UK. We tell stories and bring ideas to life through animation for TV, apps, games and social media. Find out more at maketmove.co.uk or follow us on Twitter and Instagram.
Apr
15
Latest trailer of ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ welcomes you to the world of gigantic reptiles
Posted in: Animation
Four years since the calamitous events in the Jurassic Park that left it under a rubble, the gates are all set to open again soon as Universal Pictures are about the bring the next installment of the famed franchise.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom probes the emergence of the gargantuan reptiles from the wilderness as a volcano threatens to extinct the remaining beings from the island Isla Nebular, after its eruption. Owen (Chris Pratt), a former dinosaur trainer, and Claire (Bryce Dallas Holland), a dinosaur activist and former operations manager at the Jurassic World, have a Herculean task at hand of rescuing the creatures from the devastation that pushes their existence to the brink.
However, it’s far easier said than done as the Jurassic beasts are a threat of their own, and Owen and co. would also have to fight for their own survival too.
Industrial Light & Magic, Important Looking Pirates, One Of Us, El Ranchito and Nvizible are the studios that helmed the VFX while David Vickery is the production VFX supervisor.
Directed by B.A Bayona, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom releases on 22 June 2018.
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Apr
15
Tencent Games’ ‘Arena of Valor’ now available on Google Play and App Store in India
Posted in: AnimationOne of the most popular MOBAs (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) ‘Arena of Valor’ by Tencent Games, the world’s largest gaming company, is now available on both Android and iOS platforms. Arena of Valor is a multiplayer online battle arena, a video game subgenre that has boomed in popularity due to the industry’s growing esports scene. Ranked as the the number one game in Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam for three consecutive months, Arena of Valor has released in more than 30 countries and now has more than 10M Daily Active Users.
Arena of Valor released on Google Play Store India on 1 March, 2018 . The demand for games in India is on an upward curve and Tencent has started India operations.”India has a big part to play in the future of esports, given the demographic advantage the country holds. Arena of Valor has taken the Indian mobile gaming scene by storm with player community pages set up specifically for Indian players. The customised package size suits all types of smartphones and creates the perfect MOBA experience on the mobile platform. In order to improve the user experience Tencent Games has placed the game servers in India. Given the increasing popularity of the game, we’re looking to conduct local esports tournaments for Arena of Valor in India.” said AoV India general manager Aneesh Aravind.
Since launching in China in 2015, the game has experienced immense growth. Arena of Valor now boasts more than 200 million monthly active players, making it one of the most popular mobile games in the world.
Each game is a five-on-five battle, where players team up to control fantastical heroes and carve their way through jungles, lanes, and towers, draw first blood and destroy the enemy Core. Players can now create and command the most dominating team the MOBA world has ever seen with a roster of over 40 fearless heroes including a variety of tanks, mages, warriors, marksmen, and more.
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Apr
14
Paramount Animation has brought veteran Ramsey Naito on board as the executive vice president. She will report to president Mireille Soria (Paramount Animation) with whom she’ll work to build cross-divisional opportunities with Nickelodeon and parent company Viacom’s other brands.
The studio has also signed Emily Nordwind as VP of production and development, Katherine MacDonald as VP of production and marketing and Maya Kambe as the creative executive.
Naito will oversee production of the SpongeBob SquarePants (third instalment) movie, as well as new projects for development and animation talent to work with the division. Another Paramount animated title in line is Wonder Park (earlier called Amusement Park), set to premiere on 15 March 2019.
Ramsey Naito
Paramount Animation has been on a rise since Soria took over last year, making a number of hires and overseeing the production of upcoming movies.
“I have had the privilege of knowing and working with Ramsey for a number of years. She is a consummate professional with incredible creative instincts and relationships. I am so excited for her to bring her skills and energy to our growing team, mentioned Soria who had previously worked with Naito.
Naito, who received an Oscar nomination for DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby along with Tom McGrath, also served as head of movies at Cartoon Network, producer for Blue Sky Studios and VP of development and production at Nickelodeon Movies.
Her executive and producing credits include Barnyard (2006), The SpongeBob Square Pants Movie (2004), The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002), Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002), Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001), Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000), and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999).
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Apr
14
DQ Entertainment, the global entertainment production and distribution company has signed a number of content acquisition deal with broadcasters around the world for multiple properties produced by the company for distribution.
With the signing of these acquisition agreement, DQE will now be able to expand its footprint into the growing kids’ entertainment market across the world.
The following are some of the distribution deals that were closed by the company:
- Viacom 18 India has acquired the television broadcast rights for Jungle Book season three for India along with season one and two.
- The broadcast rights for Iron man season two, Casper season one, Lassie and Peter Pan season two has been acquired from DQE’s content library for Sri Lanka.
- Discovery Latin America renewed its license for the television rights for Jungle Book Christmas special.
- RTM from Malaysia has acquired the TV rights for Jungle Book Safari, a mix of live action and animation.
- SH Channel acquired the rights for DQE’s latest IP-The PSAMMY Show for Israel.
- The TV rights for Peter Pan season one and two, Jungle Book season one and two and Robin Hood season one were acquired for Kuwait.
With the closure of the above distribution deals the company expects a positive complementary boost towards its licensing & merchandising efforts for these regions.
DQE team At MIPTV (Left to Right) : Vishnu Ravindranathan, Tapaas Chakravarti, Manoj Mishra, Swastik Patra and Laurent Amar
DQE is presently in discussion with various other broadcast partners for some of its latest shows that are expected to complete production this year such as Jungle Book season three, Robinhood season two and The PSAMMY Show.
DQE COO Manoj Mishra said, “These deals are definitely strategic for us and will introduce DQE’s high quality, global kids’ content across multiple television channels in these region. The deals are testament to the quality, demand and universal appeal our content has across the globe .We plan to envisage more such deals to be closed with leading broadcasters and distributors this year.”
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Apr
14
Indian mythology is so vast, that one can spend an entire lifetime reading the stories, its versions, interpretations and theories. It has found its way into our culture, traditions, philosophy, entertainment as well as our way of life. It is not uncommon these days to find TV shows, movies, animated series based on mythology characters. But how many appeal to teens and adults?
Not always is it going to be this disappointing. Very soon, or should I say probably end of this year, Indian audience will be able to enjoy the storytelling of Goddess Durga on the big screen, told through the medium of animation, by Mumbai-based studio iRealities.
The 3D animated feature titled Durga is the studio’s next offering in animated theatricals after their major hit Chaar Sahibzaade. And seems like this one is going to be even bigger. Colossal, I must say.
The two hour long feature film is in the final stage of production and is written and directed by two well-known names respectively in the Indian film industry.
The movie poster released in 2016
Releasing in six languages across India with Bengali as the key language, the feature will tell the story of Durga from her origin. It also talks about the cause that led to the creation of the Goddess. “We chose this character because it signifies the power, the shakti (in English: strength) of women,” shares iRealities CEO Prasad Ajgaonkar.
The film also talks about the significance of Mahishasura, the villain. “Mahishasura, who is called a Rakshas (in English: demon), also had a human side to him. The film shows how this human side and arrogance makes him evil. So Durga does not just glorify religion. Anybody who does not relate to the religion will also enjoy the film,” claims Ajgaonkar.
He strongly believes that we need to change how animation is looked at in India. “Since the last 10 years, our focus has been on changing the perception of animation in India. In India, people think animation is only for kids. Nobody thinks it is for family audience. So engaging the non-kids age group into animation is a challenge which we have tried to overcome with Sheikh Chilli & Friendz and Chaar Sahibzaade.” And that is exactly what the studio’s endeavour will be with Durga.
Apart from Durga, the studio has two more on-going massive projects, both 3D animated theatricals. One of them is based on the mythological character Venkateswara, also known as Tirupati Balaji.
“There are small films everywhere, but they never tell a detailed story. Our idea is to tell a next-generation story of India’s history, culture, religion, not because it is an obligation for the youth to know about the same. We believe in telling these stories engagingly, respecting the youth as well as kids, and in the process give them something for life.”
Most mythology we watch on screens merely touches the surface. But in Durga, Ajgaonkar promises to tell a great story through animation and create a product for all ages. And hopefully, this film will raise the bar for animation theatricals in India, with a fulfilling dose of mythology of course!
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Apr
14
After 14 years of long wait, Pixar brings back the superheroes family back to the silver screen. After the short teaser and a sneak peak that aired during the Olympics, the official trailer of Incredibles 2 released making the audience take a look at what is in store in the long-awaited sequel.
Directed by Brad Bird, Incredibles 2 seems to follow a similar outline as the first film, with a member of Parr family being recruited for some gutsy escapades.
This sequel sees Helen Parr (Elastigirl) having all the fun while husband Bob (Mr. Incredible) stays home with the kids.
The trailer begins with Violet teasing Dash at the dinner table about washing his hands before asking her parents if they are going to talk about “the elephant in the room” — Helen’s new job. Deavor makes an entry announcing his plan to make some wrong things right and to bring supers back into the sunlight. (The superheroes in the ‘Incredibles’ universe are called supers).
The trailer then highlights the fan-favourite characters from the first film, costume designer Edna Mode and Samuel L. Jackson’s Frozone.
Looking at the trailer, Incredibles 2 is sure going to be worth the long wait. The incredible action will get going from 15 June.
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