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Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Game Credits

Posted on September 2, 2009  | Leave a Comment
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Googling my name I realised that Microsoft had put my name among all the great people who worked on Banjo Kazooie “Nuts and Bolts” on the Microsoft website. Cool
http://www.microsoft.com/games/mgsgamecatalog/banjokazooiecredits.aspx

Banjo Kazooie is a fun little game I was about to say but it is actually a fun Massive game!!! Just like “Viva Pinata”, I think Microsoft could easily make a TV series or even a feature based on those really great characters. To me, Banjo Kazooie is probably the strongest cartoony IP on the Xbox 360 at the moment so whywnot a true plateformer in the meantime?

“French Roast” short film

Posted on September 2, 2009  | Leave a Comment
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French Roast

French Roast

After several nominations and winning Siggraph 2009 “Best in Short”, French short film “French roast” is attracting a lot of attention those days. “French Roast” was produced by Bibo Film, the very same company that created “A Monstre in Paris”.

http://www.frenchroast.fr/trailer.html

Here is a series of interviews with the director Fabrice O. Joubert on Character design blog and also on the online version of Animation Magazine.

Jeff Gabor “Horton Hears a Who” comparative reel

Posted on August 21, 2009  | 3 Comments
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well if you missed it, that great video, it is still online! Crazy smeared frames, “Zips” as they call them in France 😉

Horton Hears a Who

Comic con 2008 Pixar interviews and videos

Posted on August 19, 2009  | Leave a Comment
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here are 2 videos I just found about this year’s Comic Con

Interview with Toy Story 3 dirctor Lee Unkrich
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/07/25/comic-con-interview-lee-unkrich-director-of-toy-story-3/

Disney Animation Panel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcwiYuHL2q0

Also check out the latest Splinedoctors splinecast
Bob Peterson and Pete Docter splinecast

Splinedoctors on Demo reels…. ouch ;-)

Posted on August 18, 2009  | 4 Comments
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As a confirmation of what has been said by one of Pixar senior HR staff in Annecy, here is what Pixar artists have to say about demo reels.

http://splinedoctors.com/2009/08/more-on-demo-reels/

I must admit that I still don’t know what to think about the 4th bullet point:

“4) Don’t use those free Internet models. I cant tell you how many times we see the same 4 or five models. Yes, we know its hard to rig and find a good model to animate, but seeing the same rig for all these years is getting old. If you are gonna use a free rig, alter it so much so that you cant tell that its the norman rig or the animation mentor rig.Using the stock rig is just boring.”

Do they expect people to learn how to rig? I don’t have any problem with technical stuff like rigging or modeling but I am not sure everyone is really inclined towards that stuff so how much customization do they think is necessary when using “stock rigs”? Do they have any successful example?

AM summer 09 showreel

Posted on August 4, 2009  | Leave a Comment
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AM summer 2009 showreel

AM summer 2009 showreel

AM just posted the new Animation Mentor showreel. Few of my friends were featured which is really cool and funny enough 3 of them are ex Blue Zoo staff from London.

“Walt Stanchfield”, Don Hahn Webinar

Posted on July 22, 2009  | 3 Comments
Filed under Animation, Animation Mentor, Character design

Animation Mentor just posted a great conversation between Disney producer Don Hahn and Bobby Beck about the life of Disney’s life drawing teacher Walt Stanchfield. Walt Stanchfield was a keen tennis player but more than anything an immense inspiration for everyone at Disney. His family also released his famous notes if you didn’t get the previous pdfs

http://www.amazon.com/Drawn-Life-Classes-Stanchfield-Lectures/dp/0240810961

Check it out

Drawn to life

Drawn to life

Art of Up/Up colorscript

Posted on July 18, 2009  | Leave a Comment
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Pixar "UP"

Pixar "UP"

Lou Romano, production designer on UP, posted two great posts on his blog.

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Animation Mentor not yet world domination

Posted on July 17, 2009  | Leave a Comment
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Animation Mentor

Animation Mentor

Few weeks ago I spoke with a friend of mine who happened to be a production manager in Paris, working on some really big features, and he didn’t know about Animation Mentor! He did recognise the AM rigs when I showed him the Animation Mentor showreel but didn’t know about the school!

Few animation students I work with in Angouleme were amazed when I told them I had been taught animation through an online school for 2 years. They had never heard about AM! Crazy isn’t it? Well it is even more crazy when you take in consideration that there was already an Italian AM alumni in the company.

Here is a good read for people who never heard about AM: Bobby Beck’s latest post on his blog!

“Animation Mentor had 51 mentors, students and alumni who worked on Ice Age 3!”

I think I will have to post the link to the AM student showcase again actually. No no that’s not because my friend Hichem’s short is on the cover 😉

http://www.animationmentor.com/students/student-work.html

Mac Guff “Despicable me” trailer

Posted on July 17, 2009  | 2 Comments
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Despicable me 01

Despicable me 01

Universal just released the first trailer for Mac Guff’s third animated feature “Despicable me”. From what I understand, the feature is directed by “Pat and Stan” creator Pierre Coffin and should come out summer 2010. Knowing Mac Guff’s animation standard and after the great work they did on “Dragon hunters”, this movie should be a lot of fun.

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