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THE BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY & ART OF ANIMATION July 2006 ™

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Volume 20, Issue 7, Number 162, July 2006 CONTENTS 6 Frame-by-Frame The Monthly Animation Planner ... Tom Goes to the Mayor Again... Babar Stumps for Ecology ...Strapontin Makes Plans for Sinbad of the Stars. 8 Gaming 8 Activision Takes Hedge to the Edge . Edge of Reality creates animated magic with the Over the Hedge game. Plus, the top hits of E3. [by Ryan Ball] 10 Features 10 All Revved Up! Our reporter gets inside the hood of Cars, the big shiny summer release from John Lasseter and his team of CG mechanics and magicians at Pixar. [by Charles Solomon] 14 A Week of Wonders. The 30th edition of the Annecy Festival offers a remarkable cross-section of animated works from around the world. [by Ramin Zahed] 15 Chilly 10 Scenes of Summer. Two Japanese features with impressive pedigrees tell haunting tales at Annecy. [by Patrick Drazen] 16 The Art of a Black- and-White Renaissance. French director Christian Volckman hopes to change the way the world views adult animation. [by Ramin Zahed] 18 18 Shorts 18 No Fairy-Tale Ending. Hans Christian Andersen’s poignant tale of an impoverished girl inspires Roger Allers’ The Little Matchgirl which premieres at Annecy this year. [by Ron Barbagallo] 20 The Short Road to Success. The brilliant, artistic and personal shorts unspooling at Annecy are great antidotes for the mass-produced drivel that is cranked out of the studios recently. [by Chris Grove] 22 Home Entertainment 22 Out of This World. Get schooled in history, social issues and animated aliens while you beat the heat. [by Sarah Gurman] 23 Natural Selection. National Wildlife Federation joins forces with Sunwoo Entertainment and S4 Studios to bring up Wild Animal Baby, a preschool project mixing live-action with CG animation. 24 Television 24 MTV2 Sicks the Dogs on Animation. New toon block offers canines, cage matches and Chico. [by Ryan Ball] 28 The Girl of His Dreams. Jim Jinkins, the creator of Noggin’s Pinky Dinky Doo, talks about the show’s inspiration and his future plans for Doug. [by Ramin Zahed] 30 Padded Cel. Musings on stupid legislation and bad TV. [by Robby London] 32 Licensing 28 32 Wide-Eyed Wonders. American Greetings and The Hatchery team up to bring Twisted Whiskers to animated life. [by Ramin Zahed] 34 The Show Must Go On! A preview of this month’s Licensing Show in New York. 38 VFX 38 Making a Superhero Soar Again. Mark Stetson shares a few vfx secrets about the making of Superman Returns. [by Ron Magid] 40 Cause & Effect. Three innovative ads make a splash at Annecy. [by Barbara Robertson] 42 Tech Reviews. 14 [by Todd Sheridan Perry] 43 Digital Magic. Microsoft Zooms in on HD; Mobile Games Hit the Road! [by Chris Grove] 44 Opportunities 44 MoMA’s Tomorrowland Looks Back in Wonder. A Manhattan trip through the student ﬁ lms of CalArts offers an inspiring retrospective of work from the early days of some of today’s greatest animation artists. [ by Jake Friedman]] 48 3D Pete. Insane toy idea of this summer. [by Mike Fisher] 52 A Day in the Life. Spend a day with the creative minds of ka-chew!

On the Cover: ©Disney/Pixar test-drives its state-of-the-art 2006 model, Cars. Licensing: Moonscoop comes to the Licensing Show with a variety of hot animated tie-ins. Annecy: Aniboom Awards is now accepting toon entries from around the world (www.aniboom.com). DISCOP: © 2006 Zula® USA, LLC. All rights reserved. The Zula Patrol is distributed internationally 38 exclusively by MarVista Entertainment.

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ANIMATION MAGAZINE July 2006 Vol. 20, Issue 7, No. 162 [email protected]______f you had any doubts about the unprecedented boom in Ianimation, all you had to do was look closely at the list of the President Jean Thoren features unspooling at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Not only Publisher Jodi Bluth was this year’s lineup impressive in the sheer number of animated Accounting Jan Bayouth projects on display, it was an interesting indicator of the diversity of projects being produced internationally. Webmaster Eric Brandenberg Sure, The Da Vinci Code premiere and Tom Hanks’ hair might have grabbed most of the EDITORIAL [email protected] headlines at the world’s largest ﬁ lm festival, but there were several animated projects ______Editor-in-Chief Ramin Zahed

EDITOR’S NOTE which raised a few eyebrows in the mix. In addition to DreamWorks’ Over the Hedge (last month’s cover critters) and Richard Linklater’s rotoscope-animated A Scanner Darkly Web and Gaming Editor Ryan Ball (which you can read about in next month’s Contributing Editors Chris Grove, Ron Magid, issue of this magazine), the festival Azur Barbara Robertson featured a special retrospective screening and Editorial Assistant Sarah Gurman Asmar of 13 fi lms by famed experimental guru Copy Editor Roberta Street Norman McLaren, who founded the Animation Art Advisor Ron Barbagallo infl uential animation department at the Digital Reviews Editor Todd Sheridan Perry National Film Board of Canada. Contributors Patrick Drazen, Mike Fisher, Cannes was also the premiere stage for Jake Friedman, Robby London, Thomas J. McLean, Azur and Asmar, the latest artistic effort Mercedes Milligan, Charles Solomon, Ellen Wolff by Michel Ocelot, the French auteur behind the two brilliant Kirikou movies. The lush, traditionally animated feature uses African and Oriental-style art to tell the story of the ADVERTISING SALES friendship between a Muslim and a Christian boy and how it’s threatened by cultural and [email protected]______socio-economic differences in the ancient world. Sheri Shelton We should also keep an eye on Princess, the highly controversial 2D animated movie from Danish wunderkind Anders Morgenthaler (The Nelly Nut Show, Araki). Much has PRODUCTION [email protected]______already been written about this extremely adult offering, which kicked off Cannes Art and Production Director Susanne Rector Director’s Fortnight Series. Morgenthaler’s pic addresses some hot-button issues while telling the story of a priest who is bent on destroying all CIRCULATION [email protected]______The the pornographic material related to his dead sister. The Circulation Director Jan Bayouth Egg revenge tragedy is seen as a powerful statement against Film the negative impact of the porn industry on society. TO ADVERTISE: While we’re looking at the global picture, let’s hear it Phone: 818-991-2884 for those good eggs from Mexico, which have fried up the Fax: 818-991-3773 Email: [email protected]______competition in their home country. Rodolfo and Gabriel Website: www.animationmagazine.net Riva Palacio’s The Egg Film (Una Pelicula de Huevos) has become the second highest grossing Mexican fi lm ever List Rental Quantum List Marketing (the top title is still the live-action El crimen del Padre 480-860-6036 Amaro). Hatched by Rodolfo and Gabriel’s brilliant animated Internet venture, the feature ANIMATION MAGAZINE has raked in over $15 million for distributor Videocine. Not bad for a quirky toon about a (USPS 015-877/ISSN 1041-617X) hilarious bunch of drunken eggs. Published monthly by: Animation Magazine 30941 West Agoura Road, Suite 102 Westlake Village, CA 91361

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will open their eyes. Wide. This movie ... It’s not nice. It’s tough and in- Animation Magazine credibly depressing. I’m enormously proud of it already.” © 2006 Animation Magazine Prior written approval must be obtained to duplicate any and all contents. The copyrights and trademarks of images featured herein are the property of their —Anders Morgenthaler, director of Princess, a Danish animated movie about a priest respective owners. Animation Magazine acknowledges the creators and copyright who decides to destroy all pornographic material featuring his dead sister. holders of the materials mentioned herein, and does not seek to infringe on those rights. The ﬁ lm screened at the Cannes Film Festival last month. Printed in the U.S.A.

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The Animation Planner July

Pirates of the Caribbean 3-13 Hit two birds 7 Arrrrrr! Time to get thee to theaters to catch Gore 7-9 Get an early with one stone by visiting Verbinski’s CG-packed sequel, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead preview of all the cool Paris and taking in some Man’s Chest. Also on the hot movie list this weekend is Richard summer vfx-laden Linklater’s cool roto-animated cool animation courses at A Scanner Darkly blockbusters at the VES Gobelins during the French feature, A Scanner Darkly, with Festival of Visual Effects and Euro Creation in Film the voices of Keanu Reeves in Hollywood, Calif. (www.___ Animation Summer School and Winona Ryder. Trinity visualeffectssociety.com).______in Paris (www.gobelins. University in San Antonio, Texas, hosts the 18th Annual fr/summerschool).______Society for Animation Studies Conference (http://crossroads. animationstudies.org).______

Pulse FRAME-BY-FRAME 11 Time to hit the DVD 13-14 Brush up on 14 You may get some 14-30 Not like you stores to pick up the new your handheld tech knowledge buzz out of the scary movie, need an excuse, but you may Avatar: Book 1 Vol. 4 release. at the 4th Annual Mobile Pulse, starring Kristen Bell want to jet down to beautiful Game Conference in Seattle, and Rick Gonzalez, which Brazil for the Anima Mundi Wash. is about otherworldly, evil Festival in Rio and São Paulo (www.mobilegameconference. electronic vibes. (www.animamundi.com/br). com).__

She-Ra 18 Decisions, decisions … you’ll 20-23 If you like 21 Director M. Night have to pick between A Pup Named cool designs and aesthetic Shyamalan is up to his old Scooby-Doo Vol. 3 and 4, Best of pleasures, you should plan tricks again with the new She-Ra: Princess of Power, Queer your visit to the Adobe Design supernaturally themed Duck: The Movie, Ren & Stimpy: The Achievement Awards in feature, Lady in the Water, Lost Episodes Toronto (www.adobe.com/ starring Opie’s daughter, Bryce and SpongeBob education)._____ Meanwhile, comic Dallas Howard, and everyone’s SquarePants: book and fantasy lovers will favorite wine snob, Paul Karate Island ﬁ ght the geek-friendly crowds Giamatti. More CG-animated at DVD stores at the annual Comic-Con fun comes our way via Sony’s today. phenom in San Diego, Calif. Monster House, directed by (www.comic-con.org). Monster House Gil Kenan.

Jimmy Neutron creator Toon fans Finally, you can get 28 Maybe you can also catch 22-24 25 Steve Oedekerk brings some 30 will take a bite out of the your hands on Animaniacs: a Red Sox game at Fenway Park fun-loving farm animals to Big Apple in Brooklyn this Vol. 1 and Pinky and the when you attend this year’s cool CG-animated life in the udderly week at the cool and festive Brain: Vol. 1 on DVD today. CG animation confab, SIGGRAPH charming Animation Block Party Also out for your home 2006 in Boston, Barnyard, (www.animationblock.com). viewing pleasure are Galaxy Mass. (www.___ High School Vol. 2 and The featuring the siggraph.org/ voices of Kevin Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3. s2006).___ James, Sam Elliot and Danny Glover. Barnyard

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Tom Goes to the Mayor Again f satiric jabs at small-town politics put a smile on your face, then The Future’s in the I you’re probably celebrating the new season of Tom Goes to the Stars Mayor, which airs Sundays at 12:30 a.m. on Cartoon Network’s f you’ve [adult swim]. The comedy series from exec producer Bob Odenkirk I been to (Mr. Show with Bob & David) employs very limited animation animation to illustrate the misadventures of would-be entrepreneur Tom events around Peters who is constantly bringing his crackpot ideas to the mayor the world in of the eccentric small town of Jefferton. The show is written and the past few produced by Tim Heidecker and Eric years, you Wareheim, who also voice the two might have FRAME-BY-FRAME main characters. Odenkirk and Mr. already met French producer Sylvie Martin and her Show co-star David Cross provide Paris-based shingle, Strapontin. Last year, Martin got other voices as will Tenacious D a lot of attention for producing Jeremy Clapin’s award- duo Jack Black (School of Rock) and winning short Backbone Tale (Une Histoire Vertebrale). Kyle Gass. Martin is now working on a very cool (26 x 24) ani- Among the hot-shot voice guests mated series, in conjunction with French broadcaster lined up for Season Two are Dave TF1. She’s taking the latest 3D animation tests for the YFoley, Gary Busey, Judd Hirsch, project, which is called Sinbad of the Stars to the An- Sean Hayes, Janeane Garofalo, Bob necy festival and market, and from the looks of it, it Balaban, Garry Shandling, Robert Loggia, Michael Ian Black, Fred has all the makings of an out-of-this-world blast. Armisen and rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot. The success of the toon should “The fantastic universe of the series, which resem- warm the hearts of indie animators everywhere since it’s based on bles a futuristic Middle East is populated with robots, a a short fi lm that college pals Heidecker and Wareheim created space-ships, strange creatures, and that makes it ideal and sent to all their comedy heroes, including Odenkirk. All it took for an adventure show,” says Martin. “The project’s was a pitch meeting with the big cheeses at [adult swim] and central characters are a spaceship commander and a another crazy late-night show earned its moth-eaten wings. Q princess … they are two real heroes, something that we do not see enough of on TV! I think everyone who gets the chance to read the scripts also acknowledges Nelvana’s Babar Stumps for Ecology the high quality of the scripts. The show’s Saroua abar, the famous elephant star of children’s books and animated TV, is spaceship is designed by Philippe Ogaki who has worked set to educate French children about the environment. Nelvana, which on many Luc Besson projects.” B Sinbad of the Stars, which will ready for delivery by the handles consumer products based on the property, has signed a deal with end of 2007, cur- the Ministry of Ecology and Durable Development in France to help spread rently has three the word about the importance of ecology by using a character beloved completed scripts, by kids around the world. ten treatments Each year during the summer holidays, the Ministry and graphic bible issues a guide that informs school children of ways and a storyboard. “We are working they can help preserve the environment. Babar, who to complete the celebrates his 75th anniversary this year, will be fi nancing,” adds the mascot for the 2006 guide, entitled Babar Le Martin. “We received interest from various partners and P’tit Ecolo. Illustrated in watercolor, Babar and his should be able to announce a deal with an Italian TV and family show children how each individual can impact co-producer very soon. A big German TV entity and an the environment every day by doing simple things American studio have also expressed interest.” Martin notes that the animation combines CG anima- like turning off lights, conserving water, composting tion with 2D backgrounds and cel-shading. The series will and properly disposing of garbage. 500,000 copies of be made for High Def TV 16/9. the guide featuring Babar will be printed in vegetable When asked about the specifi c challenges of her latest ink on recycled paper and distributed via tollbooths pet project, Martin is typically French and philosophical. on the Paris-Rhine-Rhone motorways and through French broadcaster Tiji’s “Like many animation projects, the big challenge is to summer events. To date, more than 10 million Babar books have been sold in fi nd the momentum with which all interested parties are supporting the series so that it will result in full develop- France alone. Other Babar anniversary activities will include the June launch ment and a good end.” Bon chance, Sylvie! Q of a Babar-branded postage stamp and meet-and-greet school appearances.

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MAGAZINE GAMES MAGAZINE Acitvision’s the foreign labyrinth known assuburbia. all theedibletreasures thatawait themin come theirfear oftheunknown todiscover I we thoughtwe’d have Hranchak pointout Works campustofacilitate collaboration, As Activision setsupshopontheDream- ed development teamatEdge ofReality. Chad Hranchak andtherest ofthetalent- consoles was thetaskofleadanimator gers andlaughs. harrowing obstaclecoursesripewithdan- backyards muchlike theirown become at familiar surroundings ashomesand lenges young players totake anotherlook both handslike asteeringwheel.Kudos toNintendo come asword orturnedsideways andgrippedwith even transmits thesound.Theremote canalsobe- through avibration intheunit,andabuilt-inspeaker racket thattheplayer actually swings. Thehitisfelt game, for instance,thecontroller becomesavirtual much more intuitive gamingexperience. 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MAGAZINE FEATURE MAGAZINE 10 mechanics andmagiciansatPixar. summer release from JohnLasseterandhisteamofCG Our reporter gets insidethehoodof ever done,” says producer DarlaK.An- went to work on as theartistsdiscovered whenthey challenging thandesklampsortoys, into credible characters proved more objects tolife. Butmakingautomobiles tellers whoexcel atbringing inanimate able reputation asoutstandingstory- July2006 “ Cars Pixar Studiohave hadanenvi- 1986, JohnLasseterandthe ver since isthemostcomplex fi rvosPage Previous rvosPage Previous Cars. Luxo, Jr Luxo, . debutedin lm we’ve | | Contents Contents four times faster thanthey didon puters, andprocessors thatrun background.” looks sogood, itdisappearsintothe work really hard todosomethingthat of thestory. Johnalways jokes thatwe look right,peoplewould bepulled out cars looklike, andhefelt ifthey didn’t eryone knows whattherefl ing inittoget realistic refl derson. “Johnwanted tohave ray trac- | | Even withanetwork of 3,000com- omin Zoom omin Zoom by CharlesSolomon Cars NMTO AAIE ANIMATION MAGAZINE | | , thebigshiny omout Zoom omout Zoom ections. Ev- | | ections on rn Cover Front rn Cover Front Darla K.Anderson fi shot racing carwho’s eager towinhis Queen (voiced by Owen Wilson),ahot- like real automobiles. cept aslivingcharacters, butstillmove creating carsthataudienceswould ac- minor compared tothechallenge of hours. Butthetechnicalhurdles were time for asingleframe of The Incredibles, | | rt Piston rst Cars erhIssue Search erhIssue Search tellsthestoryofLightningMc-

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MAGAZINE FEATURE MAGAZINE 12 (effects) (art) andPatrick Siemer Credit: Steve Purcell Never Was animation expert. Heistheauthorof Charles SolomonisaLos Angeles-based journalist and way.” always changing,butIdon’tseeitchanginginabad will say, ‘Nowe’re keeping Pixar Pixar.’ Thecompany is meetings, certainthingswillcomeupandJohnEd the artistandsupportingit.Idon’tseethatchanging.In recipe for success,whichisbeingtruetothevisionof changing toomuch,” sheconcludes.“They have agreat message. tion—and viceversa. Andersonoffers areassuring how thePixar teamwillchange Disney Feature Anima- those changes. Speculationhasbeenrampant about Company probably ranks asthemostsignifi the $7.4billionacquisitionofPixar by theWalt Disney the animationindustryhasundergone majorchanges; Animation Disney/Pixar’s on June9. July2006 “As JohnandEd(Catmull)are incontrol, Idon’tseeit Q . and rvosPage Previous rvosPage Previous Cars Enchanted Drawings: TheHistoryof zooms intotheatersnationwide the intervening eightyears, | | Contents Contents Bug’s Life fi lm afterfi gan work onthe late JoeRanft, be- his co-director, the Lasseter. Heand long journey for Cars The Disney That in1998.In hasbeena | | nishing omin Zoom omin Zoom cn of cant A NMTO AAIE ANIMATION MAGAZINE | | omout Zoom omout Zoom reasons Clark. to seethrough thewindshields—insidetheirheads!” cars ashumancharacters, you don’twant tobeable positioned intheirwindshields.“Ifyou lookatthe on theheadlights,Pixar autoshave theireyes popular Chevron commercials, whichhave theireyes Unlike thecarsfeatured inAardman Animation’s love topush,andyou justwalk thatline. you have allthecartoony stuff thattheanimators on thephysical restraints ofthereal world, andthen making simpleactingchoices.You doalotofresearch It was allaboutbeingeconomicalandelegant in whichwe didn’thave anything toanthropomorphize. We hadtoshow more withless. emotions, dramas, pathosandcomedywithless,” notesClark.“Itwas thefi of thebiggest challenges ofthemovie. “The bigquestionwas how doyou get allthe Obviously, animatingcars,whichhave noarms,legs,fi worlds are involved.” animation ishandledwithsuchastaggering fl The Incredibles around,” explains Sweetland. “For me,whatisamazingthat story aboutfi drive thetechnologicalinnovations, notviceversa. “As soonasyou decidetotella constantly.” it allwithawonderful economy ofwords. “We have petrats, andwe’re watching them French Connection movies—from They alsowatched every possiblecoolcarchasescene captured inlive-action out thecharacter ofthehotshotcar, LightningMcQueen(voiced by Owen Wilson). wunderkinds like MichaelJordan, Tiger Woods andtheyoung MuhammadAlitofl Sweetland says theteamalsostudiedgeneral demeanorofcompetitive fast lane. Charlotte, N.Carolina toget fi went totheracetracks inLasVegas, Sonoma,BristolandLowe’s MotorSpeedway in the tires andtanks ofgastotheway forklifts were used,” says Clark.ThePixar gang drove around race tracks andtooknotesoneverything, from how thecrew changed also didalotofresearch toget thedetailsoffour-wheel world exactly right.“We Thefi authentic inevery singledetail…we hadtodoourhomework.” good ofPixar. Even thoughwe were creating ananimatedfi I Wheels inMotion Setting the Whenasked tooffer hintsaboutPixar’s next bigpicture, animation isreally contagious.” Adds Sweetland, “It’strue:Hisenthusiasmandlove for we were thebigbrothers babysitting theteam.” studio anddirecting themovie atthesametime,and the way through thecrew andback.Hewas runningthe and hepicks thebestideas.Thelove goes around all surrounds himselfwithgreat artistsandtechpeople, possible asateamandcollaboratively,” says Clark.“He enough toknow thatgreat artinanimationcanonly be Lasseter andhisinspiringleadership.“He’ssmart Bothdirectors have nothingbutstrong praise for Thedirectors emphasize thefact thatatPixar, creative storytellingpossibilities John Lasseterisquotedassaying, “Itoldmy wife Ihadto go totheraces for the n The ArtofCar lm’s seasonedsupervisinganimationdirectors DougSweetland andScottClark | | rn Cover Front rn Cover Front sh, thenyou tacklecreating realistic water inCG, nottheotherway It’s aMad,Mad,MadWorld becauseconceptually they are sodifferent from eachother. The and s, thenew bookby MichaelWallis andSuzanneFitzgerald Wallis, Ronin. | | rst-hand knowledge ofthesightsandsounds erhIssue Search erhIssue Search and exibility—two completely opposite | | Smokey andtheBandit etPage Next etPage Next ns oreyes inreal life, was one www.animationmagazine.net Ratatouille Doug Sweetland Cars lm, Iwanted ittobe Scott Clark comesrightafter , Sweetland says —Ramin Zahed A A B B E E F F rst movie M M to a a esh The G G S S A A Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page EF MaGS MAGAZINE B

MAGAZINE Stanislas Berthe & MAGAZINE FEATURE Fabien Veancon 14 Dream pan’s Sousa’s and Desires: Family Ties gory—from gory—from 25 contendersintheTVseriescate- Rabbit and Gromit: TheCurseoftheWere- and DreamWorks/Aardman’s and fi I the world. a remarkable cross-section ofanimatedworks from around The 30theditionoftheAnnecy Festival (June5-10)offers Pingu, Pocoyo to Leap ofFaith Hotel delightful shorts(BruceAlcock’s in competition. committee endedupwith260entries213 1,732 fi your fi screen andmaybe even atyou. Butifthey like like your fi and fervent abouttheiranimation.Ifthey don’t out, “French audiencesare very knowledgeable quent festival participantBillPlympton points tion. ButasOscar-nominated animatorand fre- ve features ( July2006 Creature Comforts, PlanetSketch, As always, there are many chancestocatch This year, theevent organizers received ideal spottoview thebestofindieanima- the annualAnnecy animationfestival asthe t may beanindustry-wideclichétorefer to Renaissance , HeebokLee’s lm, you’ll becomeaninstantsuperstar!” xxxHOLiC AMidsummerNight’s ). Thejuryhasalsoselected and lms from 62countries andtheselection Fable lm, they’ll throw paperandcrap atthe Origin—Spirits ofthePast Bernard , JoannaQuinn’s Asterix andtheVikings and , tonameafew) and rvosPage Previous rvosPage Previous Wonders from France, Ja- A Skyland. by Ramin Zahed Tread Softly, and Catscratch andDaniel Week Wallace Dreams Steve Smith’s At theQuinte | | Contents Contents Bill Plympton’s © 2006 Bill Plympton screens atAnnecy. we alsohave lesshopethatnew technologies “We saw more qualityinthe‘qualityfi have bothhelpedandhindered theselection. berg tellsustheCG animationandtechnology eryone’s favorite elephantking,Babar. voted tothework ofYoshitaka Amanoandev- you won’t want tomissbeautifulexhibits de- to award-winning shortsfrom Folimage. Also, gram of“very shortshorts”onAIDSandasalute Zbigniew RybczynskiandChrisLandreth, apro- turing works by NormanMcLaren, Raoul Servais, bar on“whenanimationmeetstheliving,” fea- d’Alo, Cavandoli andToccafondo, aspecialside- ute toItalianmasterssuchasBozzetto, Luzzati, entries. Fest organizers are alsoplanningatrib- | | The festival’s artisticdirector Serge Brom- And thoseare justtheoffi omin Zoom omin Zoom of Guide Dog NMTO AAIE ANIMATION MAGAZINE

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M M 15 F F lm E E Blue B B A A based Last Ex- July 2006 lm, signed a that has be- Character de- Character will help thaw will help thaw in lm distributed Boogiepop Phan- Next Page Next Page Agito English-language ver- English-language (Stonebridge Press). (Stonebridge Gin-iro no kami no Agi- no kami Gin-iro | | and built its reputation and built its reputation Witchblade. . Shochiku, the Japanese series. Origin - Spirits of the Past, Agito Q rst feature, GONZO turned to the turned to the GONZO rst feature, Scryed Scryed anime fi rst Japanese and Search Issue Search Issue Director Keiichi Sugiyama moved to moved Sugiyama Keiichi Director just one stop in a glob- is actually Annecy For its fi | | opened on 1,000 Chinese screens. This is opened on 1,000 Chinese screens. the fi coun- the two between China. Relations Japan’s given long been frosty, tries have Perhaps a century ago. military adventures the cautionary tale of things out. al tour for al tour for distributing the fi corporation of In March deal with the China Film Group. months after the Japanese two this year, of the fi a Chinese translation premiere, Patrick Drazen is a Chicago-based writer is a Chicago-based Drazen Patrick in anime. He is the author of who specializes & Wow! Anime Explosion! The What? Why? of Japanese Animation GONZO after working on video games and on video games after working GONZO several for and doing storyboards directing episodes of the landmark anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. for Ogata, best known Kouji by sign was look of the the creating tom kind of post-Apocalyptic sci fi sci kind of post-Apocalyptic come an anime staple. Agito), to (Silver-Haired sion is called on a script by Naoko Kakimoto and Nana Shii- Kakimoto Naoko by on a script after humans have place 300 years na, takes an alien been displaced as masters of Earth by heroes, young of sentient plants. The two race a machine that holds Agito and Cain, discover cen- three a girl who’s been in hibernation for could once again turies. Her awakening planet! of the the destiny change emotional impact (and even some of the even emotional impact (and made a GONZO look) of 2D cel animation. in 1999 with splash on the anime scene Submarine Number 6 series like with television there from ile, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, ile, Gankutsuou: The Count and their recent hit and their recent

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MAGAZINE FEATURE MAGAZINE White 16 world views adultanimation. Director ChristianVolckman hopestochange theway the The Art ofa But we thoughtwiththisnoirstoryline, we see in3Diseithercartoony orultra-realistic. night phoneconversation. “Whatyou usually from hishomeinParis during alate-Friday- 3D animation,” says the34-year-old director and whitewould transcend theproblems of gies. “We knew thatshootingthefi ing Viconcameras’ Motion-Capture technolo- went toMiancewhodesignedthevisuals us- producer Aton Soumache( thieu Delaporte,Volckman andhisubiquitous scribes Alexandre delaPatelliere andMa- Maaz ceiving muchacclaimfor hisenigmaticshort on thefeature over sixyears ago, afterre- Paris. nology atMarc Miance’sAttitude Studioin an animationventure reliant onmo-cap tech- eyebrows isthatthishighly originalproject is black andwhite,butwhatmay raise afew for 14millioneuros orthatitwas shotin 15. Itmay notbesurprisingthatitwas made playing intheatersacross France sinceMarch is incompetitionatAnnecy thismonth,after drives therecent movie miliar PhilipK.Dickstory. It’sthestorywhich belong tothelatestRidley ScottFilmora fa- ers know thatthisintriguingplotlinedoesn’t A outfi anti-aging drugcreated by apharmaceutical July2006 Director ChristianVolckman beganwork t intheyear 2054.Many French fi . Uponhatching upthescript withGallic in Paris andherconnectionwithan mysterious kidnappingofayoung girl tough-as-nails copinvestigates the rvosPage Previous rvosPage Previous Renaissance, Renaissance Skyland lm inblack | | series) Contents Contents which lmgo- by Ramin Zahed times itcanbevery problematic.” fi them for therest oftheproduction. You can takes inthefi extremely clear. Becauseifyou make mis- fi have torely onthingsthatyou cameupwith And becauseittakes solongtomake, you with actors,justlike any live-action movie. movie. Plus,you have the usualproblems world, aswell asalltheheadachesofa3D you inheriteverything thatcomesfor the2D ckman. “Whenyou’re makingamo-capfi and it’strickierthanyou expect,” admitsVol- think abouteverything whenyou’re shooting, their new futuristicventure. “You have to worked onbefore hadprepared theteamfor tor’s visions.Ho for thecrowd scenes tobringlife thedirec- relied onMaya software aswell asMassive on theunconscious level.” and make theaudience’simaginationwork tell stories.You canhidesomeimperfections ists becauseitaddsanatural poeticway to the black-and-whitefi black-and-white canvas. “You canseewhat fondness for thefreedoms afforded by a Fritz LangandOrsonWelles, Volckman hasa cinematic auteurssuchasSergei Eisenstein, that was uniqueandinteresting.” had thepossibilitytodosomethinggraphic Black-and- x themabitorcheat withediting,butsome- ve years ago. Thestoryboards have tobe | | Of course,there isalsothefamiliar prob- In additiontoVicon,theanimationteam A fan ofNeo-expresssionism andclassic omin Zoom omin Zoom rst two years, you’re stuck with NMTO AAIE ANIMATION MAGAZINE | | omout Zoom omout Zoom wever, nothing they they nothing wever, lms afforded thoseart- | | rn Cover Front rn Cover Front had lm,

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MAGAZINE SHORTS MAGAZINE tasia Music Project Matchgirl 18 Little Matchgirl compilation ofshortsthatfeatured music andwas toberepresentative ofdif- thing thatcouldbedoneinpantomime tation ofAndersenandisdirected by the studio’srecent Academy Award- ferent soundsandcultures.” ries” producer DonHahncontinues“and producer Baker Bloodworth recalls. “Roy panded shortsprogram. may becomingfrom Disney’s newly ex- nominated shorts F It marks theMouseHouse’sfi Disney was intent oncreating this Roger Allers,offering aglimpseofwhat “We were looking for internationalsto- July2006 “ poverished girlinspires Roger Allers’ Matchgirl No which premieres atAnnecy thisyear. sequel whichwe were calling aithful toDanishauthorHans Christian Andersen’semotional hues, Disney’s adaptationof madesensefor this.Itissome- Hans ChristianAndersen’spoignanttaleofanim- rvosPage Previous rvosPage Previous . 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OnceRoger feeling was important,whichDonHahn rich andpoor;coldwarm, notjustin painters duringdowntime from other in it,andseemedtofi Christmastime storytotheisolated because thestoryofmatch girlis became theinspiration tomove the | | This was achallenge, inmany ways, Finding musicwiththerightsortof erhIssue Search erhIssue Search co-director Roger Allers,whocon- | | etPage Next etPage Next Roger Allers www.animationmagazine.net t theconstruc- . Italso A A B B E E F F M M a a G G S S S S G G SHORTS a a M M 19 F F E E B B A A July 2006 makes its world its world makes Next Page Next Page | | ■ Search Issue Search Issue The Little Matchgirl in Festival debut at the Annecy on June 5, 2006. France | | Ron Barbagallo is the director of Bur- Barbagallo is the director Ron Roger wanted to be genuine and to his be genuine to wanted Roger have a right to exist, and that’s a really and that’s a really a right to exist, have bank-based Animation Art Conserva- tion. You can visit his website at can visit his website tion. You ry. In a way the ending is almost prayer- In a way ry. poetic notion.” ful, too, without being religious. It was a It was ful, too, without being religious. www.animationartconservation.com. the 1850s. “We’re not in the business of the 1850s. “We’re sending political messages,” Don Hahn sending political messages,” way to show hope and that all children and that all children hope to show way explains. “But it is a story of hope and explains. to the original sto- persevered he credit Front Cover Front Cover | | Zoom out Zoom out | | ANIMATION MAGAZINE ANIMATION (clockwise from top left) character design by Randy Hancock, Mike Hancock, Mike Randy design by top left) character (clockwise from Zoom in Zoom in The production went on over a four- on over went The production | | Bossert. “We were able to do this in our were Bossert. “We CAPS system by processing the line processing by system CAPS ing, which was faithful to Andersen’s faithful ing, which was upbeat endings. Ultimately the execu- upbeat endings. Ultimately pigment pooled towards the edges of the edges pigment pooled towards ney to attempt several alternate, more alternate, more to attempt several ney the paint shapes as it does in real wa- the paint shapes as it does in real to also able were We paintings. tercolor tives let Allers restore his original end- let Allers restore tives drawings to give it the appearance that it the appearance to give drawings within the paint- grain a mottled create ed character.” original intent and is a mirror for our infor original intent and is a mirror in as much as it was today difference come back from projects outside Dis- projects come back from year period where Allers was asked to asked Allers was period where year Sad Eyes: Surrey, background design by Mike Humphries and watercolor by Hans Bacher. by Humphries and watercolor Mike design by background Surrey, Contents Contents | | guring out how to in- how guring out Previous Page Previous Page lm should be done using 2D lm should be done using 2D lm’s artistic coordinator Dave Dave lm’s artistic coordinator Early during production Allers decid- production during Early

pencil animation and have a hand- pencil animation and have painted look to it. Some of that inspira- put the storyboards to music,” execu- to music,” put the storyboards painted] watercolor backgrounds,” says says backgrounds,” painted] watercolor rate computer coloring. “One of our big rate really works!’” really tion is owed to the character designs to the character tion is owed tive producer Roy E. Disney notes, “you notes, “you E. Disney Roy producer tive the fi tegrate the characters into the [hand- the characters tegrate watercolors of Hans Bacher, which be- of Hans Bacher, watercolors challenges was fi was challenges came the springboard for some elabo- for came the springboard of Randy Haycock and the thoughtful Haycock of Randy couldn’t help look at it and go ‘Oh, that couldn’t help look at it and go ed the fi www.animationmagazine.net

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MAGAZINE LICENSING MAGAZINE 32 Twisted Whiskers toanimatedlife. American Greetings andTheHatchery teamuptobring Wide-Eyed Cat, BetterOffDead age Steve HollandandBillKopp ( thanks tothetalentsofindustryvets Sav- is getting avery coolanimatedtreatment card lineproduced by thecompany, theline clever lineofwide-eyed cats anddogs. covered theappealofAmericanGreetings’ T Margaret Loesch July2006 Tagged asthefastest moving summer Bill Kopp card afi household nameyet, butgreeting wisted Whiskers rvosPage Previous rvosPage Previous cionados have already dis- vous pets,inasso- featuring themischie- CG-animated shorts nine 30-to60-second producing aseriesof The teamiscurrently house, TheHatchery. family entertainment CEO ofL.A.-based ) andMargaret Loesch, originally introduced animation historywere durable characters in Conrad. of creative, Jeffrey Greetings’ seniorVP ciation withAmerican “Some ofthemost may notbea | | Eek! The Contents Contents Wonders them evolve inanew CG-animated world.” gave ustherare latitudeandfreedom tolet acters thatwere ahitinanothermedium fact thattheshortsare inspired by char- Worldwide andMarvel Productions. “The Fox Kidsnetwork, theJimHensonTVGroup the HallmarkChannel,aswell astheCEO of ing president andCEO OfCrown Mediaand TV animationexec, Loesch was thefound- as we go along.” are makingourrulesabouttheiruniverse see whatcomesupwitheachepisode.We the longrun.Theshow bibleevolves aswe really seewhatworks andwhatdoesn’tin could develop theTwisted Whiskers and lieved thatby investing intheseshorts,we in theshortformat,” says Loesch. “We be- linesque hero thattheaudiencecouldroot important for ustohave anunderdog, Chap- crazy gagafteranother,” henotes. “Itwas “We weren’t after just comingupwithone both weird andcharmingatthesametime. wanted tocreate characters thatwere Mars directed the popular | | An Emmy-winning producer andveteran Kopp, whoworked withLoesch onthe omin Zoom omin Zoom videolastyear says thecreative team by Ramin Zahed Eek! theCat NMTO AAIE ANIMATION MAGAZINE Tom andJerryBlastOffto | | omout Zoom omout Zoom seriesinthe’90sand | | rn Cover Front rn Cover Front heart.” essential ingredient—which isatouchof ations, butyou can’tforget toaddinthat about having funny characters andsitu- big-screen feature. broadband projects, aTVshow andeven a ing thecrazy crittersto thenext level with booth. There have alsobeentalks oftak- shorts willbeondisplay atthecompany’s where acoupleofthe month’s LicensingShow inNew York City, ings planstohave ahuge presence atthis development. Meanwhile, AmericanGreet- Flash technologyfor theirotherprojects in Hatchery say they’re alsoconsideringusing ed using3dsmaxsoftware, thefolks atThe and sometimesstandontwo hindlegs. which would sometimeswalk onallfours mals andturningtheminto3Dcharacters that were basically fl animation teamwas takingfi based ness backhome.” technology were going tobringthebusi- back then.We justknew thatadvances in things overseas, butitwas acostissue tion work in-houseandnothave toship always hopingthatwe couldkeep anima- at otherTVproduction studios,we were animation inLos Angeles. “Duringmy years her company was abletoproduce allthe americangreetings.com. www.thehatcheryllc.com orwww. For more information, visit | | As Kopp isquicktoremind us,“It’sall Although thisparticularproject iscreat- Loesch says shewas very pleasedthat erhIssue Search erhIssue Search ■ | | at greeting-card ani- greeting-card at etPage Next etPage Next www.animationmagazine.net Twisted Whiskers to us.” really appealed lots offreedom cartoons—with those Far Side is kindoflike universe—which in thistwisted idea ofworking rules, sothe deal well with age andIdon’t Sav- Steve for. the Hollywood- lenges faced by one ofthechal- point outthat and Conrad Both Kopp ____ gures A A B B E E F F M M

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A A Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page EF MaGS MAGAZINE B A A game shows inprimetime.” unique CG oftheseries variety ofprograms withdifferent animationstyleslike the products andelectronics. 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Whileyour average consumerispre- Licensing Show inNew York City(June20- on theirtime-traveling gear for theannual July2006 In additiontothebigsurfi Take JuliBoylan, seniorVPofconsumer Spider-Man 3 and chandising execs get ready toput Weekend eachyear, toy andmer- nly afew weeks afterMemorial Open Season Pirates oftheCaribbean:Dead , tonameafew—industry pros rvosPage Previous rvosPage Previous Although new interactive gizmosare ontherise, evergreen brands atNew York’s LicensingShow. some continuetorely onextreme makeovers of .” Directed by SamRaimi, by Ramin Zahed andSarah Gurman Bandai’s new Ben10Grey Mattertoy landsonEarth. Cars, SupermanRe- — Joy Tashjian, president ofJoy Tashjian Marketing Group hits theaters.“I’m Surf’s Up n penguin ng Miss BG Must The | | rt big rst , which Contents Contents . Ialsoforesee asurge inkids’ Miller, VPofCN’sU.S. ConsumerProducts. Imaginary Friends launching thismonthand new lineoftoys from BandaiAmerica that reaches peopleinallofareas.” developing a360degree marketing plan platform awareness. Companiesneedtobe growth. “Thetrend continuestobe multi- the new consolesastwo huge areas of Miller seestheinteractive category and play-sets androle-play andtrading cards. lights orwater shooters,aswell asvehicles, tional spy gear, suchasbinoculars,fl collectible fi censing Show is shows themselves. “Ourfocus for theLi- latest offerings willprove aspopularthe hoping thattoys connectedtothecabler’s launched ConsumerProducts divisionare May 4,2007. Dylan Baker (TheLizard) andwillopenon Thomas HadenChurch (Sandman) and co aswell asnew villainsportrayed by bey Maguire, KirstenDunstandJamesFran- Heroes. Wizards intraining willbeonthe Titans, DCOriginalsandtheLegion ofSuper popular superheroes, includingBatman,Teen company willalsofocus onsomeofitsother all eyes are onSupermanthissummer, the young consumerstostores thisyear. While also have a wide variety ofitemstolure | | Show Among thehotnew The folks atCartoonNetwork’s recently CN’s partnerincrime,Warner Bros, will omin Zoom omin Zoom oOn Go gures whichmorphintoopera- NMTO AAIE ANIMATION MAGAZINE | | omout Zoom omout Zoom Ben 10 aswell,” says Christina , whichwillhave a Ben 10 Foster’s Homefor | | ! tie-insare rn Cover Front rn Cover Front ash- cased brands are SupermanandTweety.” Bros. ConsumerProducts. “Thetwo show- toys andthemedentertainmentatWarner world,” says Kelly Gilmore, seniorVPofglobal plays featuring products from around the properties andbrands, we’ll have two bigdis- Where theWildThingsAre. pump it’sA-Listfeatures, Phoenix lookout for steins, Little Ein- erties suchas preschool prop- thriving Disney’s there’s her winged pals. animated projects featuring Tinkerbell and magazine are intheworks asare several DVD More chaptersbooks andaDisney Fairies which offi dust withthehuge Disney Fairies brand, ucts divisionwillbespreading more pixie execs attheMouseHouse’sconsumerprod- ples through themarket thissummer, the Kid of itshotnew animatedseries, games developed for theNintendoplatforms.” eogame category: We have three different Diaz. “Another importantarena for usisthevid- game,” says BRB’slicensingmanager Jesus tion fi kets. “For sold innumerous territoriesatrecent TVmar- great word ofmouthoverseas andhave been American market yet, they have generated ing shows may notbehouseholdnamesonthe | | “Although ourmainfocus willbeonour Spanish toonhouseBRBhasplansfor three Then While Disney/Pixar’s erhIssue Search erhIssue Search and licensing suitors. ready for itsnew Shrek theThird gures aswell asacolorfultrading card Khudayana , whilethestudioalsogets ready to cially launchedinSeptember2005. 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Simpsons Battlestar Galactica line in less than rst production Family Guy Family y high this Mattel and Warner and Warner mega-franchise, as well as its hit as well mega-franchise, Bros. hope Bros. to ﬂ summer with a Search Issue Search Issue slew of electronic of electronic slew While Universal is still unleashing the While Universal media is of mobile “The proliferation At Fox, the product wizards are gearing gearing are wizards the product Fox, At Superman Returns toys. | | ______For more info, visit www. info, more For licensingshow.com astounding,” Dekel notes. “The wire- Dekel astounding,” has, within a matter of less arena for become a viable platform years, and content, news gaming, tv/movie The possibilities seem promotions. limitless right now.” Vivendi Universal games.” Universal Vivendi SCI-Fi series market forces of Curious George (the new (the new of Curious George forces market it’s also on PBS this fall), series premieres of the rewards reaping Time Watty Piper’s classic children’s book Piper’s classic children’s Watty Little Engine That Could the big up for date. Elie 2007 release a July got cently VP of licensing the division’s exec Dekel, he’s really says and merchandising Homer special pleased with Hasbro’s game of the Operation Simpson version and the out of its ﬁ some also have a month. He adds, “We coming out on the interactive titles great game for as a new as well front

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MAGAZINE VISUAL EFFECTS MAGAZINE A the 1983movie a real live-action feature experience since on thesmall-screen, moviegoers haven’t had tal inkeeping theManofSteel’slegacy alive the revered Lois &Clark Alex Ross was abiginspiration. Iwas afan of comic books andgraphic novels for ideas— tions,” Stetsoninsists,“sowe looked atthe lieve amancan fl what ittakes tomake today’s audiencesbe- in August2004rethinking andperfecting nearly two years from thetimehewas hired standards. Consequently Stetsonspent Stetson was todothevisualstoday’s topher Reeve, thedirector’s mandateto Lord oftheRings sual effects supervisorMarkStetson( movie magicsupervisedby Oscar-feted vi- Returns, have highhopesfor Bryan Singer’s physical work hedid,whichwas really strong new respect for ChristopherReeve and the character withalotof history. We gained to re-invent that.We’ve got areally strong the myth ofSuperman,it’snotlike you need even theold Fleischer cartoons.It’sabout 38 Superman Returns Mark Stetsonshares afew vfxsecrets aboutthemakingof July2006 While Singer’s fi “It’s very muchabouthonoringthetradi- Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Again Superhero Soar Making a TV’s Bros. Animationandthecreators of lthough thetalentedfolks atWarner which promises state-of-the-art andwe looked at Superman Smallville rvosPage Previous rvosPage Previous Superman III y. y. trilogy, lm isasequelofsortsto have beeninstrumen- trilogystarringChris- The FifthElement . That’swhy fans . Smallville by Ron Magid Superman | | Contents Contents and The .) ing that we’re usingallthetricks,” Stetsonsays, add- foreshadowed digitaleffects. character tohiscomicbookroots andalso its crudeway, thetechniquereturned the as acartoon,takingfl behind awall andSupermanwould emerge to make himsoar. Actor KirkAlyn would duck can icon,employed traditional celanimation liest live-action incarnationsoftheall-Ameri- gies tothe1978movie.” ——just imagineapplying digitaltechnolo- cases. quences through thefi ning thestructure andpaceofthefl by RisingSunPictures), was key from plan- later, whenproduction shifted toAustralia, courtesy ofPixel Liberation Front (supported or on-set,andstartfrom there.” Pre-viz, on awire oronagimbal,againstgreenscreen make ourbestguessaboutwhatwould work tally digital.From shottowe would times he’sonwires, andsometimeshe’sto- fl vfx shotsinthefi Routh. “Hefl on digitaldoublesofnewbie actorBrandon to headreplacements onstuntmenandfull ran thegamutfrom wirework togreenscreen ying shots.Sometimeshe’sonabox, some- | | “It’s sortofwhatwe’re doingtoday but The late1940sSupermanserials,theear- “We hadareally highstandard ofwork in omin Zoom omin Zoom Superman Returns ies alot.We’ve got around 1,400 NMTO AAIE ANIMATION MAGAZINE | | lmandathird ormore are omout Zoom omout Zoom ight over Metropolis. In nal comps—inmost ’ fl yn effects ying | | rn Cover Front rn Cover Front ying se- pre-viz tocreate amove across thetiles.” animation andcamera animation from the we’d shootallthetiles,thenusecharacter move we couldshoottile-typeplatesfor, other timeswe’d adaptthem.Ifwe hada times, thecamera moves were usedexactly, ize you’re blowing through ittoofast. Alotof seeing more detailinthescene andyou real- worked before doesn’twork becauseyou’re to make adjustments.Thepacingthat from there toreal lookingimages, you have pre-viz,” Stetsonsays. “Still,whenyou go | | erhIssue Search erhIssue Search | | etPage Next etPage Next www.animationmagazine.net A A B B E E F F M M a a G G S S S S G G VISUAL EFFECTS a a

M M 39 F F E E B B A A July 2006 lm. Some- nding an to wanted lm. “He Next Page Next Page | | ne the look of Super- Superman Returns lming units, had his own ideas his own lming units, had ying specialists Zero-G to serve serve to ying specialists Zero-G ying, like Christopher Reeve did so Christopher Reeve ying, like ying and working in the ﬁ ying and working Search Issue Search Issue While in theory nothing looks more real real more While in theory nothing looks Consequently, Stetson remembers, “We “We Stetson remembers, Consequently,

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gure gure wever Front Cover Front Cover | | Superman Superman lm’s director] director] lm’s —Ramin Zahed —Ramin MAGAZINE (“I buy the shows (“I buy the shows uences.” Zoom out Zoom out | | lm is previsualized through through lm is previsualized Season’s gure family, which recently aired aired which recently family, gure Zoom in Zoom in With the pre-viz group up and running, group With the pre-viz Wonder Showzen Wonder were huge infl huge were | | animating characters or scenes from pre-viz, pre-viz, from or scenes animating characters pipeline and soft- and each had their own anima- export PLF would preferences, ware soft- to the desired SoftimagelXSI tion from as required.” ware y, Super-Scribe! Super-Scribe! y, y, and tt So why does he think the Man of Steel does So why lm enjoyable for a modern audience.” for lm enjoyable as making it contemporary and pushing it as making it contemporary certain are there Nevertheless, forward. in even to keep have that you archetypes has to work a modern setting. Clark Kent be bald. has to Planet. Lex at The Daily Lane and Jimmy The dynamics with Lois but you Olsen…all of that has to be there, the to make need that you still can’t forget fi has such a hold on our common imagina- it’s a relief to know to know it’s a relief lm became our starting point. It was very im- very It was lm became our starting point. Contents Contents | | also ended up show- of Superman. We uid images ex his own animation muscles via projects such as via projects animation muscles his own ex Liquid Television lm crew referred to both the original DC Comics as to both the original DC Comics referred lm crew Refrigerator Art Refrigerator , . “I started out as an animator working on shows such as on shows animator working . “I started out as an in New York and did an animated pilot for MTV Animation at Animation MTV animated pilot for and did an York in New lm’s screenwriters has major ties with has major ties screenwriters lm’s Superman Returns, Superman Crayons Previous Page Previous Page Little Bill a twisted piece featuring a stick fi a twisted piece featuring cit disorder!” disorder!” cit and . The young writer tells us his animation training writer tells us his animation training . The young X2: X-Men United Stetson admits that there were some se- were Stetson admits that there quences that were problematic from the from problematic quences that were couldn’t “They He explains, beginning. very images, real have until you be resolved really in those the pre-viz from deviated so we were cases. Since eight of our vfx vendors www.animationmagazine.net ANIMATION onsidering the comic-book legacy behind this summer’s behind this summer’s the comic-book legacy onsidering movie tentpole

Refrigerator Art Refrigerator Doughtery, who lives in Los Angeles these days, says working on the working says these days, Angeles in Los who lives Doughtery, According to the writer, the ﬁ to the writer, According of Animation, Festival and Mike’s Spike movies, of late-’70s horror fan A die-hard “John Canemaker was my professor at N.Y.U., and learn- at N.Y.U., professor my was “John Canemaker

MAGAZINE MAGAZINE lm’s screenplay with Dan Harris, has made cool animat- with Dan Harris, has lm’s screenplay attention-defi on G4TV. “All of these things keep me from getting bored,” he jokes. “They help my help my “They he jokes. bored,” getting me from of these things keep “All on G4TV. tion came into play a lot,” he adds. “ So much of the fi a lot,” tion came into play in the original fi Donner had pioneered fi He’s a non-denominational religious and age. in this day are we cynical how He adds, “I do ho arena. done in the feature Animation have and DreamWorks that he can fl he is happy now, For movie has been an amazing opportunity. “My experience and knowledge of anima- and knowledge “My experience has been an amazing opportunity. movie original us Max Fleischer’s had shown Canemaker animated storyboards. toons to [the fi those rotoscoped and I showed cartoons back in school, the most fl were They Singer. Bryan point.” to use as reference to the artists DVD ing the Fleischer Richard things right. “What director to get movies as the Christopher Reeve well and honor his history as well origin true to the character’s us to stay portant for of regardless about ourselves, that’s good everything “Superman represents tions? He’s uncorrectable!” for… us something to strive and gives toons and MTV’s [adult swim] Cartoon Network’s what Pixar he also loves friends!), Dougherty says and email them to my on iTunes to see it come back in the future!” love animation and would hand-drawn miss good Art, Refrigerator penned ing from him was fantastic,” says Dougherty, who also co- Dougherty, says fantastic,” him was ing from Blue’s Clues has come in handy quite often. has come in handy Greetings and teacher] Kit Laybourne and and and teacher] Kit Laybourne the time. I learned a lot about the business during those years. [Animation producer producer [Animation years. a lot about the business during those the time. I learned ed shorts such as ed shorts such as fi that that one of the fi that that the who co-wrote Michael Dougherty, world. the animation C

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MAGAZINE VISUAL EFFECTS MAGAZINE 40 confi dailies,” hesays. With hisbrother Dyami’s help,he suming; Ididn’twant torunbackandforth for near hisfamily inOjai,Calif. “Itwould betime-con- with stop-motionpuppets,Calirisetupshop tion techniquesthenplussedinpost. familiar objectswere animatedwithstop-mo- CG characters inaminiature set,andinathird, tant landsanddifferent timeperiods.” had more ofamontage feel—the dadgoes todis- says. “Beingadad,Icouldrelate tothat.Butthey a tripandcomeshomewithtoy for hisson,” he had alotoftheelementsinspot—dadtakes storyboarded avariation ofhisown. “Thescripts son. Perhaps thefather hasafantasy, too. wings ofabird todeliver asmalltoy dragon tohis dragon, iscrowned kingandfl mation. Dadleaves theboardroom toslay a business tripintoanillustrated stop-motionani- Caliri turnsachild’sfantasy abouthisfather’s agency, director andcinematographer Jamie which was brought toDuckStudiosby theFallon by Barbara Robertson Three to Make Cause &Effect July2006 Because theagency wanted acutoutlook Caliri startedwithscripts from Fallon, andthen In theUnitedAirlinescommercial gured hisdigitalLeica Digilux2camera for motion cut-outpuppets,anotherput unique entriesfor thisyear’s An- bar. Onestudioanimatedwithstop- necy’s animatedcommercials side- T Dragon Breadth rvosPage Previous rvosPage Previous studios usedtocreate their usual processes three U.S. his month,we lookattheun- Innovative ies homeonthe | | Splashy Dragon Contents Contents , little ofeverything.” and time,nottechnology. Everyone got todoa Caliri. “We felt we shouldputmoney intopeople Effects. sary. Thefi era moves andeven fl brother kept frames organized, calculatedcam- act andit’sexciting.” Software writtenby Caliri’s keyframe it,” says Caliri.“It’smore ofahigh-wire makes stopmotiondifferent isthatyou can’t the puppetsintopositionin1,440frames. “What best plastic,” says Caliri. “For Sale”signsatthehardware store hadthe joints withbentbrass pins.“We discovered that backed withthinplasticandheldtogether atthe up therigging. arms andotherpartswere moveable, andheset puppets from thebodypartssothatlegs, body parts.Morgan Hay thenconstructedthe The resulting fi a nine-inchtallpuppet,inhisopendoorway, and in asmallerscale tosave time.“We shotthedad, er, they builtthehouseatbeginningandend side asetthatwas around 12-feet wide;h benefi could seethesetthrough thelens, sothatwas a says. “But,we tricked theLeica sotheanimators probably useaCanonwithNikon lensnow,” he the stop-motionphotography. “Inretrospect, I’d | | “This was avery home-brewed project,” says Animators ledby KimBlanchettethenmoved Thepuppetswere madeofwatercolor paper They animatedthestop-motionpuppetsin- omin Zoom omin Zoom t.” nal compositeswere donewith After gures were printed andcutinto NMTO AAIE ANIMATION MAGAZINE Todd Hemker inPhotoShop. drawings by digitalguru, Kim, were addedtoJuhasz’s background painterSoyeon textures, somepaintedby acting process. Colorsand drew the characters, anex- house,” Calirisays. smaller version ofthe then compositeditintothe | | Designer Alex Juhasz omout Zoom omout Zoom ipped images whenneces- Ways Ads | | rn Cover Front rn Cover Front owev- continued onpage46 live-action plates,they fi Clark. Whenthefl alignment withthedigitalcharacters,” says character animation,the props were inperfect digital camera. the fully dressed setsusingaPanasonic 24p and madetiny props, andthenthecrew fi layer attime.” models on10x10x12plasticlayers, 1/1000 washing machine,” says Clark.“Itprintedthe lithography machine.“It’saboutthesize ofa in 3Dtoscale and“printedthem”usingastereo with production drawings, they modeledthesets to buildandanimatethecharacters. Starting ware—Cinema 4Dtobuildmostofthesetsand wanted motionblur.” tion plates.We dearly love stopmotion,butwe live-action. We putcharacter effects intolive ac- sive. So,we usedareal environment.” time. Faking thereal world isdo-ablebutexpen- the end.Thatlastfi goes intomakingitlooklike thereal world isat circus, andifyou doitinCG, allthework that overall theoryisthis:Ifyou’re presenting afl ed thecharmingshortfi says JimClark,oneofthree directors whocreat- advance andpre-build thepartsthatconform,” technique they callPreformation. CG. To buildtheset,studiodeveloped anew cus physical setfor Hewlett-Packard’s | | “Because we went backtoCinema4Dfor the The artdepartmenthandpaintedthemodels Here’s thetrick:They usedthesamesoft- The third director, David Danielsadds,“It’slike Ray DiCarlo,aseconddirector, explains, “The “The ideaisthatwe dotheperformance in Portland-based BentImage Labalsouseda So why didn’tthey simply fully render thedigi- erhIssue Search erhIssue Search website spot,butthefl Fleas, Please eas were compositedintothe ve percent takes alotof lm. | | t. etPage Next etPage Next eas inthesetare all www.animationmagazine.net The FleaCir- th lmed A A B B ofa E E ea F F M M a a G G S S A A Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page EF MaGS MAGAZINE B

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MAGAZINE VISUAL EFFECTS MAGAZINE 42 use thatinformation tosetupaproject containing Final Draft fi need, andyou canhave ascene quickly. pressions. You candrag anddrop thepiecesyou for establishingdifferent posesandeven facial ex- as characters thatare impressively rigged andsetup are libraries ofprops, setpieces, architecture, aswell thing presentable before momcallsfor dinner. There together scenes withrelative easeandhave some- who hasnever touched acamera canbeginputting never comesoffas intimidating.Anewbie fi the wedding video. the hobbyist whowants tofl 80 peoplewaiting for themtomake adecisionand to structure theirstorybefore going outtosetwith fi previz andputsitintothehandsofbothprofessional the market withitsStudio2. are solutionssuchasFrameForge, whichisnow on the handsofproductions withmoney. Luckily, there 3D animation.Thisputstheluxuryofpreviz square in previz canbescary for thosewhoare cluelessabout can beintimidatingfor thosewhocannotdraw. And fi boards have moved intowhatisnow coinedas S lmmakers whoare lookingfor aninexpensive way lmmaking pipeline. Unfortunately, storyboarding Tech Reviews July2006 FF3D hastheabilitytoimportScreenwriter and This program issurprisingly deep,butthedepth FrameForge3D takes theabilitytoboard and the advent ofCG and3Danimation,story- days offi toryboarding hasbeenaround sincetheearly FrameForge3D Studio2 les, recognize thescene headings,and sualization boarding andpreviz are staplesinthe worked on. while theeffects are stillbeing fi used toprovide editorialwithare- lmmaking. Inthelast15years, with ned shotfor screening purposes rvosPage Previous rvosPage Previous Given thislonghistory, story- or esh outhisideasorplan previz . Usually thisis | | lmmaker Contents Contents previ- Price: $399;upgrade: $179 Website: www.frameforge3d.com tle timeandambition. that you couldn’tdevelop your own library withalit- lighting equipmentthathasnotbeengenerated. Not This would require anew library ofgrip,camera and list ofalltheequipmentyou’ll needfor theshoot. have puttogether andtranslating thattoagrocery hope, istakingthedatafrom alltheshotsthatyou FrameForge for nothaving totheextent thatIwould now for FrameForge3D artists. million timesover. Infact, there are industryposts this. Thecostofthesoftware willbeearnedbacka industry standards andIhave noreason torefute HD. You caneven get depth-of-fi and fi optically correct cameras withawidevariety oflens the objectsandwalls intothescene. Max. Theprocess isvery fast asyou drag anddrop 3D packages like AutodeskMaya orAutodesk3ds you may importadditionalobjectsfrom third party with thefairly extensive library mentionedabove, or Once thescenes are established,setscanbebuilt tent withhisnamesinthescreenwriting phase). accurate (given thatthescreenwriter was consis- each ofthosesetpieces.Thisisbotheffi V all ofthenicefeatures like theterrain generator and Imageworks andCinesite.Icouldwax poeticabout including IndustrialLight&Magic,Sony Pictures mon sightinprofessional vfxandanimationstudios plants, trees, etc. thathasmadetheproduct acom- form, bringingwithit,thevast libraries ofterrains, | | The fi Shots are establishedwithacamera: FF3Dhas omin Zoom omin Zoom lmback sizes for any shootfrom DV tofi or theother. Storyboarding andpreviz are the are going tohave toplanyour project oneway maker orare onealready, you know thatyou controller for thecamera control. of thescreen. You may even useagame-style itself ordialsandknobsonthesidebottom either interactive manipulationonthecamera back ribs.Thecamera iseasily controllable with don’t know arack focus from arack ofbaby- ders for thoseespecially pickyproducers who d’Esprit, hasbeenreleased initsnewest popular CG environment generator Vue ue Infi All inall,ifyou are planningonbeingafi nal stepintheprocess, whichI’dfault e-on’s Vue 5Infi nite, theoffspring(orsibling)of NMTO AAIE ANIMATION MAGAZINE | | omout Zoom omout Zoom eld focus intheren- nite | | rn Cover Front rn Cover Front cient and cient lm to lm lm- continued onpage43 depend onit.H great thingfor boththesoftware andtheuserswho of Vue intomosthigh-endproduction pipelines—a greatly expands thefunctionalityandcompatibility that caninteract withVue anditsenvironments. This made withMELorMaxScriptsouttoPythonscripts I’m sure hassomeinfl utilizes thewidely acceptedPythonlanguage (which to writenew codetotietheprograms together. Vue guage are sowillingtoprovide uswiththetoolswe love. we don’twant tobindthehandsofpeoplewho any programmer’s opinion—grossly inadequate.So grammers tothewhimsofSDKs—whichare, by tive 3Dprograms, butthatwould restrict thepro- software of thesoftware orthedevelopers. Inmy opinion,the saving, loading,andwhat-not.Notthatit’sthefault the two programs—importing, exporting, rendering, of that,you endupjumpingbackandforth between pipeline issomewhat different thanthenorm.Ontop the peripheryof“industrystandards” isthattheir Maya. developed between Vue Infi of my words onxStream—the pipelinethathasbeen the robust renderer, butIthinkshouldspendmost minority. … orcompaniesthatcanhire thosepeopleinthat minority of3Duserswhoknow scripting languages both. Move thecamera inone,the and thechanges are refl s one ortheotherofprograms, remotely. Changes canbemadein own environment, orcreate anew Vue users are now abletoopenaVue fi oped XStream withthisinmind.Maya andMax to talkeachotherseamlessly. E-on hasdevel- | | One solution? Have generic programming lan- The greatest downfall of3Dprograms thatsiton So whatisthebestsolution? 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or a few minutes to ﬁ or a few ; Search Issue Search Issue All the new N-Gage games have been designed spe- games have N-Gage All the new ning current mobile games benchmarks by offering offering by mobile games benchmarks ning current cally for mobile devices, where multiplayer gaming multiplayer where mobile devices, for cally | | nite. And making the artist comfortable should be nite. And making the artist comfortable priority number one. www.e-onsoftware.com/products/vue/ Website: $579 (downloadable) Price: $599 (boxed); non-photorealistic) environments. It can provide the It can provide environments. non-photorealistic) with anima- or, matte paintings, for base foundation it can stand trees, wind through tion functions like comp with live-ac- to alone as whole environments and known This is well characters. tion or other CG E-on has taken of this review. the focus isn’t really logical step and made it so that the artist the next of his 3D package the comfort to leave doesn’t have of choice to beneﬁ

make it easy and convenient to get and play great qual- great and play to get and convenient it easy make Nokia device.” ity games on your ciﬁ Arena via the N-Gage and community gaming features standard. are deﬁ Gregg says of devices,” top-quality games on a range of games publishing at Nokia. “Whether director Sauter, in a catch seconds to make a few have you the Deep Chris Grove is a Los Angeles-based journalist Angeles-based is a Los Chris Grove can Chris, you hot tips for have If you and actor. email him at [email protected]. ONE HD . Visitors Imagine Cup nition Front Cover Front Cover nd yourself in- nd yourself If | |

If you fi If you MAGAZINE Toshiba Toshiba Qosmio G35- AV650 System Rush: Evolution Rush: System Zoom out Zoom out and | | ts of Mental Ray including motion blur, including motion blur, ts of Mental Ray hit the road hit the Zoom in Zoom in On top of the interactivity of merging the char- of merging On top of the interactivity used is, and has been, widely In a nutshell, Vue Play While You Commute: While You Play Enhanced Your Mobility Yet? Enhanced Your ections, shadows, etc. to affect the 3D object to to affect etc. ections, shadows, | | rst HD DVD- rst HD acters and environments—and perhaps more impor- more perhaps acters and environments—and in both Mental Ray utilizes tant— is that xStream is the whole scene and Max. This means that Maya for allowing as one piece in the rendering, treated refl gain you Seemingly, object and visa versa. the Vue all the benefi (and 3D photorealistic generating in the industry for global illumination, and ambient occlusion. I have not global illumination, and ambient occlusion. I have but it’s into the Final Gather functionality, delved yet test I think. to be an interesting going ROM notebook ROM computer at this gamer year’s Elec- heaven Entertain- tronic an NVIDIA GeForce by ment Expo. Powered unit, the Toshiba Go 7600 graphics-processing back high defi can play Qosmio G35-AV650 “HD will bring a new clarity. with superb picture movies se- Jeff Fisher, says laptop users,” to video experience of the GPU business at NVIDIA. “The nior vice president play- video technology accelerates GPU with PureVideo con- power back with minimal CPU utilization and low for a high quality video experience sumption, delivering PC users on the go.” the buzz-phrase of the late 1990s was of the late 1990s was the buzz-phrase convergence, it’s this year en- probably hanced mobility. Toshi- PC-maker example, ba, for the introduced fi creasingly annoyed by someone playing a beeping mo- someone playing by annoyed creasingly on the airplane or at the coffee to you bile game next of range a broad out. Nokia has unveiled house, watch of mobile games. Six games in all: generation its next Series Pro Aces, of the Deep, ONE, Pocket Creatures Space Impact Golf, right over the screen, while also creating while also creating the screen, right over mattes and composites.”

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xStream. I’m sure that e-on is working hard to pro- hard that e-on is working I’m sure xStream. call me up and point vide this functionality—or they’ll out the button that rectifi camera moves in the other. One drawback—in Max, One drawback—in in the other. moves camera representa- a graphic at least—is that I’m not getting itself. within the Max environment tion of the scene with limited time of working It could be that in my Vue missing the “Show I’m just simply the product, It’s important to be able to see button.” Environment in, but the lack of it working are you the environment does not take paign use 2D computer animation via a specially con- paign use 2D computer animation via a specially The 2D software. of the Bauhaus Mirage version formed print and Internet campaign (with English lan- global TV, highlights Micro- William H. Macy), by narration guage in projects soft’s education and economic development Asia and America. Cre- Europe, 32 countries throughout director/ of creative team the McCann-Erickson ated by director and creative/art Dante Lombardi copywriter the all-HD campaign of six spots ( Chris Toland, Apple might be ruling the airwaves with its cheeky Mac/ Apple might be ruling the airwaves is continu- but Microsoft PC comparison ads right now, that To in the education market. ing its full-court press its fi will soon unveil end the company cials as part of its global companies. The fi post-production Startup, Imagine Cup, Parents Security, paign is a collaboration between fi between paign is a collaboration which debuted in 2002. Microsoft a cooperative effort between Z Animation (animation between effort a cooperative produc- Content (live-action Anonymous production); (fi (editing), A52 Post Post tion); Mad River footage import the live-action could directly “We Parod. back in- on top and see it played and animate directly Mirage preferred actually of our animators Many stantly. us to im- animation, because it allowed traditional over the white line and draw footage port the live-action mation was awarded the project. “We went with Mirage with Mirage went “We the project. awarded mation was us that soft pencil hand-drawn because it could give and could also handle the huge wante, look the agency animation fi ing) and Elias Arts (music). mobile www.animationmagazine.net ANIMATION Tech Review Tech

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MAGAZINE OPPORTUNITIES MAGAZINE 44 fi of works by New York’s own JohnCane- dubbed ested inandnoticedthatwhatthey shared who previously organized animationshows was thefact thatthey graduated from Ca- see narrative andexperimental student sumes ofvarious fi through more than1,400student fi Says Siegel, “Istartedglancingatthere- mous artistsanddirectors from Disney, maker, R.O.BlechmanandTissaDavid. record strong enoughtocatch theeye of pretty mucheverywhere else. its famous animationschool hadatrack its runningtributeofCalArtsstudentfi MoMA Film&Mediacurator JoshSiegel, lArts.” I Pixar, DreamWorks, by Jake Friedman days ofsometoday’s greatest animation artists. offers aninspiringretrospective of work from theearly A Manhattantripthrough thestudentfi Looks MoMA’s lms from thepast30years by now-fa- July2006 The California InstituteoftheArtsand Siegel tookmore thantwo years tosift summer (through August13),besure to visittheMuseumofModernArtand f you fi Tomorrowland nd yourself inManhattanthis rvosPage Previous rvosPage Previous lmmakers Iwas inter- The Simpsons . Only there canyou Back in Tomorrowland | | lms be- Contents Contents and lms, gel. “There’s anenergy andrawness thata see thefi tiousness, aresourcefulness andwilling- from CalArtssinceitsfounding. “Ilike to fore compiling programs oflive-action andanimated fi lot ofyoung fi | | Nitemare John Lasseter’s omin Zoom omin Zoom Wonder rst stirringsoftalent,” says Sie- lms ofCalArts NMTO AAIE ANIMATION MAGAZINE | | lmmakers have, anambi- Tomorrowland omout Zoom omout Zoom Son ofSatan JJ Villard’s | | , aseriesof rn Cover Front rn Cover Front lms continued onpage46 John Lasseter’s1979fi 1992 piece puff Girls an incredible variety ofcontentandstyle. and-stretch animation.Craig McCracken’s viewed astheinspiration for own hologram sculptures. NaomiUman, devising. For instance,David Wilsonrigged order here inthedepartment,shoe-horned ones fi cording toFrank Terry, 10-year director of with theirregular academicrequirements. that interests meaboutCalArts,particu- the outstandingfi these fi the character animationprogram ofCa- niques thatthey usedwere oftheirown ness totrynew things.Oneofthethings plays alove oftraditionally drawn squash- used gumwrappers.” used nailpolishremover. Lyndon Barrois larly inanimation,isthatalot ofthetech- lArts, “All ofthestudentwork doneisshort by thelikes ofKathy Rose, DennisPiesand his own opticalprintersanddeveloped his had intheirschedule toproduce them.Ac- It’s afullloadfor them,andsubsequently, | | Seepage Henry Selick’s erhIssue Search erhIssue Search What’sperhapsmostimpressive about For theirlimitations,thesefi nished.” lms isthelackoftimestudents . Experimentalfi Whoopass Stew! lms inmy mindare the | | etPage Next etPage Next www.animationmagazine.net lm lms ofthe1970s caneasily be Nitemare The Power- ls show lms A A B B dis- E E F F M M a a G G S S A A Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page EF MaGS MAGAZINE B

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MAGAZINE OPPORTUNITIES MAGAZINE 46 sive. Thisway iscost-effective. And,it’sreal.” lous. Faking thereal world isdo-able,butexpen- the samesurface qualitywould have beenridicu- amount ofrender timeitwould have taken toget held camera work,” says DiCarlo.“And, the cal sethave aqualitythatallowed ustodohand- tal sets? “Thetextures andlightingofthephysi- Cause &Effect Opportunities only from bar-related items.For create aworld surrounding thevehicular bottles necy. For these spots,theclientasked himto four spots,one,called with. Andthey said,‘Let’s dothat.’” was themosttriteideaanyone couldcomeup Make asubmarineorrocket outofabottle?’ It says. “So,Isaid,‘Well, whatare you going todo? couple ideas,butthey didn’tlike thematall,” he for aseriesofBacardi commercials. “Ipitched a agency toaskPEScreate somethingsimilar ist namedPES,inspired thedavidandgoliath ad Arts, aresult oftheisolationValen- and theotherartswas widespread atCal- certainly were interested inwhatwas go- cia campus.“A numberofthefi with astoundingmusicaltracks thatmake them allthemore engaging. trips through abstract dreams, complete the lateAdam Beckett are enchanting ing onatotherpartsoftheschool, the July2006 They commissionedhimtodotheproject— A stop-motionfi Siegel says thatthisrespect for music If You Have aLemon . rvosPage Previous rvosPage Previous lm titled continued frompage44 continued from page46 Limon, Kaboom! rocketed to An- Limon , by theart- lmmakers | | , thesub- Contents Contents knew, we were puttingthe50 a biglemonasjoke,” PESsays. “Next thingI needed abiggarage, andItossedouttheideaof a giantlemonatthebeginningofspot.“We with arigthatwas laterremoved, emerges from from icecubetrays andcocktailshakers. constructed arrive atacity sea serpents,to fi martini-glass past aschool of pick seaurchins, lated withtooth- ocean bedpopu- travels over an marine bottle and theeffect was created incamera.” fl every frame. It’snotperfect, butthelighton through afi pher animatethelight.“We cycled thelight frame by frame, PESalsohadthe cinematogra- four-foot-wide lemon.” “You’d thinkthatwould bestifl sh andicetong oor undulates andmakes itfeel like theocean, Scooby-Doo a fake storyboard andthengo dowhatyou animation departmentheadedby Disney’s conservative andstodgy,” says Joosen. own JackHannah.“Thebestthingabout overbearingly traditional idealwithinthe else. We hadtohave ourstoryboards ap- one area, ithastoburstoutsomewhere ery timeyou stampdown conservatively in that program was thefact thatitwas so proved by ourinstructors, soyou hadtodo | | The submarinebottle,pulledthrough theset In additiontoanimatingallthecharacters omin Zoom omin Zoom lter,” hesays. “Itturnedonenotch NMTO AAIE ANIMATION MAGAZINE movies. Heremembers an | | animating for Disney and at CalArtsin1980before and atestingground for doms, sothere are anum- clusive inseparate fi gram. They were notex- the animationfor thetwo fresh ideasandexperi- most recently directing really was atruecampus mentation.” program, theactingpro- music program, thedance ber ofcollaborations. It Leon Joosen,whostarted omout Zoom omout Zoom One suchstudentwas th coatofpaintona | | ing, butev- rn Cover Front rn Cover Front ef- animationmagazine.net. for Barbara, you cane-mailheratbrobertson@ If you have any tipsoncoolvfx-related stories ist whospecializes invfxanddigitalanimation. Barbara Robertson isanaward-winning journal- an artisttouchedthework. ed; theimpression allthesespotscreate isthat are unitedby a feeling thateachwas handcraft- commercials usingdifferent techniques,they But, they certainly madeitbeautiful.” that itdoesn’tnecessarily feel like stopmotion. compositing, they really slicked itupsomuch hand,” PESsays. “Butintheend,afterall The fi Toby Jake Friedman isaNew York-based ents 1984. It’safi and several otherdifferent typesoficonic an outlandishschool withaconservative animator. You canvisithimatwww. December the24th creative behindtheirbacks madeit that cause itsoclosely represents everything cartoon characters, “inaninstitutethat of theanimationobscure. Hetriestofi director ChrisSanderscollaborated atCa- group oftraditional animatorswithinit. wanted todo.Thefact thatyou hadtobe we go through atthatschool.” much more creative. Soyou get peoplelike represents CalArts,” says Joosen.“Itwas making itaboutSantaClausandcalling Gary Conrad [director of but hethinks he’stoogood for everybody. lArts toproduce thehighly praised jakefriedman.net | | ______edu/main/moma.html land For more info aboutthe ______Although eachofthesestudioscreated these Joosen, Conrad andfuture erhIssue Search erhIssue Search ] doingafi lm resonates withCalArtscrowds be- is exhibit visithttp://fv.calarts. character animationputinaschool lm aboutabadly drawn boy lm like lm .” . | | created thespotby to beablesay they Bacardi really wanted is thattheagency and positng. moval andcom- also handledrigre- post atR!OT, which ever, were added in etPage Next etPage Next Friday the13th www.animationmagazine.net Q “What’s interesting The bubbles,how- The Fairly OddPar- Lilo andStitch Tomorrow- ______Q Toby ____ A A B B t in, E E but F F in M M a a G G S S A A Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page EF MaGS MAGAZINE B

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ometimes a sneeze produces something S really cool. In fact, there’s always something awesome coming out of Hollywood-based commercial production house ka- chew!. The studio, which actually

A DAY IN THEA DAY LIFE derives its nomenclature from parent company Klasky Csupo, takes us behind the scenes as it produces another brain-tingling animated spot.

“Jamming gets the creative juices ﬂ owing” (L to R) Creative director of animation and design John Andrew and exec VP Richard Marlis tackle some of Bread’s greatest hits as they plan their next move.

Executive producer of animated commercials Liz Seidman loads the twins into the car ‘early in the morning’ prior to starting her day at the ka-chew! “How Much ‘Dough?’ ofﬁ ces in Hollywood Keebler character “Ernie” turns white and senior producer Nathalie Renard and Seidman have to hold him up after explaining how much bread it can take to produce an animated commercial!

“Multi-Tasking Multi-Mix Media” Exec VP Richard Marlis talks, negotiates and wishes he had a third hand to scratch his nose.

“Double Duty” Executive producer of animated commercials Liz Seidman starts her day by liberating two small children from a nearby sweatshop. Either that or she’s walking her twins to school. Liz Seidman poses with her other twins, Mr. Mucus and his commercial stunt double. Talk about a two- hanky production!

“2D meets CG” “Finalist in the authentic blue jean contest!” Bryan Blevins, head of CGI (seated), acts out a Senior producer Nathalie Renard and Seidman model “Didn’t even have time to shave” scene from Scarface as director Paul Demeyer and the latest in casual Friday fashion when they receive Sam Schoemann, executive producer of broadcast Seidman try to confer over the latest mix media word that they’ve been awarded another new design, starts his very busy day with a 9 o’clock spot. campaign. shadow and little patience for photographers.

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