Brave Trailer

Walt Disney's MultiPlane Camera

Princess Merida

 

First Look of the Day: Courtesy of Disney Pixar France comes the first non-concept-art look at Princess Merida, the female protagonist of Pixar’s 13th feature-length film Brave — the first Pixar film to feature a female lead (Kelly Macdonald), and the first to be co-directed by a woman (Brenda Chapman).  Brave, which is set “in the mystical Scottish Highlands,” also features the vocal talents of Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Craig Ferguson, Kevin McKidd, and Robbie Coltrane.
A release date has been set for June 22, 2012.

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How Walt Disney Cartoons are made

Lost in Scaradise

 

Courtesy of screenwriters Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir, a rough concept art trailer for Disney’s Pixar backup Circle 7‘s abandoned sequel to Pixar’s Monsters, Inc., Monsters, Inc. 2: Lost in Scaradise.

Tytla’s Dwarf Fight - Sporn Blog

 

Michael Sporn posted Bill Tytla's Dwarf Sequence from Snow White.

When I teach, all of my mentoring is based on forces and forms.

This is a great example of these concepts.

Stitch in the Rain

This is how I have felt most of the holidays...

will be so glad when it stops raining.

God Bless America Stitch is cute.

Winnie The Pooh Trailer

Gnomeo & Juliet

I first heard about Gnomeo and Juliet in 2002.  I was asked to look over the pipeline the team at Disney had created after dumping the Secret Lab.  I loved the blood vs. crips angle to the story.  Gary Trousdale and about 20 other people sat at the end of a triangular table... with Me at the point.  It felt like facing a firing squad.   Later they told me they wanted to lower my chair to make it even more funny.  I am glad to see the show finally will make it to the silver screen. It's the first CG Disney movie that actually looks like the old... soft, round Disney characters.  No idea if it will do well, but the trailer did make giggle a few times.

Full Metal Disney

I normally don't like mashups and stuff like this, but this is pretty funny.

Epic Mickey

A Tangled World: Creating the Look

I am pretty excited about this movie...

TRON: LEGACY - Official Trailer #2

Little and BIG boys round the world are going to love this one.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned Video Game, E3 2010: Big Battles Trailer HD | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com

The Cal Arts Story

The CalArts Story from Christine Ziemba (CalArts) on Vimeo.

Disney Epic Mickey -- A Behind The Scenes look

kewl

Alpine Climbers 1937

Just because... it's so awesome.

Dali and Disney

Old Skool

I think Dali would have liked Æon Flux

Destino is a short animated cartoon released in 2003 by The Walt Disney Company. Destino is unique in that its production originally began in 1945, 58 years before its eventual completion. The project was a collaboration between Walt Disney and Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, and features music written by Mexican songwriter Armando Dominguez.

Henry Selick Signs a New Deal to Return to Disney/Pixar

Henry Selick, the director of last year’s critical hit "Coraline," has agreed to a new long-standing deal with Disney/Pixar to both write and direct stop-motion films.

The father of stop-motion films is finally making his long-awaited return to Disney. Review St. Louis reports that Henry Selick, the director of last year’s critical hit Coraline, has agreed to a new long-standing deal with Disney/Pixar to both write and direct stop-motion films for the Mouse House. 

Furthermore, the new agreement gives the acclaimed animator the opportunity to work from his own home located in the Bay Area. Whether original or literary, Selick is entitled to work from his home studio. 

Selick’s new deal with Disney/Pixar should come as no surprise as the writer/director went to school with John Lasseter, the current head of Disney animation

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Selick set a new precedent for stop-motion films and made them mainstream fare with his directorial debut in the cult classic A Nightmare Before Christmas

. Although many believe Tim Burton helmed the project, Burton served as a producer to Selick’s direction. 

Selick’s latest film, Coraline, was both a critical and box office hit that garnered the director an Oscar nominee for Best Animated Feature. In addition, the film lent itself nicely to the ever-so-popular 3-D format. 

via Celebrity Cafe

More at Variety...

Tribute to Disney/Pixar story artist JOE RANFT

Today (March 13, 2010) would have been Joe Ranft's 50th birthday. This tribute film was made by Joe's friend John Musker for the memorial service for Joe held at Pixar . John has graciously shared this touching tribute on YouTube to mark the occasion of Joe's birthday.


(expand to watch full screen)


By the way, on August 10, 2010 there is a new book coming out by John Canemaker called "Two Guys Named Joe" which will feature the art and life of Disney/Pixar story artists Joe Ranft and Joe Grant.

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And since this is a blog of NOTES and INSPIRATION for my AAU students the pedagogue in me wants to point out to students that the tribute film above by the amazing Mr. Musker is a stellar example of what a Story Reel/Animatic should look like. So much is said with no dialogue and the simplest, most direct sketches.

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