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Category: Animation

  • Gobelins graduating student animations 2014

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    Each year for the past 9 years, I’ve been highlighting the annual series of student short animations from Gobelins, l’école de l’image (Goeblins School of Communications) in Paris, that are used as introductions for the daily events at the Annecy International Festival of Animation in the spring. I’ve been lax, however, in pointing out the…

  • Duet, Glen Keane

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    Renowned animator Glen Keane, best known for his character animation for Disney feature films like Aladdin, Tarzan, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Tangled, has been working with the Google Advanced Technology and Projects Group on one of their new series of interactive animations. In the process, he has created preliminary hand-drawn animation…

  • Father and Daughter

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    Beautiful and subtle, Father and Daughter is a 2000 Dutch animated short (8 minutes) about a daughter remembering her father. Directed, drawn and animated Michael Dudok de Wit, with assistance by Arjan Wilschut and Lisa Flather. There is an interview with Michael Dudok de Wit here. The film uses minimalist design, softly rendered with touches…

  • Gobelins students’ animations for Annecy 2014

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    Each year, five teams of graduating students from Gobelins, l’école de l’image (Goeblins School of Communications) in Paris create short animations (under one minute) that are used to introduce each day’s events at the Annecy International Festival of Animation. Unfortunately, while the school’s level of instruction undoubtedly remains high, the complexity and quality of the…

  • Hayao Miyazaki animated short

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    Hayao Miyazaki, director of some of the most fantastic and beautifully executed animated feature films in history, is not known for creating short films. According to io9, this animated short, which has recently become available on Vimeo, was an exercise to break a creative block Miyazaki experienced while working on Princess Mononoke. The film was…

  • The Gold Sparrow

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    With an imaginative use of color, artful rotoscoping and beautiful production design, The Gold Sparrow (Vimeo link) is a visually appealing animated short that has garnered numerous awards. The 12 minute film was directed by Daniel Stessen, with director of animation Michael Garza and music by The Brothers Lit. There is a website for the…