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    Richard Williams – Animator / Director

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    / May 10, 2011 / 1 Comment
    Tweet Working in the animation industry, it’s almost impossible to not have heard of Richard Williams. His Animator’s Survival Kit is a bible for most character animators. Every studio that I have worked at, had at least a half dozen copied floating around. A few years ago, Richard also made...

  2. Vancouver International Film Festival

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    / October 17, 2010 / Leave a comment
    Tweet The last two weeks have been pretty crazy. Back to work in a studio cubical and also attended the Vancouver International Film Festival. I started everything off with Monsters, and ended if off with the beautiful, French, somewhat depressing The Illusionist. In total I saw 28 films. Monsters Waste...

  3. When the Devil Knocks

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    / October 17, 2010 / 1 Comment
    Tweet In the documentary, When the Devil Knocks, Hilary is one of 6 personalities (referred to as “alters”). As stated at the beginning, the alters were created in order to help Hilary survive by taking over in times of trauma. A unique alter was created to deal with each unique...

  4. Budget Film Making with Gareth Edwards

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    / October 8, 2010 / 2 Comments
    Tweet A month back I was forwarded an interview with Gareth Edwards, the director of Monsters. In the interview he talks about making a feature film on a small budget. I haven’t yet found out the exact budget, but the $15,000 number has been thrown around.  I’ll spare my opinions...

  5. The Monk and The Fish

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    / October 29, 2009 / Leave a comment
    Tweet A classically animated short created by Michael Dudok De Wit. Simple yet beautiful. Powerful use of the music to tell the story. If you like this short and can handle seeing something a little more simple, Father & Daughter is also worth checking out. Thanks to Des Duggan for...

  6. Shane Acker’s “9″

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    / January 28, 2009 / 3 Comments
    Tweet Back in 2005 Shane intruduced us all to his stitched and zippered ragdolls in his short film entitled “9″.  Tim Burton soon took interested and has assisted Shane in turning the short into a feature film. Starz, based in Toronto, was the 3D animation studio responsible for the work....

  7. Thomas Schelesny – VFX Supervisor of “Enchanted”

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    / January 11, 2009 / Leave a comment
    Tweet In the afternoon of Saturday, I had the pleasure of attending Tony Chen’s 3D Animation Workshop in Gastown. The special guest for the evening was Thomas Schelesny. Tom is a Visual Effects Supervisor at Tippet Studios. He was the VFX Supervisor for Disney’s Enchanted and is currently supervising the FX for...

  10. Gremlins – Fan Film

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    / September 6, 2008 / Leave a comment
    Tweet Because it’s been so long since I posted something new…  here’s some stuff to tide you over.  The new job has me playing a little catch up. Amazing what one can do with a personal PC…  er… wait… those were real puppets!?  There’s also a Making of video to...