Well pardners, this here film’s about a hero (a cross between Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger and a Wet Blanket!) who wanders into town, only to find some outlaws have pinched Father Christmas’ sack of toys. (They were hard men in them days)
This gently paced video is a great introduction to animated movie making. It is funny and informative. The animation is by Sven Hauth.
The winner of the 1950 Academy Award for Best Animated Short, Gerald McBoing-Boing is the story of a little boy who speaks through sound effects instead of spoken words.
Simon Tofield talks about how his own cat inspired him create an animated movie. He demonstrates how he uses an A4-size Wacom Intuos tablet to create his drawings. We also see Simon creating the sound effects for the movie.
A curious cat investigates an empty cardboard box. Made by English animator Simon Tofield using Adobe Flash software, drawing on an A4-size Wacom Intuos tablet. Simon makes all the character sounds in the films himself, including the meows!
How does an animator spend their day? The National Media Museum gave the renowned animator Joanna Quinn a Flip video camera and asked her to record her thoughts. This is her diary during summer 2009.
This is one of a series of podcasts by “Pigeon: Impossible” writer/director Lucas Martell. It explains the rather complex process of creating lighting effects on a 3D animated film.
This is the first film from writer/director Lucas Martell who spent 5 years making it. The end result is a hilarious romp through the streets of Washington D.C. as the hero fights to save himself.
This featurette takes a behind-the-scenes look at the production. The animators talk about the story development, creating the characters and the environments using shot breakdowns and illustrations.
This breathtakingly beautiful 3D animation was produced on a tiny budget in the animators spare time, after work and in the evening. Meline is a little girl who spends most of her time in her grand-parents barn, drawing. One day, a scared furry little creature gets lost in the barn.