Trailer for the 2008 Cartoon Forum created by a team of German students at the world renowned Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg led by Regina Welker and Max Lang. A happy and impressive piece given it was produced in just 8 weeks.
Tag: Animation
Real Faces Have Never Looked This 3D
Alter Ego is the “facial performance” division of Pendulum, an animation studio. They have produced some software and animation process innovations that lead to the amazing results above in a cost and time effective manner.
Regardless, it’s still very creepy (especially when they start speaking at the end of the clip).
Wall-E
This may be old news to a lot of you out there, but Wall-E is an exceptional movie. Just watched it today, and even as a proud Pixar fan, I was still awed by the creators’ ability to capture so much emotion and so much creativity in a short animated film. Pixar achieved an almost mystical experience with no memorable quotes and only a collection of memorable moments.
If you have not yet seen this film, there is no excuse not to.
Another plus: the Pixar short at the beginning, “Presto”, was amazing. Much better than the forgettable “Boundin” and the mediocre “Lifted”.
For those of you who have experienced Wall-E, here are some links to hopefully further your appreciation.
Sound design with Ben Burtt of Star Wars fame
Famous Pixar easter eggs
A more technical interview with supervising animator, Angus MacLane
amazing animation
This video makes me so happy. The issue I have with posting it now is that no one reads this blog. Maybe I’ll post it again at some other date because I want to see more people be happy too.