The Teaser for Pixar's new film Up is now online. Not much is known about the film. However, a recent newspaper article described it as “a comedy about a cranky, cane-wielding 78-year-old who transports his home to exotic locales by attaching hundreds of helium-filled balloons”. [EDIT: The tech blog Gizmodo offers this description: The hero of the film is a 78-year-old man named...
Following up on my last post, here's two more inspiring links related to Pixar: The first is a Presto, the new animated short that is shown before Wall•E in the theaters and will no doubt be included on the DVD. It's a zany little film animated in a style inspired by the classic Warner Brothers shorts. It's much broader and zippier...
Pixar's new movie Wall•E opened this past weekend to big box office and rave reviews. I am really looking forward to seeing it. I had hoped to catch it on opening weekend but plans fell through. We had relatives come to visit and then my daughter broke her ankle (she's doing fine, thanks). However, I did download some little animated vignettes...
In a recent New York Times article Pixar announced its upcoming slate of animated films. (You have to register to read the article). The list includes: Wal-E (official site) — A film from writer/director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) that tells the story of a robot stranded on earth all-alone in distant future. Large chunks of the film will have no dialogue,...
The passing of legendary Disney animator Ollie Johnston has stirred a lot of emotion, memories, and discussion among animators and animation fans. In that spirit fellow Minnesotan Robbie Halvorson sent me a link to some of Ollie's notes on animation. The notes came from Disney animator G. Scott Owen Pixar's John Lasseter, who writes: When I was an animator at the...
Upcoming On Thursday and Friday I'll be posting a two-part series with tips for beginning freelancers on how to bid out a project. Keep an eye out. Now, on to today's post...
