Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Categories Announced for British Animation Awards
The British Animation Awards (BAA) has announced the nomination categories for its 2014 awards.
The 2014 awards will include standard categories: Best Student Film, Best Short Film, ... Continue Reading →
Books We Love – Issue #233
Directing for Animation: Everything You Didn’t Learn in Art School
By Tony Bancroft
[Focal Press, $34.95]
Imagine taking a one-on-one class with one ... Continue Reading →
Giant Gromit Sculpture Has a Very Bad Day Out
File this item in the “No Hope for Humanity” category. According to a story in The Guardian, a five-foot replica of Aardman’s beloved Gromit (Wallace’s dog), ... Continue Reading →
Spike & Mike Launches 20th Anniversary Kickstarter
The animated anthology festival Spike & Mike has launched a 20th Anniversary edition Kickstarter campaign to raise $15,000. The show will feature all-time favorite “Sick and Twisted” ... Continue Reading →
Stop Motion Legend Ray Harryhausen Dies at 92
Visual effects icon Ray Harryhausen, whose stop-motion creations brought many monsters alive in movies such as Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans, died on Tuesday morning ... Continue Reading →
Aardman Preps ‘Shaun the Sheep’ Movie for 2015
Following in the footsteps of Wallace and Gromit, another popular Aardman character is getting ready for its big movie adventure. The Bristol-based animation studio announced today ... Continue Reading →
Spike & Mike’s 30th Fest Extended to 4/13
There must be a lot of sick and twisted toon fans out there: due to sold-out screenings, Spike and Mike’s Festival of Animation 30th Anniversary Extravaganza will be running additional ... Continue Reading →
Wallace & Gromit New Faces of VisitEngland
Britain’s national tourist board VisitEngland has recruited Aardman Animations’ globally known plasticine pals Wallace & Gromit as Tourism Trailblazers to encourage Britons ... Continue Reading →
Aardman’s ‘Shaun the Sheep’ Returns to CBBC
Aardman Animation’s preschool star, Shaun the Sheep will come back to the U.K. small screen this month with 20 brand-spanking new episodes. The hero of Mossybottom Farm will kick ... Continue Reading →
Tim Reckart and the Making of ‘Head Over Heels’
A couple of days ago, we had the chance to catch up with Timothy Reckart, the young animator who wrote and directed the Oscar-nominated stop-motion short Head Over Heels. The project, ... Continue Reading →
