Stories By Ellen Wolff
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North America
USC Students Blaze a Trail with Ollie
March 13, 2019The short film Trailblazer may appear at first glance to be animation created by a soon-to-graduate...
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North America
Learning from the Masters: Must-Take US Animation & VFX Classes
February 10, 2019***This article originally appeared in Animation Magazine’s 2019 International Education & Career Guide*** In an era...
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Schools
Who’s Teaching Stop Motion Today?
February 10, 2019***This article originally appeared in Animation Magazine’s 2019 International Education & Career Guide*** Animation lovers marked...
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Shorts
Watch: John Kahrs’ Acclaimed Short ‘Age of Sail’
November 14, 2018The much-anticipated new Google Spotlight Stories project making a big splash on the VR and animation...
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Features
The Many Layers of ‘This Magnificent Cake!’
October 19, 2018***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. ‘18 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 283)*** “Surreal” is...
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Festivals and Events
Student Academy Awards Winners Display Remarkable Artistry and Diversity
October 12, 2018When Student Academy Award winners accept their medals each year, you can see the future of...
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Digital Media
Bold Ideas Shine at the 2017 Student Academy Awards
December 1, 2017The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a notable history of honoring student filmmakers...
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Digital Media
Vision Quests: Google Spotlight Stories ‘Son of Jaguar’ & ‘Sonaria’
October 23, 2017In 2016, when Google Spotlight Stories’ Pearl became the first VR piece to land an Oscar...
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Top Stories
Pixar and the Art of Curbing CG Noise
September 3, 2017How a UCSB computer science student helped Pixar develop a new noise-eliminating solution. For many people,...
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Digital Media
A New Dimension of Drawing
November 29, 2015Disney Legend Glen Keane demonstrates the power of VR by drawing his most-famous characters in 3D...
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Top Stories
The Evolving Role of the CG Director of Photography
December 21, 2014The key live-action title has gaining traction in the animation business after years of being seen...
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Features
Plympton Goes Noir
November 15, 2013The New York indie darling puts the finishing touches on Cheatin’, his quirky homage to hard-boiled...
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Festivals and Events
Illuminating Shorts
June 10, 2013Our reporter zeroes in four toons that represent the rich diversity of talent spotlighted at the...
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Features
A Zany Return to Area 51
February 12, 2013Director Cal Brunker stresses strong visuals and iconic imagery in the new, sci-fi comedy movie Escape...
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Festivals and Events
Best of the Brief-Attention-Span Theater
August 6, 2012An overview of the key award-winning shorts screening at the 2012 edition of SIGGRAPH’s Computer Animation...
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Festivals and Events
Consider These Careers Launched!
July 10, 2012A look at the three animated winners of this year’s Student Academy Awards. When the medalists...
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Festivals and Events
Short on Minutes, Long on Talent
June 2, 2012The 2012 edition of the Annecy Festival puts an amazingly diverse and creative range of animated...
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Festivals and Events
SIGGRAPH Recruiters Hum ‘O, Canada’
August 7, 2011A look at which studios are looking to hire at the big CG confab. SIGGRAPH may...
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Festivals and Events
SIGGRAPH – The Quiet Revolution
August 7, 2011A timely SIGGRAPH panel examines the pros and cons of distributed production. SIGGRAPH is always a...
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Schools
Streaming the Supernatural
June 30, 2010Filmakademie students find an infrared ‘Key’ Perhaps nobody knows better than student filmmakers that ‘necessity is...
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