Animation firm Aardman has once again warned that it might be forced to move vital jobs overseas. The award-winning firm employs around 250 staff in Bristol at its Harbourside headquart
China's animation industry is still in its infancy but it's a very chubby baby, fed by investors pouring in capital and by favorable government policies. It has been productive, too.
Pjotr Sapegin’s stop-motion short The Last Norwegian Troll about a confused troll living in modern-day Norway recently won the top animation prize at the Fantastic
Real-time rendering of animation is now possible, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey
Katzenberg told an audience at the Techonomy conference this morning. In a
“I think the only possibility of survival for (VFX) facilities is to be a content producer,” asserted VFX industry vet Scott Ross, during his keynote address Tuesday at the Soc
Art is often used as an outlet for political or societal expression. William Kentridge’s animated short film and associated series of charcoal drawings, entitled History of the Main Complaint, are precisely that:
Apart from the fact that Blender is
extremely good software, I also view it as a very strong enabling
technology: Blender is able to provide people – who would normally not
be able to afford 3D t
Triggerfish Animation has completed a 14-minute episode of an exciting new children's series entitled Me and Jessie D for Studio 125, a production company based in Alabama.
As a brand that every South African knows, Five Roses once again takes the lead in the hot beverage industry, with an animated commercial that demonstrates how it has brought new tea flavours from around the world to its consumers.
Ireland has received global recognition for its animation industry, which continues to grow and create new jobs. Laura O’Brien looks at how it got to where it is today.
Canada's westernmost province of British Columbia, one of the top regions for filmmaking outside of Hollywood, is rapidly gaining prominence as a world leader in animation and special ef
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a painful
condition that limits the use of your hands. Awkward and repeated hand and wrist movements may place you at risk. But CTS can be prevented.
A group of Carnegie Mellon
researchers, in association with Disney Research of Pittsburgh, are bringing
animations closer to reality by modeling accurate eye blinks.
Electronic games are one of the most rapidly growing industries in the world today, being pushed along not only by the ferocious appetite of video gaming enthusiasts around the world, but also the
Siyayinqoba Beat It! Is a youth oriented HIV/AIDS television show looking for innovative animated public service announcements to drive Siyayinqoba's viewers towards testing for HIV, being informed and always using condoms!
When Toper Taylor, President and COO of Cookie Jar, addressed the Cape Town animation industry a few months ago I couldn't gauge his actual impression of us. He seemed polite yet reserved.
Animation is an industry which has been dominated by the West. In Africa, the concept is relatively new, but this year nine animation films from Kenya will be screened at the prestigious Africa in Motion (AiM) festival that will run 23 October - 2 November 2008 in Edinburgh, UK.
Working Together to Create Our Future
Animation has the ability not only to entertain and educate, reaching across cultural and racial boundaries, but also to generate employment, and attract investment.
Our 3D-animated AIDS awareness PSA, "Shower", has been invited to screen at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro in the FIAE 2008 - 3rd International Festival of Erotic Animation, with Sex, Love and Eroticism as the key themes.
