3D Animation Blog

Animating For District 9 by Robert Kuczera

Andy Whiteley — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:46:38 +0000

Senior Animator Robert Kuczera has just sent me an e-mail asking if I would post a link to an interview with CG Heute entitled Robert Kuczera – Animieren Fur District 9 detailing the work he did on District 9 while at The Embassy in Vancouver. How could I refuse! The interview was originally written in German so the Google translation is a little [...]

Oscars Animated Short Winner and Nominees

Andy Whiteley — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:33:08 +0000

WINNER: Logorama Nominee: French Roast Nominee: Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty Nominee: La dama y la muerte (The Lady and The Reaper) Nominee: Wallace and Gromit in A Matter of Loaf and Death It’s no surprise that Pixar’s UP won Best Animated Feature at the Oscars, but there isn’t usually a great deal of fuss around the Best Animated Shorts. Here are the 4 [...]

District 9 Done In 60 Seconds

Andy Whiteley — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:52:39 +0000

One of the better Done In 60 Seconds competition entries for the 2010 Empire Awards. The film cleverly replaces the alien prawns with clowns. Created in Ireland, the film has yet to be nominated, with other less deserving entries getting in to the top 20 shortlist. Vote now for the existing entries, although the District 9 [...]

UP Blu-Ray UK Release

Andy Whiteley — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:06:35 +0000

UP Dir: Pete Docter Pixar’s latest film Up is released on Blu-Ray today in the UK. I was looking forward to seeing this as I missed it at the cinema. Written and directed by Monsters Inc. director and veteran Toy Story animator Pete Docter An interesting section in the making of documentary, describes how the story department fleshed out Carl and Ellie’s [...]

BBC Titles: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

Andy Whiteley — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:43:55 +0000

Main Title Sequence For The BBC by StudioAKA The BBC are currently running the main title sequence to accompany coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Overseeing the project was Marc Craste an animation director I have admired for a long time, whose previous work includes the Lloyds Bank ‘For The Journey’ adverts. Jon Klassen was brought in as co-designer [...]

Avatar IMAX 3-D

Andy Whiteley — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:35:25 +0000

Just got round to seeing Avatar in IMAX 3-D. Instantly, from the very first scene, you know that you are about to witness something special. The film is visually stunning and James Cameron utilises the 3-D effect brilliantly, using depth to the fullest without overly pushing the effect out of the screen. Some 3-D films [...]

District 9 Blu-Ray Release

Andy Whiteley — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:16:19 +0000

District 9 Dir: Neill Blomkamp Released on Blu-Ray today in the UK. Believe the reviews, District 9 employs some groundbreaking film making from first time feature director Neill Blomkamp Behind the scenes info District 9: Making Of Related Posts:District 9 HD Trailer: Neill BlomkampDistrict 9: Making OfWALL.E Blu-Ray UK Release

The Gruffalo: Christmas Day BBC One

Andy Whiteley — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:55:12 +0000

The Gruffalo YouTube Trailer The Gruffalo was created by Studio Soi and Magic Light Pictures for the BBC. The short 30 minute animated film combines both CGI and Stop-Motion techniques to create a stylistic look which is faithful to the original book Here’s a great interview with Axel Scheffler as he talks through his initial Gruffalo book illustrations. If you don’t manage to catch it [...]

Coraline Blu-Ray UK Release

Andy Whiteley — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:34:42 +0000

Coraline Dir: Henry Selick If you are interested in animation in any way at all, CG or otherwise, I recommend that you buy Coraline on Blu-Ray. The film is a masterpiece of animation. Related Posts:Ratatouille Blu-Ray DVD UK ReleaseMonsters Inc. Released On Blu-RayWALL.E Blu-Ray UK Release

Gore Zoid 3D Animation Now In HD

Andy Whiteley — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:05:39 +0000

Gore Zoid 3D Animation in HD on Vimeo The animation was rendered to a HD tga sequence at a resolution of 1280×720. This was then output to an uncompressed Quicktime file which came in at a whopping 2.64GB! It was then converted for upload to the excellent Vimeo site through the Quicktime Pro Player using H.264 6000kbps video compression and AAC 44.1kHz 320kbps for the [...]

District 9: Making Of

Andy Whiteley — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:14:26 +0000

Screenshot of the Exo-suit from District 9 Visual effects were handled by the established Weta Digital (Lord of the Rings, King Kong) in New Zealand, The Embassy (Citroen Transformers, Ghostbusters) and new fx house Image Engine also based in Vancouver. Two interesting VFX World interviews with Blomkamp entitled Neill Blomkamp Talks District 9 & District 9: Bringing Back ’80s Sci-Fi. Visual [...]

District 9 HD Trailer: Neill Blomkamp

Andy Whiteley — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:54:46 +0000

District 9 Trailer 2 directed by Neill Blomkamp Visit Apple Quicktime site to watch the trailer in HD District 9 is the feature film follow up to the award winning 2005 short documentry film entitled Alive In Joberg. The film is directed by former vfx artist and VFS graduate Neill Blomkamp and is produced by Peter Jackson. [...]

Yellow Adicolour Ad by Neill Blomkamp

Andy Whiteley — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:25:11 +0000

Adidas invited directors to bring their own unique visions to a series of Adicolor commercials based on their creative response to the colours Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Pink, Black or White. Neill Blomkamp’s brief was Yellow and the following film was the result. Written in collaboration with Terri Tatchell who went on to write the screenplay with Blomkamp for the film District 9. Related Posts:District 9 [...]

Alma: a Short by Rodrigo Blaas

Andy Whiteley — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:03:12 +0000

Alma Short Film in HD on Vimeo Excellent short animated film entitled Alma by Pixar animator Rodrigo Blaas There are two main characters in the film. Mainly the girl, but also the doll shop itself, which takes it’s architectual influences from Gaudi’s House in Barcelona, to become something out of the ordinary. Even though the film is beautifully animated and rendered, it just goes to [...]

Monsters Inc. Released On Blu-Ray

Andy Whiteley — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:02:21 +0000

Monsters Inc. Dir: Pete Docter Finally, released today in the UK, Monsters Inc. on Blu-Ray. Includes full DTS-HD uncompressed sound. Related Posts:UP Blu-Ray UK ReleaseRatatouille Blu-Ray DVD UK ReleaseWALL.E Blu-Ray UK Release

CGportfolio Featured In Newsletter

Andy Whiteley — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:00:35 +0000

Screenshot From The CGsociety Newsletter Screenshots From The CGsociety Portfolio Website My CGsociety portfolio featured on the weekley news letter under ‘Popular Portfolios’. I have currently only got one image on there but plan to put more up very soon. http://andywhiteley.cgsociety.org/gallery/ CGPortfolio is currently one of the best ways for anyone wanting to get their work noticed by industry professionals. It [...]

Coraline In Digital 3-D

Andy Whiteley — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:52:59 +0000

Coraline Trailer on YouTube Having purposely waited to see a 3-D feature, amongst the recent surge of films (started by Chicken Little in 2005) and since the announcement that Coraline would be made in 3-D, I can honestly say that it was worth the wait as I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The technology behind 3-D, such as the development of digital projectors and [...]

Coraline Website Mouse Circus

Andy Whiteley — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:15:59 +0000

Instruct The Performing Mice To Create Your Own Name in the Mouse Circus One of the many beautifully designed sections of the Coraline Website. Related Posts:Coraline Blu-Ray UK ReleaseCoraline: Rapid Prototyping 3D ModelsCoraline In Digital 3-D

Short Film: Machu Picchu Post

Andy Whiteley — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:08:19 +0000

Machu Picchu Post Short Animation Screenshot From Machu Picchu Post Machu Picchu Post is a short film created by 3 final year Supinfocom students. It tells the tale of a Peruvian boy and his pet lama and what happens when a mail plane loses some letters over the boy’s house. What stands out for me, is not only the [...]

Pixar Short Film: Partly Cloudy

Andy Whiteley — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:55:45 +0000

Production Still From Pixar’s Short Film Partly Cloudy Where do delivery storks get their babies from? This question is the basis of Partly Cloudy, the new short animated film by Pixar. The story features a stork called Peck who handles various dangerous baby animals sculptured by Gus the insecure grey cloud. Keeping with tradition, the short will be shown in cinemas proir to UP. The CGsociety Article entitled Sky-High [...]