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By Rawls — Jan 13, 2011, 03:28 pm CST
I couldn't help but post this.
I first caught wind of this whole thing off of Cartoon Brew, who posted a video a while back of Conan visiting Warner animation and getting Bruce Timm to draw him as a super hero. Well, the talented folks at Warner went ahead and used a clip from their new show, "Young Justice" and in place of Super Man, put... well... The Flaming C.
Hilarious stuff.
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Did Pixar steal idea for UP?→ Uncategorized
By Rawls — May 12, 2010, 05:57 pm CDT
I originally found this debate on Cartoon Brew which lead me as well over to the You thought we wouldn't notice website.
Basically, these are the details as I have found it thus far...
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In 2005, a group of students at ESRA made a short film called “Above Then Beyond”.
In 2009, Pixar released a feature film called “Up”.
If you’ve already seen “Up”, you might find it remarkably similar to “Above Then Beyond”.
I found an interview with Pete Docter, writer and director of “Up”, and this is what he said about building the film’s concept:
Pete Docter – “We came up with this idea of a floating house, and we worked backwards from that, thinking, “How did this guy get into the floating house?” And we came up with this whole backstory of him meeting this girl, and they fell in love, and they had this whole relationship. And this failed promise, that they didn’t ever get to go down to South America to live this adventure that they always wanted to do. And so it was kind of based on that.”
The resemblance to the students’ short film made me uneasy, so I had to look into this.
I contacted Yannick Banchereau and asked:
“Did someone in your team go on to work for Pixar?”
“Did Pixar buy the rights to your concept?”
“Was this purely a coincidence?”
His response (translated by Google Translate):
Yannick Banchereau – “Well, no, none of us went to work at Pixar, if you know someone who is in Supinfgraph, you should know that ESRA has a partnership with Pixar, so we concluded that for Pixar to see our film among those that ESRA had sent them, and they “kept” (stolen?) the idea into a feature film …
Unfortunately the film does not belong to us because this was done as part of our studies, so we can do nothing …
Thank you for your interest, it’s good to see that someone has acknowledged our film (even if the quality is far from the Pixar)”Personally, I can’t help it to think that Pixar used the students’ idea. If they did, it’s disappointing that the acknowledgment for these students cannot be found anywhere.
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"remarkably similar"... I have my own opinion about that, and I think I'll keep it to myself, because I'm sure none of you want me going off on the idea of monopolizing thieves in our industry! :S
What say you???
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By Rawls — Mar 22, 2010, 03:03 pm CDT
So if any of you talented folks or people you might know are attending this years San Diego Comic Con, and have an interest in learning more about how to succeed in the comic industry, you might want to check this out.
Comix Academy is putting on an amazing workshop one week before the Con. (July 15 - July 20). Mentors for the Academy include Mike Mignola, Scott Hampton, Dave Dorman, John Van Fleet, Chris Moeller, and Durwin Talon!
"Learning, growing and improving are the watchwords of serious professionals and students. The Comix Academy exists to help any who love to create pictures and/or tell stories improve and polish their current work."Comix Academy is founded by: Dave Dorman, Scott Hampton, Christopher Moeller, Durwin Talon and John Van Fleet.
Check out the website for more details and on how to register.
Also important to note, there will be scholarship opportunities.
"There will be one FULL TUITION scholarship and three $200 scholarships applied against total tuition costs."
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By Rawls — Feb 09, 2010, 11:21 am CST
First of all, a big shout out to Drawn for posting this... probably THE most greatest thing I've seen in a long time. I could watch/listen to this over and over.
Luc, from Drawn put it perfectly when he said,
"The music is by U900, a Japanese Ukulele duo. Let me repeat that because OMG I’ll never get the chance to type those words together again: Japanese Ukulele duo."
If anyone knows who produced the animation and created these wonderful videos, please let us know!
Head over to their MySpace page as well to check out more videos and music!
Enjoy!
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By Rawls — Jan 05, 2010, 10:22 am CST
Something fun to start off the New Year!
This lovely musical edit / video remix was composed by South African artist Nick Bertke (aka Pogo). He created this piece of music using chords, bass notes and vocal samples from Pixar's Up. The result is an inventive and very listenable piece of music. Bertke also did a similar piece last year for Disney's Alice in Wonderland, which I also enjoyed!
He explains that 90% is composed using sounds recorded from the movie.
Brought a little smile to my face.
Enjoy!
...and here is his Alice one in case you hadn't seen it!
PS:
On a side note, I also found another amazing Pixar Up trailer.
USC film student Daniel Johnson noticed a few similarities between Pixar’s Up and Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino. So he recut Up’s trailer and combined it with Gran Torino’s soundtrack to prove his point:A Little Inspiration→ Uncategorized
By Rawls — Mar 30, 2009, 12:13 pm CDT
Everyone of us here in this fabulous artistic community strive to be the best we can be as artists... or at least we should be. Each one of us has those moments in life where everything just seems to click and creativity seems to flow freely from our finger tips... and moments where it seems as if we have no artistic ability at all. It's those moments where we really need to rely on each other and our surroundings for inspiration and motivation. And I've personally learned, that it is in those moments of struggle that one has an opportunity to really dig deap within themselves and see what they are made of. To see what we are reaching for, what we desire to do with our amazing ablitities and talents, and what we want the world to see and be.
That is why things like CG HUB are such amazing places for all of us to be invloved in. Creating networks and connections is what humans do, and what better thing to have than a place where those networks and connections are extremely creative and which inspire and uplift.
This posting isn't so much about a single work of art, or piece of animation, but more like a soup of works to hopefully inspire all of us to continue to make positive works of art, individually and together.
I've personally been feeling very inwardly inspired lately about the fact that we should be more than mindless artists. That we ALL need to think a little bit more about what it is we do. That ALL of us as artists have a great opportunity to shape and change and inspire the world around us for the better. It is up to ALL of us in this art community, who strive to do something with our art, to use our talents to build, uplift, motivate, set good examples, give hope, inspire.... in short, create.
So to all of you who read this, thank YOU for allowing me to be inspired by YOU and to rant about how I feel. Now go do some good.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead
Enjoy.
This first video is a Trailer for a Sundance Film Festival documentary directed by Doug Pray called Art & Copy. You can also watch an interview with Doug HERE.
Welcome to the future my fellow nerds. Seattle-based studio Oh, Hello brings us this vision of a highly-gadgetized future to life for Microsoft, with some slick roto, a lot of tracking and, of course, glossy futurific animation. Feel free to geek out any time... I did.
Next up is a spot done by Hornet Inc. for the Ronald McDonald House. 2D, 3D, stop-motion, claymation, practical, digital... you want it, it's in there.
Last, and certainly not least, is a thoughtful spot for Amnesty International by Leo Burnett Lisbon and Lobo. The piece is based on the print campaign created by Leo. Extremely hard hitting and thought provoking, this ad leaves us thinking "I want to use MY art to stand up for a good cause". ...at least it does for me. You can watch a higher res version HERE.
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