http://graphomat.animationblogspot.com Blog on Computer Graphics, Visual FX, and Post-Production Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:24:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ... what do we do if those proposed trends (quite obviously) aren't happening? Embrace the loud & chaotic? After all, it seems to be the fashionable thing to do — and it's fun, as well (at least for a while). http://graphomat.animationblogspot.com/2008/06/09/but/ While I am currently reading a book consisting of letters written in Germany (or what was to become Germany in 1871) from 1750 to 1950 ("Deutsche Briefe 1750 - 1950"; S. Fischer), I become painfully aware of the lack of depth im most of today's animation/computer graphics. It seem to ... http://graphomat.animationblogspot.com/2008/06/06/animation-as-an-art-form/ Photograph © Copyright by Reiner Pfisterer. Courtesy of fmx/08. That's me (center) attending the screening of Robert Zemeckis' "Beowulf" (2007) on the third day of this year's fmx/08. (I already wrote about this screening in an earlier post.) After about ten minutes or so, I moved to a now vacant seat, ... http://graphomat.animationblogspot.com/2008/05/28/fmx08-impressions/ In his article "CG on a Budget: A Zen Art ", J. Paul Peszko wrote "Unlike feature animation, where major studios spend money hand over fist trying to outdo one another [ ... ]" — Quote © Copyright 2007 by J. Paul Peszko/Animation World Network. — and this is imho exactly the ... http://graphomat.animationblogspot.com/2008/05/25/and-the-problem-is/ Yesterday, when surfing the web site of Animation World Network, I stumbled upon a series of articles written by Jean Detheux, entitled "Notes from the Underground". What's interesting about this: The author is a painter from Belgium, who started working with digital media because he became allergic to paint. Besides, ... http://graphomat.animationblogspot.com/2008/05/23/the-art-connection/ After seeing "Iron Man" (2008) today, I'm completely enthusiastic about this movie, which was a big surprise for me! After having read some of the reviews, I was basically prepared for everything. Taking this into account, the first thing that took me in for this movie was the well-written dialogue, ... http://graphomat.animationblogspot.com/2008/05/20/must-see/ Now, that this year's fmx is over, and while I am waiting for the responses to various inquiries of mine about posting stills/images here, I suddenly find myself more and more preoccupied with "film". One particularly interesting site I stumbled upon today is Great Directors - a critical database, located at ... http://graphomat.animationblogspot.com/2008/05/19/aftermath/ Logo Courtesy of Timothy Leborgne. While at a press conference at fmx/08 in Stuttgart, Germany, I learned about a new initiative funded by the MEDIA Programme of the EU and named „Animation Sans Frontières, the Animation Production Workshop“ (ASF in short; web site will be available soon), whose goal will be ... http://graphomat.animationblogspot.com/2008/05/14/animation-sans-frontieres-a-new-european-initiative/ Thanks to the kind assistance of Aisling O'Brien at Double Negative in London, I have made first contact with Warner Bros. in L. A., and if I am lucky, maybe I'll be able to post stills from movies such as the upcoming "The Dark Knight" (2008) by Christopher Nolan, or ... http://graphomat.animationblogspot.com/2008/05/12/progress/ Photograph © Copyright by William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. While taking the train this morning, the beautiful jazz photographs by the late William P. Gottlieb came to my mind, and all of a sudden it dawned on me that by now it ... http://graphomat.animationblogspot.com/2008/05/10/the-prospects-of-3d-cinema/