‘Frozen’ New Concept Art of Arendelle (Ultra Hi-Res)
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Walt Disney Studios has provided us with a very hi-res version of the concept art recently shared from Frozen from Walt Disney Animation Studios.
When a prophecy traps the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter, Anna (Kristen Bell), a fearless optimist, teams up with extreme mountain man Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and his sidekick reindeer, Sven, on an epic journey to find Anna’s sister Elsa, the Snow Queen (Idina Menzel), and put an end to her icy spell. Encountering mystical trolls, a funny snowman named Olaf, Everest-like extremes and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom from destruction.
Directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck and featuring original songs and music written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Frozen journeys into theaters on November 27, 2013.
Our gallery of concept art from Frozen is below. Click any of the thumbnails to see a larger version. When the resize arrow appears, click it to view the image in its original resolution.
Categories: Movies Tags: Animation, Cinema, Concept Art, Films, Frozen, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Kristen Bell, Movie News, Movies, Walt Disney Animation Studios, WDAS
‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Dominates 40th Annual Annie Awards
Earlier this evening, The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, held its 40th Annual Annie Awards at UCLA’s Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, CA. While addressing the myriad of technical issues for the awards show were well beyond the capabilities of Fix-It Felix Jr and his magic hammer, the clear winner of the night was Wreck-It Ralph from Walt Disney Animation Studios.
The blockbuster took a total of five awards including Music in an Animated Feature Production (Henry Jackman, Skrillex, Adam Young, Matthew Thiessen, Jamie Houston, Yasushi Akimoto), Writing in an Animated Feature (Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee), Voice Acting in an Animated Feature (Alan Tudyk as King Candy), Directing in an Animated Feature (Rich Moore) and Best Animated Feature.
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ short Paperman, directed by John Kahrs, also took its category of Best Animated Short Subject. Disney/Pixar’s Brave also picked up a couple of awards for Editorial in an Animated Feature (Nicholas C. Smith, A.C.E., Robert Grahamjones, A.C.E., David Suther) and Production Design in an Animated Feature (Steve Pilcher). Kristen Schaal also took the honors for Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production for her role as Mabel Pines in ‘Gravity Falls.’
Lastly, Jerome Platteaux, John Sigurdson, Ryan Hopkins, Raul Essig and Mark Chataway of Industrial Light & Magic were recognized for Animated Effects in a Live Action Film for Marvel’s The Avengers.
Juried awards honoring career achievement and exceptional contributions to animation were also awarded to Disney animator Mark Henn, one of three recognized with the Winsor McCay award, as selected by the ASIFA-Hollywood Board of Directors, for his career contributions to the art of animation. Additionally, Disney publicist and documentarian Howard Green received the June Foray Award for his significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.
Categories: Marvel, Movies, Pixar Tags: Adam Young, Alan Tudyk, Animations, Annie Awards, Annies, Avengers, Awards, Brave, Gravity Falls, Henry Jackman, ILM, Industrial Light and Magic, Kristen Schaal, Marvel, Paperman, Pixar, Skrillex, The Avengers, WDAS, Wreck-it Ralph, Wreckit Ralph
‘Wreck-It Ralph,’ ‘Frankenweenie,’ ‘Brave,’ ‘Paperman,’ ‘Avengers,’ Get Oscar Noms; ‘Lincoln’ Leads Charge
Earlier this morning, awards show host Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone announced the nominations for the primary categories for the upcoming 85th annual Academy Awards at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Disney’s only nominations announced thus far — unsurprisingly — have been for Best Animated Feature Film in which Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wreck-It Ralph, Pixar Animation Studio’s Brave were all nominated. Other films in the category are Laika’s Paranorman and Aardman Animation’s The Pirates! Band of Misfits.
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ other animated film, Paperman, was nominated for Best Short against Adam and Dog, Fresh Guacamole, Head over Heels and Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare.’ Meanwhile, Marvel’s The Avengers was nominated for Achievement in Visual Effects (Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick).
Otherwise, the morning belonged to Lincoln, produced by Dreamworks but marketed and distributed by Walt Disney Studios. Lincoln wracked up twelve nominations including: Best Performance for Actor in a Supporting Role (Tommy Lee Jones), Best Performance for Actress in a Supporting Role (Sally Field), Adapted Screenplay (Tony Kushner), Best Achievement in Directing (Steven Spielberg), Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Daniel Day-Lewis), Achievement in Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski), Achievement in Costume Design (Joanna Johnston), Achievement in Film Editing (Michael Kahn), Best Original Score (John Williams), Achievement in Production Design (Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson), Achievement in Sound Mixing (Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins) and Best Picture, where it competes against Beasts of the Southern Wild, Silver Lining’s Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Life of Pi and Amour.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
Categories: Marvel, Movies, Pixar Tags: AMPAS, Animation, Avengers, Awards, Brave, Cinema, DreamWorks, Films, Frankenweenie, Lincoln, Movies, Oscar, Paperman, Pixar, The Avengers, Tim Burton, Walt Disney Animation Studios, WDAS, Wreck-it Ralph, Wreckit Ralph
First Look: ‘Frozen’ Concept Art Featuring Anna, Kristoff (Hi-Res)
Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios UK, today we get our first look at newly released concept art from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ upcoming film, Frozen, featuring Anna and Kristoff.
When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna (Kristen Bell), a fearless optimist, teams up with extreme mountain man Kristoff and his sidekick reindeer, Sven, on an epic journey to find Anna’s sister Elsa, the Snow Queen (Idina Menzel), and put an end to her icy spell. Encountering mystical trolls, a funny snowman named Olaf, Everest-like extremes and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom from destruction.
Directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck and featuring original songs and music written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Frozen journeys into theaters on November 27, 2013.
Categories: Movies Tags: Animation, Cinema, Concept Art, Films, Frozen, Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Movie News, Movies, Walt Disney Animation Studios, WDAS
‘Annie’ 2012 Noms: ‘Ralph,’ ‘Brave,’ ‘TRON: Uprising’ Amongst Forerunners; Mark Henn to be Recognized
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, today announced the nominees for its 40th Annual Annie Awards, recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. The Annie Awards cover 30 categories and include Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Special Production, Commercials, Short Subjects and Outstanding Individual Achievements.
Across the film and television categories Disney has a strong showing this year (full list of nominees and respective categories below), particularly with Pixar’s Brave, Disney Animation’s Wreck-It Ralph and Disney Animation’s ‘TRON: Uprising.’ Disney Junior newcomers ‘Doc McStuffins’ and ‘Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess’ also managed to be recognized for their efforts.
Juried awards honoring career achievement and exceptional contributions to animation will also be awarded. Disney animator Mark Henn will be one of three recognized with the Winsor McCay award, as selected by the ASIFA-Hollywood Board of Directors, for his career contributions to the art of animation. Additionally, Disney publicist and documentarian Howard Green will receive the June Foray Award for his significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.
Winners will be announced at the 40th Annual Annie Awards ceremony on Saturday, February 2, 2013 at UCLA’s Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, CA. For a complete list of Annie Award nominations, ticket and event information, visit www.annieawards.org.
Disney/Pixar’s Brave
- Best Animated Feature
- Animated Effects in an Animated Production (Bill Watral, Chris Chapman, Dave Hale, Keith Klohn, Michael K. O’Brien)
- Character Animation in a Feature Production (Dan Nguyen)
- Character Animation in a Feature Production (Jaime Landes)
- Character Animation in a Feature Production (Travis Hathaway)
- Music in an Animated Feature Production (Patrick Doyle, Mark Andrews, Alex Mandel)
- Production Design in an Animated Feature Production (Steve Pilcher)
- Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (Kelly MacDonald)
- Writing in an Animated Feature Production (Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi)
- Editorial in an Animated Feature Production (Nicholas A. Smith, ACE, Robert Graham Jones, ACE, David Suther)
Walt Disney Studios’ Frankenweenie
- Best Animated Feature
- Production Design in an Animated Feature Production (Rick Heintzich)
- Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (Atticus Shaffer)
- Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (Catherine O’Hara)
- Writing in an Animated Feature Production (John August)
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wreck-it Ralph
- Best Animated Feature
- Animated Effects in an Animated Production (Brett Albert)
- Character Design in an Animated Feature Production (Bill Schwab, Lorelay Bove, Cory Loftis, Minkyu Lee)
- Directing in an Animated Feature Production (Rich Moore)
- Music in an Animated Feature Production (Henry Jackman)
- Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production (Leo Matsuda)
- Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production (Lissa Treiman)
- Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (Alan Tudyk)
- Writing in an Animated Feature Production (Phil Johnston, Jennifer Lee)
- Editorial in an Animated Feature Production (Tim Mertens)
DisneyToon’s Secret of the Wings
- Music in an Animated Feature Production (Joel McNeely, Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda)
- Editorial in an Animated Feature Production (Mark Rosenbaum)
Walt Disney Studios Animation’s Paperman
- Best Animated Short
Marvel Studios’ The Avengers
- Animated Effects in a Live Action Production (Industrial Light & Magic: Jerome Platteaux, John Sigurdson, Ryan Hopkins, Raul Essig, Mark Chataway)
- Character Animation in a Live Action Production (Industrial Light & Magic: Jakub Pistecky, Maia Kayser, Scott Benzu, Steve King, Kiran Bhat)
Walt Disney Studios’ John Carter
- Animated Effects in a Live Action Production (Cinesite: Sue Rowe, Simon Stanley-Clamp, Artemis Oikonomopoulou, Holger Voss, Nikki Makar, Catherine Elvidge)
‘TRON: Uprising’
- Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production (‘Beck’s Beginning’)
- Character Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Robert Valley; ‘The Renegade, Part I)
- Production Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Alberto Mielgo; ‘The Stranger’)
- Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Robert Valley, Kalvin Lee; ‘The Reward)
‘Gravity Falls’
- Production Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Ian Worrel; ‘Tourist Trapped’)
- Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Kristen Schaal)
‘Kick Buttowski’
- Character Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (‘C’ Raggio IV; ‘Petrified’)
‘Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja’
- Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Kevin Michael Richardson; ‘Gossip Boy’)
‘Doc McStuffins’
- Best General Audience Animated TV Production For Preschool Children (‘The Right Stuff’)
- Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Andy Kelly; ‘Righty-On-Lefty’)
‘Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Peter Pan Returns’
- Best General Audience Animated TV Production For Preschool Children
- Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Howie Parkins)
‘Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess’
- Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Holly Forsyth)
- Editorial in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Peter Kaufman)
Categories: Movies, Television Tags: Animation, Annies, Avengers, Awards, Brave, Doc McStuffins, Gravity Falls, John Carter, Les Chefs de France, Nominations, Pixar, Sofia the First, The Avengers, Tron, TRON: Uprising, WDAS, Wreck-it Ralph, Wreckit Ralph, Wreckitralph
‘Paperman’ First Images in High Resolution
The whistle almost blew calling for quitting time, but after what seems like months of teasing, Walt Disney Animation Studios has finally provided us with these hi-res first images from John Kahrs’ revolutionary short, Paperman, which will play before Wreck-It Ralph in theaters beginning November 2, 2012.
In the revolutionary short, which uses a combination of hand-drawn animation with computer graphics, a young New Yorker has only his heart, imagination and a stack of papers to get the attention of the girl of his dreams. Paperman is an innovative short about destiny and the power of second chances.
Below is our gallery of the images from the short, in which we get our first real look at George and Meg (or as I may inadvertently them, Jim and Pam). Click on any of the thumbnails to see a larger version. If the resize arrow appears, you may click it to see the image in its original resolution.
‘Paperman’ New ‘Paperclips’ Featurette, ‘The Look’
Walt Disney Animation Studios has released the second of its webseries ‘Paperclips’ which takes an intimate look at the making of its newest short, the revolutionary Paperman.
In the new segment, titled ‘The Look,’ director John Kahrs goes into the details on how he wanted to approach the appearance of the film and why he decided to locate it in 1950s-ish Manhattan.
In addition, there are several new images shared within the featurette, although not having seen the film myself, it’s difficult to be able to identify which images — if any — are from the film and which are considered concept art as some are in a very different style from the colorscript images already released.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhGzKHXhbKs
Using a minimalist black-and-white style, the short follows the story of a lonely young man in mid-century New York City, whose destiny takes an unexpected turn after a chance meeting with a beautiful woman on his morning commute. Convinced the girl of his dreams is gone forever, he gets a second chance when he spots her in a skyscraper window across the avenue from his office. With only his heart, imagination and a stack of papers to get her attention, his efforts are no match for what the fates have in store for him.
Paperman opens later this month at the Annecy Film Festival and the LA Film Festival and will continue to make the film festival circuit until it premieres ahead of Wreck-It Ralph in November.
Categories: Movies Tags: Paperman, Ralph, Walt Disney Animation Studios, WDAS, WIR, Wreck-it Ralph
‘Paperman’ Hi-Res Concept Art and First Image
Though all of these images have already been released on the short’s official Facebook page, Walt Disney Animation Studios have provided us with hi-res versions of concept art from its upcoming short, Paperman. Although all descriptions for the art state that they’re concept art, going by filenames, three of the images are in fact from the color script for the film while one is titled ‘first look,’ and at full resolution, definitely appears as if it may be an actual still from short.
Introducing a groundbreaking technique that seamlessly merges computer-generated and hand-drawn animation techniques, first-time director John Kahrs takes the art of animation in a bold new direction with Paperman. Using a minimalist black-and-white style, the short follows the story of a lonely young man in mid-century New York City, whose destiny takes an unexpected turn after a chance meeting with a beautiful woman on his morning commute. Convinced the girl of his dreams is gone forever, he gets a second chance when he spots her in a skyscraper window across the avenue from his office. With only his heart, imagination and a stack of papers to get her attention, his efforts are no match for what the fates have in store for him. Created by a small, innovative team working at Walt Disney Animation Studios, Paperman pushes the animation medium in an exciting new direction.
Click on any of the thumbnails below to see a larger version of the image. If the resize arrow appears, you may click it to view the image in its original size.
Paperman will be making its world and North American debuts in June at the Annecy and LA Film Fests and will be shown before Wreck-It Ralph when it debuts in theaters on November 2, 2012.
Categories: Movies Tags: Paperman, Ralph, Walt Disney Animation Studios, WDAS, WIR, Wreck-it Ralph
‘Paperman’ Unfolds Behind-the-Scenes Web Series, ‘Paperclips’
Walt Disney Animation Studios has begun a new web series titled ‘Paperclips,’ which takes a look at the making of its new short, Paperman, which has been celebrated as revolutionizing animation, even well ahead of its world debut at Annecy.
In the first webisode, titled ‘The Idea,’ director John Kahrs talks about the seed of the idea for the film, based on his own experiences as a commuter in New York City. Recalling ‘crossing paths with people’ at Grand Central Terminal, Kahrs adds, ‘you feel like there’s some connection there… then that person’s gone forever, that connection’s broken… I would always kind of wonder who that person would be, what they were like… I did kind of wonder how would people that had lost that connection — if they ever met, or how would the fates conspire to maybe bring those people back together.’
The short, which will play before Wreck-It Ralph, follows the story of a lonely young man in mid-century New York City, whose destiny takes an unexpected turn after a chance meeting with a beautiful woman on his morning commute. Convinced the girl of his dreams is gone forever, he gets a second chance when he spots her in a skyscraper window across the avenue from his office. With only his heart, imagination and a stack of papers to get her attention, his efforts are no match for what the fates have in store for him.
Pictured above is one of the visual development images for the film, as shared on the official Facebook page.
Categories: Movies Tags: Paperman, Ralph, Walt Disney Animation Studios, WDAS, WIR, Wreck-it Ralph
Disney’s ‘Paperman’ Gets Facebook Page, Synopsis
A Facebook page for Disney’s Paperman, the mysterious animated short oft said to revolutionize and breathe new life into traditional animation has surfaced, offering an official mini-synopsis of the short:
‘The story of a young man in NYC relying on his heart, imagination, a stack of papers—and a little luck—to win the girl of his dreams.’
Digging a little deeper, the page also has this to add regarding the film:
Introducing a groundbreaking technique that seamlessly merges computer-generated and hand-drawn animation techniques, first-time director John Kahrs takes the art of animation in a bold new direction with Paperman. Using a minimalist black-and-white style, the short follows the story of a lonely young man in mid-century New York City, whose destiny takes an unexpected turn after a chance meeting with a beautiful woman on his morning commute. Convinced the girl of his dreams is gone forever, he gets a second chance when he spots her in a skyscraper window across the avenue from his office. With only his heart, imagination and a stack of papers to get her attention, his efforts are no match for what the fates have in store for him. Created by a small, innovative team working at Walt Disney Animation Studios, Paperman pushes the animation medium in an exciting new direction.
For more in-depth reviews and technical explanations behind the technology used in the short, some tidbits have been posted in this thread at DVDizzy.com.
Although some believe the short may will be making its theatrical debut in front of Walt Disney Animation Studio’s Wreck-It Ralph, Disney has made no official announcements as to plans for the short.
Special thanks to animatie.blog.nl for the head’s up.
Categories: Movies Tags: Paperman, Walt Disney Animation Studios, WDAS
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