Reference of The Day: Buster Keaton - The Face

Check out this trailer for 'notfilm'. A documentary about the making of  'Film'. It features Buster Keaton and a screenplay by literary genius Samuel Beckett.





'NOTFILM is a feature-length documentary-essay on the production of Samuel Beckett's FILM, utilizing long lost outtakes, never before heard audio recordings of the production meetings, and other rare archival elements.
Featuring: Kevin Brownlow, James Karen, Buster Keaton, James Knowlson, Leonard Maltin, Mark Nixon, Barney Rosset, Jeannette Seaver, Jean Schneider, Haskell Wexler, Billie Whitelaw, and the voices of Samuel Beckett, Boris Kaufman, and Alan Schneider.
SAMUEL BECKETT'S FILM has recently restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, with funding from the Film Foundation and the National Film Preservation Foundation.' more here via Huff. Post

Alvise Avati: How to be an animator

 Check out Alvise's website and find him on twitter here








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Duet by Glen Keane

Glen Keane is also on Twitter now  @GlenKeanePrd

How We Did It: Secrets Of Student Academy Award Winners

Some good advice here.

Super 8 Animation Footage from The Empire Strikes Back by Joe Johnston (1979)

Joe Johnston Sketchbook / YouTube

James Baxter Is On Tumblr

Animation director James Baxter is now on Tumblr

// Ockham's Toothbrush

Video Essay: Characters Must Be Likable To Be Sympathetic?

Thanks for the heads up Wei


Check out Jennine Lanouette's Kickstarter Project 'eBooks on Screenplay Analysis'

Interview with Phil Tippett // Who Created the Star Wars Creatures? - That Was Me

Who Created the Star Wars Creatures? - That Was Me by That-Was-Me

Who Framed Roger Rabbit Q&A with Richard Williams // BFI 2014

More on Richard Williams work here:

// Richard Williams 

Ballet Dancers Demonstrate their Most Difficult Dance Moves in Slow Motion

Motion study of the day via COLOSSAL

Moments That Changed The Movies: Jurassic Park

Here's the real story about how the cgi dinosaurs were created for Jurassic Park.





A look back at Jurassic Park, the groundbreaking decision to create digital dinosaurs, and the impact it had on the future of movies.

Nike Football Animated Short Film: The Last Game

// Nike introduces 'The Last Game' animated video in advance of World Cup

ANIMATORS IN ACTION The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Great to see some familiar faces in this featurette

Art Business Bootcamp: Getting You Hired

Check out this great article over on the Muddy Colors blog
//Art Business Bootcamp 2: Getting You Hired

Interview: Animation of Gravity - Max Solomon (FMX 2014)

Here's a short interview with Max Solomon who was our animation supervisor on Gravity. He talks briefly about some of the animation challenges and successes in the film.




// Making of Gravity via The Foundry

Carefully Crossing the Uncanny Valley in Maleficent?

Carefully Crossing the Uncanny Valley in Maleficent via WIRED

Tarzan Alternate Opening Sequence Storyreel