MetaFilter posts tagged with Animation and cgi

SQUIRREL!

Artw — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:26:02 -0800

The real world location behind “Up’s” Paradise Falls. But could that house really fly?

Road Warrior

Artw — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:44:08 -0800

Lifting it's script from the abandonned fourth movie, Mad Max will be returning, sans Gibbo, as a 3D animated feature. I'll see you on the road, skag!

Painting 10,000 words, surely

artifarce — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:26:07 -0800

Area 56: Peeing robots, rockin' office workers, engaging panoramas, and even a few sexy girls.

Emily brings us out of the Uncanny Valley

nitsuj — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:13:29 -0800

Emily is considered to be one of the first animations to have overleapt a long-standing barrier known as 'uncanny valley' (watch the video) - from the team who, in part, brought you GTA4. Previously, sort of. The video linked above is definitely most realistic I've seen any CGI.

Don't Ask Me What It Means

maryh — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:36:54 -0800

"In" is a lovely, maddening, hypnotic 23-minute CG/live-action abstract short created by Philipp Hirsch and Heiko Tippelt. via

Short dutch films

whir — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:31:10 -0800

The short films of Floris Kaayk and Sil van der Woerd blend live-action footage and computer animation. Metalosis Maligna. Swim. Duet. Order Electrum. All links coralized, as the sites seemed pretty slow to begin with. Direct links: microbia (cached), Sil van der Woerd (cached). via, via.

Worst Cartoons Ever AND The Birth of Pixar, in a Single Post!

maryh — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:50:30 -0800

Sometimes called "The Ed Wood of Animation", director Sam Singer had an interesting career. He was responsible for some of the most godawful cartoons ever produced, and through his work on 1975's Tubby the Tuba, was present at the birth of Pixar. Some further reminisences from animators Mark Mayerson and Michael Sporn. And here's a link to Jerry Beck's The Worst Cartoons Ever!, which is probably where all that youtubery originated.

Evil Bee Animation

jonson — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:00:49 -0800

Evil Bee (embedded QT) is a gorgeous & interesting animated short about a worker bee in a factory who rebels; bonus points for awesome soundtrack by menomena.

Through A Child's Eyes

sluglicker — Thu, 03 May 2007 08:51:31 -0800

Reality, Imagination and Fear. Three short animated films by young students and artists. [more inside]

Nazi Robot Attack

kirkaracha — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:23:09 -0800

Nazi Robot Attack

Nonononono, After YOU

Gator — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:32:31 -0800

Nonononono, After You (.mov): A short animated film by Christopher Cordingley, graduate of the Ringling School of Art and Design. The school's computer animation portfolio is worth a browse; there's some real talent being nurtured there. (Last four links are to .avi files.)

Do Androids Dream of Light Clerical Duty?

justkevin — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:29:37 -0800

Tempbot (QuickTime) is a new short by Neill Blomkamp. This piece combines the ultra-realistic robot CGI seen in Tetra Vaal and Alive in Joburg (QT) with a softer story of everyday alienation very reminiscent to Greg Pak's Robot Stories.

Pig Hitler!

jonson — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 07:32:40 -0800

Bizarre music video featuring a cgi animated Nazi army composed of anthropomorphized piglets. The video is for a song called Shvayne by a 19 year old Russian singer named Natasha Ionova, who performs under the name Glukoza. Video is embedded flash animation.

Tragic Tale of the Christian Cucumber

wendell — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 15:00:02 -0800

How Bob the Tomato got squashed by Barney the Dinosaur
Phil Vischer, creator of those Veggie-Tales cartoons gives a reflective account of why he did not become "The Christian Disney". So why did Big Idea Productions fail while other "Holy Cultural Warriors" are thriving? (Maybe this guy was too sincerely Christian?)
A shorter version of this Tale from "Christianity Today" magazine here.
via the spiritual center of animation on the web: Cartoon Brew

To sleep, perchance to be terrorized by muppets

shawnj — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:42:18 -0800

Muppets Overtime via (MoFi) QT

MmmmMm .. . I wants me one o' them robot corpse thingies. . ..

Tlogmer — Sat, 12 Jun 2004 18:52:05 -0800

Videogames are falling into the uncanny valley. (Previous mefi discussion: 1 2 -- aw, hell).

will — Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:19:10 -0800

The Vancouver Company that created ReBoot will be making a CGI Spider-Man cartoon for MTV. Neil Patrick Harris as Spidey, Lisa Loeb as Mary Jane and Ian Ziering as Harry Osborn will inhabit a "seemingly realistic neon lit city of the immediate future". Will this show set a new standard of production for cartoons based on comics? Will MJ wear glasses?

KirkJobSluder — Tue, 18 Jun 2002 13:31:41 -0800

It's the plot, stupid. USA Today runs their usual insightful commentary about the upcoming release of Lilo and Stitch. It obsesses over the absence of CGI graphics pointing to Atlantis as evidence for the failure of traditional animation to draw box office. Funny me, I thought that Atlantis bombed because of a plot better left in 50s serial format, a cast of sterotypes rather than characters, and no sense of humor beyind dirty French jokes repeated over and over again. And is huge success of Pixar due to their pioneering animation, or their brilliant comic talent? What causes FX myopia anyway? Granted I can understand why fanboys obsess over the wrong things in a movie. Do the studios set it up by trying to hype each new summer release as the next big technical development (while the artistic development gets trumped by Waking Life and Insomnia?)

PWA_BadBoy — Sun, 09 Jun 2002 23:50:31 -0800

Best. Transformers. Video. Ever. CGI render of a new VW Beetle transforming into a transformer with live background [1.5 meg mpg video]. Makes me wonder if a live-action Transformers TV show would work, with real actors and CGI rendered robots. I'd certainly watch it.

phatboy — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:24:16 -0800

Astroboy! Get out your red rocket boots and laser shooting behind. Sony is planning to bring the cult superhero/wonderboy to the screen in 2004 in computer-generated glory. Will the film feature Astro's evil brother Atlas, or Astro's slightly unnerving robotic parents?

mrmorgan — Wed, 13 Dec 2000 08:50:08 -0800

Oh, yeah. Reboot!, truly one of the geek shows of all time, is returning Fall 2001. Two made-for-television moives have been in production forever. But, now this: not movies, but a freaking full 13 episode season! With talk of another 13 after that! And a season-ending musical number! Fall 2001 can't come soon enough. Reboot! is a Canadian production; anyone know about US release dates and network? (more inside)

jedrek — Tue, 18 Apr 2000 01:35:35 -0800

Are americans really this stupid or does the rest of the world just have better things to do? TV owners are suing a company for running an ad with a CGI cockroach in it after destroying their TV's while trying to kill the roach. Will wonders never cease?