Ratatouille cleaned up at this year’s Annie awards, taking 10 statues including the coveted Best Animated Feature award.
This means the Brad Bird movie has a better-than-average chance of taking home the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film on February 14th. The Annies have successfully predicted the Oscar winner for five out of the six years that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has run the Best Animated Feature Film category. The only aberration was last year: The Annies honoured Disney/Pixar’s Cars, while AMPAS picked Warner Bros’ Happy Feet. Read more
Let’s Face it, there are many people out there who love Poker, they love going to casinos to get as far as possible from their everyday routine and to experience the rush Poker games provide. These very same individuals may have heard of online poker once or twice in the past, it is very likely that if you are reading this article you are one of them. However playing online poker does require a bit of knowledge before you decide to jump in, that is the most basic rule of pretty much anything in life and it is not any different with online poker. Read more
Recommending what clay is best for animation! An oil based Clay or Water Based Clay or maybe a polymer clay? Almost any type of clay will do for your 3D stop motion animation but there are some clays that are a lot easier to use for a numerous reasons.
However we recommend oil based clay or a good polymer soft clay. There are various brands on the market for claymation such as Van Aken or FIMO. We like FIMO soft or Van Aken ClayToon clay. Read more
McCracken is the lone success story in an industry full of sad stories. Everyone likes to hear a success story, but few like to hear what I would re-term as “Failure Tales”. Yet these tales are very necessary to hear, since they don’t encourage the listeners to see the entertainment industry as a “you-can-do-it-too” enterprise. Because not everyone “can-do-it”. Read more