Month: August 2009 (Page 3 of 3)
The HISTORY Channel is teaming up with Aniboom to give you the chance to put your take on a great historical speech on television.
This is what you need to do:
– Download these recordings by Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, and others.
– Animate 30 seconds of the sound clips.
– Send in your First Cut storyboard, animatic, or animation to Aniboom.
Five First Cut Finalists receive $5,000 to finish their submissions for consideration for the Grand Prize. The Finalists and a Wildcard Finalist vie for the Grand Prize: a $10,000 cash prize, and a $15,000 development deal and their work aired on The History Channel.
Submissions Phase 1: July 15, 2009 through September 2, 2009
Submissions Phase 2: September 9, 2009 through November 4, 2009
Check out MyDamnChannel’s latest creation, Knight Shift. It is an animated series featuring celebrities who have been knighted. In this episode Prince William assembles the new Knights of the Round Table.
In theaters nationwide December 11, 2009 (LA and NY on November 25)
LIFE has published a great photo-essay of the world that Walt Disney created. It is titled “Walt Disney: The Man and His World” and is an interesting view of a man who changed entertainment forever. Check it out by clicking the image below:
Hello everyone, I have a favor to ask of you. My former digital media instructor from UCLA is nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for his directorial work on Death Cab for Cutie’s animated video (seen below) and it would mean a lot for me if you would all take the time to vote for it:
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/breakthrough-video/
You do have to sign up for an MTV account, but that’s quick and painless. Consider if your thanks to me for bringing you all the latest animation news everyday. Thanks!
Futurama fans everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief as FOX confirms that all five Futurama cast members have signed on to voice the upcoming Comedy Central revival of the show.
A couple of weeks ago, FOX had gone as far as to put out casting calls for a replacement cast. Naturally this angered fans, who voiced their concerns on reddit, digg, Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks.
But fans can sleep well at night, knowing that John DiMaggio, Billy West, Katey Sagal, Maurice LaMarche and Tress MacNeille will lend their voices to the 26 new episodes set to air on Comedy Central in mid-2010.
