For Klara Christmas is everything but when she arrives at her father’s farm there’s no festive cheer in sight.
With time ticking away it’s up to Klara, her new friends and a very hungry gnome to get a moo-ve on and bring Christmas to the farm. Can they do it? Let’s find out…
Episode 2: Production Design & Animation: The Look, Feel and Movement of the characters in Starling, featuring Production Designer Celine You and Animation Supervisor Holger Leihe.
STARLING tells the story of a mischievous star spirit that travels home to Istanbul to celebrate her birthday with her family one last time. After being blown off course, she must maneuver through the city before time runs out.
About STARLING
Winner of the Best Animated Short prize at this year’s Tribeca Film festival, STARLING was made remotely by a global community of 70+ diverse artists and animators from 14 different countries, STARLING was produced through Pixar’s co-op program which allows employees to leverage equipment available at the studio to further their own creative pursuits in their free time.
Starling
„The idea for Starling emerged after the passing of my dear childhood friend. As I began to process my emotions through this film, her memory and my personality merged into one with the development of the Starling character. In essence, the film has become a heartfelt tribute to our shared childhood and to those we’ve loved and lost along the way. It was particularly important to me to involve artists from Turkey in the filmmaking process as the story takes place in Istanbul. I wanted to keep the tone playful to honor my friend’s shining personality and presence. It has been a privilege to create it with people who are experts in the field of animation; lightning in a bottle.“
Mitra Shahidi
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Mitra Shahidi
About MITRA SHAHIDI, Director
Mitra Shahidi is a story artist, director, and screenwriter, born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey. After graduating from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, she worked as an art director and story artist in games, film, and advertising until she joined Pixar Animation Studios as a story artist in 2017. Since joining Pixar, she has worked on several films, including the Academy Award-nominated Luca and the upcoming animated feature Elio. Shahidi currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and newborn daughter, Mona. This is her first film.
Check out the interview with Mitra by Ramin Zahed, Animation Magazine!
About Celine You, Production Designer
Celine You
Celine You is an art director and visual designer currently working at Google Doodle. She is passionate about creating stylized and memorable visual experiences to tell meaningful stories. Before joining Google, she worked as a character designer at Pixar on several feature films and short films including Turning Red, Soul, Toy Story 4, Kitbull, and Wind. In her spare time, she loves collaborating with artists on various projects. In 2021, she art directed a short film called Opera, which was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Animated Short Film category. If not doing art, she enjoys hiking and climbing rocks, staying as close as possible to nature. Celine You: https://www.instagram.com/celineyou/
Holger Leihe
About Holger Leihe, Animation Supervisor
Holger Leihe studied Illustration and Design at the Folkwang School in Germany. As a student he worked for 18 months as an animator for Richard Williams in London and also directed two short films that were shown at animation festivals in Zagreb, Hiroshima, Espinho, Stuttgart and Ottawa. After graduating he went on to work on feature films at Warner Bros., DreamWorks and Disney. Since joining Pixar in 2006 he has worked on most of the studio’s feature films and also on several of the hand drawn animation projects, including the Spark shorts Kitbull, Burrow and Twenty Something. On Starling he supervised the hand drawn and CG animation. He started with pre-production, working on model sheets, turnarounds, character layouts and previs. He assembled a team of animators whose work he admires and worked with Mitra on providing feedback on the animation iterations.
Holger Leihe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holger-leihe-4158226/
Holger`s Statement on LinkedIn:
I would like to highlight and celebrate the gifted animators who worked on the film:
Cansu Atlar Misirli, Quincy Baltes, Céline Botté, Jakub Bednarz, Bruno Cohen Castelnuovo, Jorge Pozo Coronado, Don Crum, Jon Densk, Victor Ens, Javier Ferrer, jonathan Fontaine, Lorenzo Fresta, Clément GIRARD, Joel Guthrie, Lea Hirt, Lucie Julliat, HA Jung, Rohit Kelkar, Gabriel Khouzam, Francisco Magalhaes, Basil MALEK, Bruno de Mendonca, Laura Cobo Meneses, Sergio Mateo Merino, Yagiz Misirli, Anh Ngo, Thiago Geremias de Oliveira, Joey Paone, Diego Porrall, Diana Schein, Ahmet Tabak, Tuğrul Tiryaki, Steph Waldo, Anthony Wong, Zeynep Yıldız, Kerem Yoruk
Credits:
Director: Mitra Shahidi
Producer: Jessica Heidt
Animation Supervisor: Holger Leihe
Editor: Ayse Dedeoglu Arkali
Director of Photography: Andrew Jimenez
Production Designer: Celine You
VFX Supervisor: Kristoffer Landes
Music: Andrew Jimenez
Sound Design: Justin Pearson,
CG Modeling: Kaleb Landes, Arnaud Malus
Supervising Technical Directors: Michael OBrien Kristoffer Landes,
Production Management: Eunice Omega, Cara Brody, Staphon Arnold
WEBISTE: https://www.starlingshort.com/
Folkwang, Hochschule der Künste, Essen Werden
Here is Episode 1: Introduction, released last week:
Coming up in the next weeks:
Starling Trailer from jessica heidt on Vimeo.
Find Starling on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27617511/
Monday just got a whole lot better – watch the #GarfieldMovie trailer now. Only In Cinemas May 24.
Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.
Directed by: Mark Dindal
Screenplay by: Paul A. Kaplan & Mark Torgove and David Reynolds
Based on the Garfield® characters created by: Jim Davis
Producers: John Cohen, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove, Steven P. Wegner, Craig Sost, Namit Malhotra, Crosby Clyse
Executive Producers: Jim Davis, Bridget McMeel, David Reynolds, Scott Parish, Carl Rogers, Simon Hedges, Chris Pflug, Louis Koo, Steve Sarowitz, Justin Baldwin, Peter Luo
Cast: Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillén, Brett Goldstein, Bowen Yang
Trailer-FSK: Ab 0 Jahren
Garfield, der weltberühmten Montage hassenden und Lasagne liebenden Wohnungskatze, steht ein wildes Abenteuer in der großen weiten Welt bevor. Nach einem unerwarteten Wiedersehen mit seinem lange verschollenen Vater – der struppigen Straßenkatze Vic – sind Garfield und sein Hundefreund Odie gezwungen, ihr perfektes Zuhause und verwöhntes Leben hinter sich zu lassen und Vic auf einem urkomischen Raubzug, bei dem für sie so einiges auf dem Spiel steht, zu begleiten.
Add Earth’s biggest hero to your watch list: https://netflix.com/ultramanrising
When baseball superstar Ken Sato returns home to Japan to pick up the mantle of Earth-defending superhero #Ultraman, he quickly finds more than he bargained for as he’s forced to raise the offspring of his greatest foe.
From director Shannon Tindle (Kubo & The Two Strings) & co-director John Aoshima (Kubo & The Two Strings), and based on characters by Eiji Tsuburaya, a creative mind behind #Godzilla, the action-packed animated film ULTRAMAN: RISING hits Netflix in 2024.
German Version:
Den größten Helden der Welt muss man einfach gesehen haben: https://netflix.com/ultramanrising Der Baseball-Superstar Ken Sato kehrt in seine japanische Heimat zurück, um als Superheld „Ultraman“ die Erde zu verteidigen. Es erwartet ihn jedoch mehr als ihm lieb ist, als er gezwungen ist, den Nachwuchs seines größten Feindes großzuziehen. „Ultraman: Rising“ ist ein actiongeladener Antimationsfilm des Regisseurs Shannon Tindle und des Co-Regisseurs John Aoshima, die bereits an „Kubo – Der tapere Samurai“ gearbeitet haben. Er basiert auf den Figuren von Eiji Tsuburaya, einem der ursprünglichen Gozilla-Macher, und läuft 2024 auf Netflix an.
If you do not laugh out loud at the „Oooooh!“ there is no helping you! So funny!
🚧Things are getting messy🚧
Disney and Pixar’s #InsideOut2 is coming to theaters June 2024 with brand new emotions! The little voices inside Riley’s head know her inside and out—but next summer, everything changes when Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” introduces a new Emotion: Anxiety. According to director Kelsey Mann, the new character promises to stir things up within headquarters. “Anxiety, voiced by Maya Hawke, might be new to the crew, but she’s not really the type to take a back seat,” said Mann. “That makes a lot of sense if you think about it in terms of what goes on inside all our minds.” A trailer, poster and film stills are now available for what promises to be the feel-good (or feel-everything) film of Summer 2024.
Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone. Maya Hawke lends her voice to Anxiety, alongside Amy Poehler as Joy, Phyllis Smith as Sadness, Lewis Black as Anger, Tony Hale as Fear, and Liza Lapira as Disgust. Directed by Kelsey Mann and produced by Mark Nielsen, “Inside Out 2” releases only in theaters Summer 2024.
Alles steht Kopf 2 – Der neue PIXAR Film ab nächsten Sommer exklusiv im Kino!
Get a special behind-the-scenes look at the making of Blue Eye Samurai, exploring the research, craft and beautiful artistry- featuring the creators, director, production designer and stunt choreographer. Blue Eye Samurai arrives November 3rd, only on Netflix. Don’t miss a special look at the stunts and fight choreography at Geeked Week ’23 from November 6-12. GeekedWeek.com
3rd year students 3D short movie directed by Alexandre TERRIER, Philip GONCALVES, Audrey DEFONTE, Denis KOESSLER, Pierre Duhem and Achille BAUDUIN.
https://pole3d.com/project/microtopia-2020/
Observe and discover creatures and how they interact with each other within an organic-mechanic micro-world.
Original Music by François Woestyn & Joseph Bodard
Final Mix by Thomas Rouvillain, Nextsoundlab
Distributed by Patrick De Carvalho | Je Regarde patrick@jeregarde.net Pôle 3D | Roubaix | 2020 #microtopia #pole3D #animation
Directed by : Olivier Lelardoux Produced by : Cyber Group Studios Genre: Animated film – Runtime: 11 min Production year: 2019 ROCKY, BILL, TINY and MAZU are four young dinosaurs growing up in the Cretaceous period. Life is always an adventure: new volcanoes are popping up all the time, long-necked brachiosauruses and enormous triceratopses roam free, meteor showers light up the night sky and… the fierce Gigantosaurus reigns over it all!
Let’s face our fears and count down seven things that are prime nightmare fuel from DreamWorks‘, CURSES! Join the fun on Peacock Kids where you can find an endless supply of laugh-out-loud jokes, lovable characters, life hacks, music, magic, gaming and more!
We are grooving to the „Sounds of Cyborg.“ #Colbert #Comedy #ColdOpens
Now and Then’s eventful journey to fruition took place over five decades and is the product of conversations and collaborations between the four Beatles that go on to this day. The long mythologised John Lennon demo was first worked on in February 1995 by Paul, George and Ringo as part of The Beatles Anthology project but it remained unfinished, partly because of the impossible technological challenges involved in working with the vocal John had recorded on tape in the 1970s. For years it looked like the song could never be completed. But in 2022 there was a stroke of serendipity.
A software system developed by Peter Jackson and his team, used throughout the production of the documentary series Get Back, finally opened the way for the uncoupling of John’s vocal from his piano part. As a result, the original recording could be brought to life and worked on anew with contributions from all four Beatles.
This remarkable story of musical archaeology reflects The Beatles’ endless creative curiosity and shared fascination with technology. It marks the completion of the last recording that John, Paul and George and Ringo will get to make together and celebrates the legacy of the foremost and most influential band in popular music history.
Video Director: Oliver Murray Producers: Jonathan Clyde and Sophie Hilton Original score: Paul Englishby Sound Designer: Alastair Sirkett Audio Restoration: Park Road Post Production
Ilya Sutskever, one of the leading AI scientists behind ChatGPT, reflects on his founding vision and values. In conversations with the film-maker Tonje Hessen Schei as he was developing the chat language model between 2016 and 2019, he describes his personal philosophy and makes startling predictions for a technology already shaping our world. Reflecting on his ideas today, amid a global debate over safety and regulation, we consider the opportunities as well as the consequences of AI technology. Ilya discusses his ultimate goal of artificial general intelligence (AGI), ‘a computer system that can do any job or task that a human does, but better’, and questions whether the AGI arms race will be good or bad for humanity. These filmed interviews with Ilya Sutskever are part of a feature-length documentary on artificial intelligence, called iHuman
Now and Then’s eventful journey to fruition took place over five decades and is the product of conversations and collaborations between the four Beatles that go on to this day. The long mythologised John Lennon demo was first worked on in February 1995 by Paul, George and Ringo as part of The Beatles Anthology project but it remained unfinished, partly because of the impossible technological challenges involved in working with the vocal John had recorded on tape in the 1970s.
For years it looked like the song could never be completed. But in 2022 there was a stroke of serendipity. A software system developed by Peter Jackson and his team, used throughout the production of the documentary series Get Back, finally opened the way for the uncoupling of John’s vocal from his piano part. As a result, the original recording could be brought to life and worked on anew with contributions from all four Beatles. This remarkable story of musical archaeology reflects The Beatles’ endless creative curiosity and shared fascination with technology. It marks the completion of the last recording that John, Paul and George and Ringo will get to make together and celebrates the legacy of the foremost and most influential band in popular music history.
Video Director: Peter Jackson Video Producers: Peter Jackson, Clare Olssen, Jonathan Clyde Audio Producers: Paul McCartney and Giles Martin Production Company: WingNut Films Productions Ltd
Rishi Sunak delivers closing remarks at the global summit on artificial intelligence (AI) in Bletchley Park on Thursday, 2 November. Ministers have convened governments from around the world alongside technology firms and civil society to discuss the risks of the advancing technology. The prime minister told the summit that world leaders have a „responsibility“ to address the dangers of AI, which he said had „transformative“ change but also brought the risk of bias and disinformation. Mr Sunak’s remarks come after more than 25 countries at the summit, including the United States and China, signed a „Bletchley Declaration“ on Wednesday saying countries needed to work together and establish a common approach to oversight on AI. Following his closing speech, Mr Sunak will meet Elon Musk at Downing Street. The billionaire, who co-founded the not-for-profit AI research company OpenAI, had attended this week’s summit. Mr Musk has described AI as potentially the “most pressing” existential risk to humans.
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