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Film: Akira Kurosawa – Composing Movement
by JOHN ADAMS •
Akira Kurosawa – Composing Movement from Tony Zhou on Vimeo. Can movement tell a story? Sure, if you’re as gifted as Akira Kurosawa. More than any other filmmaker, he had an innate understanding of movement and how to capture it onscreen. Join me today in studying the master, possibly the greatest composer of motion in…
Adventure, Film
Film: Climbing the Shark’s Fin
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animation, Film
Sunday Animation: (a) vous regardez un film
by JOHN ADAMS •
Film
I Coal You
by JOHN ADAMS •
Katarzyna Depa moved to the industrial region of Silesia, Poland, four years ago to study. She’s young and delicate, and doesn’t fit the typical archetype of a Polish miner—but she spends her days unearthing the mineral so that she can mold it into elegant, handmade jewelry. “Coal has its own nature and doesn’t cooperate with…
Film
Film: Paris Day & Night
by JOHN ADAMS •
Film
Film: Tuesday, 12:30 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Houdini
by JOHN ADAMS •
On Tuesday at 12:30 PM, there will be a showing of Houdini @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin community building. Houdini stars Adrien Brody, Kristen Connolly, and Evan Jones in a story about “the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era, from U.S. presidents to…
Animation, Film, Holiday
Sunday Animation: Batz
by JOHN ADAMS •
Film
Film: First Full Trailer for Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animation, Books, Charity, Film
Sunday Animation: We Need to Talk About Alice
by JOHN ADAMS •
GOOD BOOKS: "We Need To Talk About Alice" from Plenty on Vimeo. (See all the process, character design, style frames, at plenty.tv/work/good-books-we-need-to-talk-about-alice ) “We need to talk about Alice” was commissioned by New Zealand based agency String Theory and created to be part of Good Books’ “Great Writers Series,” a collection of short films made…
Animation, Film
Dark Disney: The Real Stories Behind Popular Disney Films
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animation, Film
Sunday Animation: Giant Robots from Outer Space
by JOHN ADAMS •
Film
Film – Children of Men: Don’t Ignore The Background
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animation, Art, Film
Sunday Animation: Twelve Principles of Animation (Squash & Stretch, Anticipation)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Alan Becker has a video series based on the twelve principles of animation of animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. These principles, and Becker’s series about them, show how much thinking goes into even simple animated films. Here are the first two principles, as Becker presents them – Squash & Stretch Anticipation