3D
Animator David Barlow-Krelina on Getting 3D Particle Effects To Do What You Want Them To
This is a guest post by David Barlow-Krelina, one of 6 animators participating in this year’s Hothouse program, the NFB’s 12-week paid apprenticeship for emerging filmmakers.
It's been an intense few weeks here at Hothouse. We just reached picture lock this weekend, and in the...
Heat-sensitive: a behind-the-scenes look at our thermal 3D film ORA
This morning on the bus I found myself reading an argument by a Hindu scholar, somewhere online, about how some people are poets and others scientists. According to this man, it is strictly impossible for one person to be both. He argued that even...
Animation Studios: Open House News and Photos
*This text was translated from French
On Monday afternoon, the NFB invited the public to its Animation Open House. If you couldn’t make it, now is your chance to read up about it and have a look at the photos!
We visited six animation studios in...
Behind the scenes: Hothouse 6
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A while back I published a series of interviews with this year's 6 Hothouse participants. As much as I believe in the power of words to evoke, I was a little dismayed we couldn't show you the films they made during the program. (They...
Filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming on mentoring Hothouse animators
Hothouse is a 12-week paid apprenticeship program for emerging filmmakers that has been taking place in the NFB’s Montreal Animation Studio since 2003. Each year, a different filmmaker is chosen to mentor the participants through the project.
This spring, 6 participants were...
Stephen Low’s Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D opens in IMAX theatres today
The apple, the saying goes, doesn't fall far from the tree. Stephen Low, one of legendary NFB filmmaker and producer Colin Low's three sons, is presenting his own latest film this summer. The documentary, titled Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D, is a high-octane surfing film...
4 things about Hothouse animator Zane Kozak
This post is part of a series of interviews with this year’s Hothouse participants. Created in 2003, Hothouse is a 12-week paid apprenticeship program for emerging filmmakers that takes place in the NFB’s Montreal Animation Studio. This spring, the 6 participants...
4 things about Hothouse animator Marie Valade
This post is part of a series of interviews with this year’s Hothouse participants. Created in 2003, Hothouse is a 12-week paid apprenticeship program for emerging filmmakers that takes place in the NFB’s Montreal Animation Studio. This spring,...
How to create sound for a 1-minute animated short
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9dWrWyJG4I
The sound composition for my Hothouse 6 film, Marvin Parson’s Inner Wild Wilderness, has always been a huge component, but in my mind it was never one specific aesthetic or approach. My inspirations were definitive, but flexible in its application which I felt was...
4 things about Hothouse animator Greg Labute
This post is part of a series of interviews with this year’s Hothouse participants. Created in 2003, Hothouse is a 12-week paid apprenticeship program for emerging filmmakers that takes place in the NFB’s Montreal Animation ...
The NFB and World Fairs, pt. 3: Vancouver and Expo 86
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This is the third of a 4-part series documenting the NFB’s involvement with World Fairs, from Montreal to Shanghai. It was written by Marc St-Pierre, our French Collection analyst. – CW
Vancouver, 1986
Canada again hosted a World’s Fair in 1986. It...
4 things about Hothouse animator Kiarra Albina
This post is part of a series of interviews with this year's Hothouse participants. Created in 2003, Hothouse is a 12-week paid apprenticeship program for emerging filmmakers that takes place in the NFB’s Montreal Animation Studio. This spring,...
