Animation
Animator Rosa Aiello on Sand and Surrender
This is a guest post by Rosa Aiello, one of 6 animators participating in this year’s Hothouse program, the NFB’s 12-week paid apprenticeship for emerging filmmakers.
Notes for a blog post (surrender to materials):
Objects have a life of their own
Flight, the feeling that...
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...
Farewell to the King of All Wild Things
This is a guest blog post written by NFB animation producer, Marcy Page. Marcy, along with Spike Jonze and Vince Landay, produced Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must be More to Life, based off beloved author Maurice Sendak’s book of the same name.
Although Sendak...
Animator Susan Wolf on After Effects, Fluffy Clouds and Obsessive Tendencies
This is a guest post by Susan Wolf, one of 6 animators participating in this year’s Hothouse program, the NFB’s 12-week paid apprenticeship for emerging filmmakers.
Today, I started animating the hero of my film, a small fluffy cloud.
See, the plan is that each of...
Animator Wen Zhang on Connecting Music and Motion and Building Software from Scratch
This is a guest post by Wen Zhang, one of 6 animators participating in this year’s Hothouse program, the NFB’s 12-week paid apprenticeship for emerging filmmakers.
On paper, my job is "filmmaker", but now, two-thirds of the way through Hothouse 8, I like to think...
Animator Carrie Mombourquette on Filmmaking as Child Rearing (and Polar Bears)
This is a guest post by Carrie Monbourquette, one of 6 animators participating in this year's Hothouse program, the NFB's 12-week paid apprenticeship for emerging filmmakers.
Making a film is kind of like raising a kid. It demands all of your time, you stop going...
If I was god: A Chronicle of Anticipated Pain
I’m well into the beginning pre-production of my new film, tentatively titled If I was god... and decided that it might be nice to publicly note the various stages of the inevitable self-doubt I experience as I carve my way towards the end. It...
20 Must-Read Blogs for Film Buffs
Films, like food, are one of those things that are almost as nice to take in as they are to read about (as opposed to say, falling in love or winning the lotto.) With this in mind, we decided to compile a list of...
Heading to the Oscars: 10 Questions for Patrick Doyon
* This post is a translation. Read the original here.
This isn't the first time I've interviewed Patrick Doyon. We met at the NFB last year, and held an online chat in February 2011. At the time, Patrick was in Berlin for the world premiere...
Introducing the 6 filmmakers participating in Hothouse 8
After a stunning crop of entries for this year's edition of Hothouse (entitled Sheep Dreams), we're thrilled to present the 6 filmmakers who will be joining us in Montreal for the intensive 12-week program.
Rosa Aiello is interested in the various types of infinity, chaos,...
Oscar nominees Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby discuss Oscar exposure and creative risk-taking
A few short weeks ago, 2 NFB films were nominated for Best Short (Animated) at the 2012 Oscars. Wild Life, by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, was one of them. (The other is Patrick Doyon’s Sunday. You can watch and download both here).
The nomination...
Watch the Annie Awards live on Saturday, Feb. 4 on NFB.ca
On Saturday, February 4 at 7 pm (pacific time), the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, will present the 39th Annual Annie Awards in Los Angeles, California and this year, we're proud to announce that we'll be broadcasting the live-stream directly from this blog post.
The...
