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Monday, November 26, 2007

John Lasseter Red Carpet Interview: Disney/Pixar Animation Update

IESB has a video interview with John Lasseter, the head creative honcho at Pixar and Walt Disney Feature Animation. He talks about 'Enchanted' and 'The Frog Princess' ("It's so exciting to have hand-drawn animation coming back")...says Disney will soon return to releasing new cartoon shorts (the first will feature Goofy explaining how to hook up a home theater system)...and plugs 'Wall*E,' the next Pixar release, describing it as Pixar's first science fiction film.

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Sunday, November 25, 2007

The VFX Work Behind 'Enchanted'

Disney's 'Enchanted' is one of those movies where the visual effects shots play simply as magic ... without calling unnecessary attention to themselves. VFXWorld has a piece explaining how director Kevin Lima worked with Tippett Studio to make it happen.

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