Animators, artists and directors Denisa Grimmova and Jan Bubenicek are working on the production of the feature animated film Even Mise belong to Heaven (Fresh Films). In the interview, you will read not only about the making of the Mice, but also about the evolution of animation studies in FAMU (Film and TV Academy in […]
Author: Karolína Čížková
Interview: Ilaria Comisso about the relation with the marionette and the animation puppet
We met Ilarii Comiso at the November Doll Prague Exhibition. She presented her wooden marionettes and we were next to with Animuj stand. We just fell in the eye and all weekend we talked (not only) about animation and puppets. Ilaria is from Italy, but lives in Berlin. In addition to marionettes, she also produces […]
2.díl: Making of the Goose: real puppet and a ball to 3D
As we already wrote in the last post, where we showed you the complete 3D modeling of a realistic model of the house, we will look now how to transform real model of puppet to digital 3D. Then is same puppet animated in digital form. The result is original look and you still feel the […]
1. part: Making of the film Goose: making animation props
As promised in the last article, where we write about the newly created combined animated film the Goose (2020) by Jan Mika from Filmofon studio, we bring you the first making of video! Although a large part of the film comes from animation software, the preparation phase can not be done without the model´s making. […]
Interview: Tom & Hani Animation stop-motion studio (Israel)
Tom & Hani Animation is an Israel animation stop-motion studio from Tel Aviv. Animators Tom Kouris and Hani Dombe are part of Animator´s Calendar for 2018, so we bring you an inspirational interview where successful artists present not only their way of production, but also the possibilities of film´s financing and animation studies in Israel. […]
Jan Mika presents his next combined animated film the GOOSE!
We have great news for all enthusiasts in combined animation! The Czech director, artist and animator Jan Míka jr., who is still flying around world animation festivals today with his latest animated film We’re Human, After All (2016), is already working on producing another animated film called the Goose! This short animated movie will be ready […]
Animator´s Calendar flies to London Book Fair 2018!
Before the end of the year, we got an idea and we decided at the last minute to produce something unique that is not here yet. Calendar created directly for animators – Animator´s Calendar! Both in Czech and English versions. It sounds banal. But believe it was hard work. Finding important dates, festivals, birthday animators, […]