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For years, John Gaeta (The Matrix trilogy) has been preaching and incubating the total immersive entertainment experience, tapping Silicon Valley and Hollywood (watch our conversation below), and now he’s making it a reality as creative director of the new ILM Experience Lab (ILMxLab).
Producer Ron Diamond (Acme Filmworks/AWN) will be turning his annual shorts showcase, The Animation Show of Shows, into a non-profit organization to preserve and promote animated shorts. Read more
Inside Out is all about the visual contrast between Riley’s inner and outer worlds. This allowed Patrick Lin (DOP for layout) to explore different camera techniques to shoot the two worlds. “From the very beginning, we wanted to design a visual language that could clearly define each world but at the same time contrast them and keep them separate,” explained Lin, who collaborated with Kim White, DOP for lighting. Read more
The lovely Lava short, which was overlooked last year by the Academy, will soon be screening in front of Inside Out. It’s a soft and sweet love story between a lonely old volcano (patterned after Jackie Gleason, the bulldog from Feed the Kitty and Kuana Torres Kahele, who voices the character) and a young one (voiced by Napua Greig). It nicely captures the environment and spirit of Hawaii, wrapped around the song, “I Lava You,” and utilizing helicopter physics and speed. When I was recently up at Pixar, I chatted with director James Ford Murphy about his personal inspiration and storytelling choices. Read more
Jonas Rivera, who’s been at Pixar since 1994, beginning as a production office assistant on Toy Story, has found a real kindred spirit in Pete Docter. He’s just as sweet and soft spoken, too. They first collaborated on Up in 2009 and now they await the release of the even more ambitious Inside Out, which drew raves in Cannes. During my recent Pixar visit, we discussed the tough journey and what it’s like protecting Docter’s vision. Read more
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks are back in Bridge of Spies, the fact-based Cold War drama that raises the tough moral issues we’re grappling with today about freedom, security, and human rights during covert warfare. Read more
I can’t think of anything cooler this summer than William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg of Moonbot Studios hosting TCM’s new Movie Camp show aimed at young adults and future filmmakers, which kicks off Sunday with Close Encounters of the Third Kind at 8:00 pm EST. We had fun geeking out this week about the lineup, which includes The Adventures of Robin Hood, Metropolis, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Duck Soup, Strangers on a Train, and Singin’ in the Rain. Talking to the Moonbot guys really is like film school and movie camp rolled into one. Read more
Watch the new “Pizza” clip from Inside Out (June 19), which marvelously contrasts Riley’s outside and inside worlds. Read more
“A New World/A New Vision” and “A Look Inside” provide sneak peeks of what’s in store in Jurassic World (June 12). Read more
