#dneg animation

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That Came with the Frame

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THE GARFIELD MOVIE - Official Trailer

Synopsis

Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.

[vanessafangirl13]

I just finished watching Nimona on Netflix and it is amazing, and I love the world building, characters and the metal music in the end credits

But what I love most is LGBT and amputee representation

It felt EXCITING 😃 😄 ❤️

Of course, I did read the book a couple of weeks beforehand and it turned out just as amazing just like the book, amazingly is the prejudice and propaganda that our world still faces today

I give it a 1000/1000 ❤❤❤ for animation fans and fans who want stylized animation, I highly recommend it

[yourstrulylightstar283]

For disclaimer, I don't own Nimona and its characters.

[goofyahhraccoon]

Now I know what I'm gonna do during last day of school weekend next year, seeing this movie

[yaboisoph]

DNEG (whose recent productions include Oppenheimer, Nimona, and Dune) are up to some absolutely wild bullshit. A 25% paycut is already a ridiculous sum, and their suggested loan system is baffling. Keeping an eye out for more information on this. (link to post from the Animation & Visual Effects Union UK on linkedin)

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Nimona gets an official trailer

Nimona gets an official trailer #animation #netflix #movies

A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence. But what if she’s the monster he’s sworn to destroy? A little anti, a little hero. Nimona, based on the comic by ND Stevenson, debuts only on Netflix June 30.

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DNEG Animation Promotes Crosby Clyse To Managing Director, Appoints Former Pixar Manager David Park As Head Of Production

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/dneg-animation-promotes-crosby-clyse-appoints-david-park-236966.html

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Squideo's Favourites: Entergalactic

This 2022 feature-length animation was released in parallel American rapper Kid Cudi’s album of the same name: Entergalactic. Produced by Netflix Animation and released on their streaming platform, this romantic-comedy musical was widely acclaimed for its story, music, and animation and visual style.

Originally planned as a television series, Entergalactic eventually became a television special made in partnership between Netflix Animation, DNEG Animation and Cudi’s production companies Mad Solar and Khalabo Ink Society. Founded in 2018 by Netflix – which had started making animated content five years earlier in cooperation with third-party studios – Netflix Animation now has a library of increasingly praised work. It secured its first Academy Award in 2023 for Guillermo del Torro’s Pinocchio (2022).

We’re diving into the production behind this animated film, exploring the style and techniques which came together to create this compelling story. In the meantime, if you have an idea for an animated video of your own get in touch with the Squideo team.

Creating a Story

Kid Cudi’s visual album, Entergalactic, was the rapper’s eighth studio release and was announced by Cudi in parallel with the animated feature in 2019. Visual albums have been credited to Beyoncé who popularised the format with her first virtual album in 2013. These albums are essentially long-form music videos. They usually feature multiple songs, and act as extended cinematic work or films based around music. They’ve been created by artists from Fall Out Boy to Janelle Monáe.

Arguably the first instance of this medium was Yellow Submarine (1968), an animated feature that took its name from the album and song of the same name by The Beatles. Created by animators Robert Balser and Jack Stokes, the psychedelic style of the film reflects the dreamy nature of the album and the bright pop-art colours made a memorable splash. 2D animation is utilised to support the song’s narrative, as well as the film’s overall narrative of The Beatles travelling through an underwater paradise. Unlike modern visual albums, however, these could only be watched in cinemas and limited re-releases.

Musicians have used animation from the 1980s onward in the creation of their music videos. The artform is an excellent way to strengthen a song’s narrative, reflect the personality of the artists and capture their audiences’ attention. With the rise of YouTube and streaming platforms, musicians can now return to the feature-length medium of Yellow Submarine while keeping their work as accessible as a music video was on 1980s MTV.

Entergalactic was the collaborative product of four production companies – Kid Cudi’s Mad Solar and Khalabo Ink Society – Netflix Animation, and DNEG Animation London.

In the five years since Netflix Animation was created and Entergalactic’s debut, it had already released nineteen animated television shows and eight animated feature films including Klaus (2019), Over the Moon (2020), Arlo the Alligator Boy (2021) and American: The Motion Picture (2021). Early on, back in 2019, Netflix had also created an animated 40-minute special for another musician – the country singer Sturgill Simpson – called Sound & Fury. They had planned to make another animated feature in collaboration with the band Gorillaz, but this was cancelled in 2023.

Animation Style

Developed by Kid Cudi (who also voiced the main character) and Keyna Barris, and directed by Fletcher Moules, they tasked DNEG Animation with adapting their portfolio of concept art into a 3D animated production that looks like it’s 2D animated. According to the director:

“I looked at films like I Lost My Body, which is very similar in the fact that it’s a very adult story told through animation. I wanted to make something that felt handmade, that felt like an art film. When an artist releases an album, an artist is expressing themselves, they’re putting it out there, creating an emotional response; love it or hate it like any piece of art. I felt like the visual component had to be the same.” Fletcher Moules

It wasn’t an easy feat. DNEG Animation’s Visual Effects Supervisor Archie Donato said: “When I first saw the artwork, I almost fell off my chair. I spent 17 years at DreamWorks,  and while I loved working there, there was very little experimentation with the push look. I was genuinely craving not only the artistic freedom, but also the challenge of, ‘How the heck are we going to do this?’”

The joint Netflix-DNEG Animation production needed to create something that would showcase Cudi’s music and reflect his artistic brand, but also stand independently as a solid story with a captivating plot and realistic characters. Cudi developed Entergalactic as a story first and an album second. This enabled the love story to develop naturally, instead of being forced to weave through the album’s tracks.

Entergalactic has an eye-popping look, with strong character designs accented by striking colours and bold silhouettes. The concept portfolio shaped this, but it’s also something that can be seen in DNEG Animation’s other work including Ron’s Gone Wrong (2021) and Nimona (2023). Nimona was released on Netflix but fully animated by DNEG Animation who took over from Blue Sky Production who was originally tasked with the project before their closure.

We’ll be diving into the creation of Nimona later in this series, which was picked by Video Producer Lesley Ovington as her favourite animated film.

Get Started With Your Video

Inspired to create a unique animated video of your own? Watch the video below to get a better understanding of how Squideo can help promote your business, then get in touch with us to find out more!

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New "Nimona" movie clip!

Found in this new Collider article, along with some concept art. The clip connects scenes we've seen elsewhere (and stills) with new footage!!

The movie, based on the webcomic/graphic novel by ND Stevenson, is by Annapurna Animation and DNEG, and premiered on June 14 at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France, will show in limited theaters on June 23, and be up for streaming on Netflix on June 30! (More info here)

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2.5D Animation 4-Movie Collection DVD Cover Front and Back Fanart

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THE GARFIELD MOVIE - New Trailer

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Synopsis

Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.

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No coz watching this movie was a caked up delicacy to the eye🌃🌌🧪🧬

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Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Nimona, Netflix‘s animated feature based on ND Stevenson’s 2015 National Book Award-nominated graphic novel about finding friendship in the most surprising situations and accepting yourself and others for who they are.

Nick Bruno and Troy Quane (co-directors of Spies In Disguise) directed the film, which was adapted by Big Hero 6 scribe Robert L. Baird and Spies co-writer Lloyd Taylor and features the voices of Riz Ahmed and Chloë Grace Moretz in the lead roles. Frances Conroy, Lorraine Toussaint, RuPaul Charles, Eugene Lee Yang, Indya Moore, Sarah Sherman and Beck Bennett also have voice roles.

A family-focused film with authentic queer themes set in a vibrant techno-medieval world (credit to teams at Blue Sky Studios and DNEG Animation), the plot centers on Ballister Boldheart (Ahmed), a knight in a futuristic medieval world, who is framed for a crime he didn’t commit. The only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona (Moretz), a mischievous teen with a taste for mayhem — who also happens to be a shapeshifting creature Ballister has been trained to destroy.

Baird and Taylor said their main challenge in the adaptation was to stay true to Stevenson’s story while morphing it from the episodic form of the novel to a feature-length narrative – in itself a process of shapeshifting that mirrors one of the novel’s core themes.

Nimona, which was just nominated for Best Animated Film at the Critics Choice Awards, had a long path to travel to get to its world premiere at the Annecy Animation Festival in June, followed by a theatrical run ahead of its release on Netflix on June 30.

Then-20th Century Fox’s Blue Sky originally optioned Stevenson’s novel the year it was published, and the project moved forward despite the Disney-Fox merger and then the pandemic. But it almost didn’t survive a third blow: Disney shuttered Blue Sky in April 2021, halting Nimona mid-production.

Blue Sky principals Baird and Andrew Millstein kept pushing on the the project however and eventually found a partner in Annapurna’s Megan Ellison, who sparked to its themes. Baird and Millstein became EPs and created Shapeshifter Films to complete the movie, which then landed at Netflix. The pair have since joined Ellison at her company, forming Annapurna Animation.

Click here to read the script.

[yourstrulylightstar283]

For disclaimer, I don't own Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Nimona, Shrek, Puss in Boots and Spider-Verse.

[goofyahhraccoon]

I'm excited for the new Garfield movie, also these two might have the same voice actor