March 2011
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La Grande Promenade →
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My amazing friend Chris Tyrell, 62, is going to walk 1200 kms across France. He has been an integral part of the arts community here in Vancouver all of his life. I’ve blogged about him here before.
He’s doing this because A) he’s raising money for PAL (the Performing Arts Lodge, a retirement community for retired actors and dancers here in Vancouver), B) he loves France, C) he...
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CalArts Experimental Animation films →
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WatchCurrent BFA3 student Ellen Yu’s film “The Conductor” is an ode to musical guinea pigs.
WatchEliza Ivanova’s film “Piece of Cake” (2009) won the Walter and Gracie Lantz award at our 2009 Producers’ Show, and was a finalist in the animation category of the 2010 Student Academy Awards. It’s a beautiful, heartfelt film. Eliza’s most recent film, “The Real McCoy,” played in our Producers’ Show last year; it isn’t online yet, but...
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WatchAs we continue to highlight a film a day from the films our students made last year, here is Elle Michalka’s “Pull” — check it out!
WatchRecent grad Eddie Moreno made this beautiful film last year. It was selected for our 2010 Producers’ Show. Check out Eddie’s film Reaper as well.
WatchCurrent BFA4 student Dylan Forman’s film Valencia, California (2010). Also, check out Dylan’s previous film Low Oxygen, which was selected for our 2009 Producers’ Show.
CalArts Experimental Filmmakers in Focus →
Great blog post by Christine Ziemba on experimental filmmakers at CalArts, including Peter Bo Rappmund, Natasha Mendonca and Miwa Matreyek.
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WatchCheck out current BFA3 student David Wolter’s film “Russ’s Funk” (2010), which was featured in our Producers’ Show last year!
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WatchBFA2 student Sam Amin’s first film: “Pair Productions” (2010).
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WatchBFA4 student Cindey Chiang’s film “ink’d” (2010). Check out more animation on Cindey’s YouTube Channel as well, including some great stop-motion tests!
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WatchBFA2 student Kai Wu’s film “Banana Smoothie” (2010).
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WatchBFA3 student Bryan Caselli’s film “The Amazing Astrid” (2010).
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Watchanimatedshorts:
La Traversee
Mysterious and intriguing film.
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WatchBen Holm’s “In a Nut Shell,” which was selected for our 2010 Producers’ Show.
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WatchAmelia Lorenz’s “A Change in the Weather,” which was selected for our 2010 Producers’ Show!
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WatchAmanda Loka’s “Island of the Gods,” which screened at the Salon des Refuses at the 2010 Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Countdown!
Countdown to this year’s Open Show (Saturday April 30th, 2011)!
The show is our annual screening of all the films made during the school year by Character Animation students. In honor of their inspiring and innovative work, we’ll be posting a film (or more) each day, from the films they made last year (2009-10), leading up to this year’s show. The films will be in alphabetical...
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Watchdrawnblog:
Whaaaat. This was great — found via Rosemary Travale’s promising new animation-centric Tumblr, Animation Hooray.
Check out “This one time…” as well! http://vimeo.com/4566083
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Welcome to the CalArts Character Animation Tumblr!
We are one of four programs in the School of Film/Video at California Institute of the Arts, in Valencia, California (about 30 miles north of Los Angeles).
We focus on character animation, and train our students to understand the nuances of bringing characters to life, both traditionally and digitally.
Our program features faculty who are...
