A remake of the children’s book/Feature Film By Kyle Simon Starring Eric Liang
Apr 092010
In 1982, after the character animation program in Cal Arts JOHN LASSETER joined Disney as an animator; a dream job for anyone coming out of an animation school. He did a bit of animation on The Fox and the Hound. But Lasseter found something missing. He always had a feeling that Disneys animation had reached a plateau with 101 Dalmatians and though the films after that had wonderful moments and characters overall they were just the same old thing. While he was working on Mickey’s Christmas Carol, another movie titled Tron was under development in Disney. John happened to watch some of the early tests and was excited, not for the quality of the stuff but for the 3d feeling it generated. He found tremendous possibilities with the use of computers and knew it was the future. Lasseter wanted to create a 3d world where the 2d characters could move around. Together with Disney animator Glen Keane and Tom Wilhite, Head of the Production, he made a 30 second test film titled Where the Wild Things Are, where they combined the hand drawn images that Glen did with a computer generated background. They moved the camera like a steady cam shot for the first time in animation, following the animated character in and around objects. And now you can watch the screen test of this wonderful piece of work here Their next dream was to make a feature in this fashion and they selected the story of The Brave Little Toaster”, by Thomas Disch. Lasseter made contacts with people in the Computer …
In honor of our great King Max’s debut this weekend.
After a speech to the American Library Association, Obama gets asked what his favorite book is…
Apr 022010
This is a video with the song Where The Wild Things Are BY: Metallica lyrics: So wake up sleepy one It’s time to save your world Steal dreams and give to you Shoplift a thought or two All children touch the sun Burn fingers one by one By one Will this earth be good to you? Keep you clean or stain through? So wake up sleepy one It’s time to save your world You’re where the wild things are Yeah, toy soldiers off to war Big eyes to open soon Believing all under sun and moon But does heaven know you’re here? And did they give you smiles or tears No, no tears Will this earth be good to you? Keep you clean or stain through? So wake up sleepy one It’s time to save your world You’re where the wild things are Yeah, toy soldiers off to war You swing your rattle down (Hand puppets storm the base Flags up now cannons rage Hand puppets storm the base) Call to arms the trumpets sound (Flags up now cannons rage All clowns head for the rear Slingshots fire to the air All clowns head for the rear) Toy horses start the charge (Slingshots fire to the air Slip into the edge of death Crossfire to the marionettes) Robot chessmen standing guard (Slip into the edge of death Crossfire to the marionettes) (all together) We shall never surrender All you children touch the sun Burn your fingers one by one Will this earth be good to you? Keep you clean or stain through? So wake up sleepy one It’s time to save your world You’re where the wild things are Yeah, toy soldiers off to war Off to war Off to …
Mar 262010
We did the animation and editing. For “Where the Wild Things Are”, Columbia City Ballet gave us pre-existing, low quality footage to play with. We had fun giving a sense of immersion within the story by taking excerpts from the book and animating them. The result is eye catching and original. Art and Characters copyright by Maurice Sendak
Mar 222010
Guitar legend Steve Vai will release his concert film and live CD Where The Wild Things Are September 29th, 2009 on Favored Nations Records. The show was recorded and filmed at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN before a sold-out audience as part of Vai’s successful Sound Theories world tour.
Today’s episode features WTWTA costume designer Casey Storm. And, boy, does he have a nice hat. Meet the man behind the amazing costumes in the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” video, Cameron Diaz’s amazing look in “Being John Malcovich” and the guy who created all the looks for Where The Wild Thing Are. Secret: They created over 100 Max outfits for the movie.
screencrave brings you the Where the Wild Things Are Costume Designer Casey Storm, Production Designer KK Barrett, and Art Director Sonny Gerasimowicz
Mar 122010
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (SOUNDTRACK) Karen O & The Kids – All Is Love + LYRICS One, two, ready, go Grow some big feet, holes in history Is where youll find me, is where youll find All is love, is love, is love, is love LOVE, its a mystery Where youll find me, where youll find All is Love, is love, is love, is love Hey, ooh Hey, ooh Ooh ooh All is Love One, two, ready, go LOVE, its a mystery Where youll find me, where youll find All is love, is love, is love, is love Ooh ooh All is Love, is love, is love, is love The soundtrack — featuring Karen O’s collaborations with Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox, Yeah Yeah Yeahs bandmates Nick Zinner and Brian Chase, the Dead Weather’s Dean Fertita, and many more
