Animation Re-creation: March 2013

Saturday, March 23, 2013

How Hollywood still sees computers

Here's a cute article on how Hollywood is still using old film cliche's when it comes to technology.
Via Tom Sito- Evil geniuses, evil machines taking over the world. The real threat comes from our own laziness.
http://www.denofgeek.com/games/24877/the-things-the-movies-think-computers-do

This is the guts of my old Compaq. I still don't have the energy to take it the recyclers. Had two old Macs go out on me at the Guild computer lab this winter. Need to have a wake for them as well.

They sure got the mileage out of those Burroughs B-205's; Lost in Space, Batman, Time Tunnel. Speaking of time tunnels-

http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/B205/

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/computer.html?c=45

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Animation Guild sends Pizza Planet truck to Rhythm & Hues

No more free grub for the remaining R&H artists working overtime. Cutbacks and stuff. The Animation Guild brought the pizza! (But they didn't use the Pizza Planet truck.)

Some devoted fans re-created the Pizza Planet truck from Toy Story. Sorry, I didn't get their names.
This was next to the Marriott at the 2012 CTN Expo in Burbank. (The Pizza Planet truck copyright Pixar/Disney)

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/cheese-tomatoes-and-all-fixings.html

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/animation-guild-picks-up-lunch-425759

Monday, March 04, 2013

Best visual effects Oscar acceptance speech cut short or too long?

Underbidding, the big fish eat the little fish, "we'll do anything to get into the movies"... Maybe I'm resorting to some hysterics in this headline, just to get Google hits. Still the VFX workers could not get the chance to organize, until it was too late. Now R&H is reforming itself just to work overseas?!

http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/rhythm-hues-facility-to-open-in-taiwan-by-late-march-report/

Still, I'm using the green box to stand with the workers.

http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2013/02/25/rhythm-hues-gets-oscars-shout-out/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/feb/25/oscars-protest-life-of-pi

Saturday, March 02, 2013

Camera Craft closing it's doors in North Hollywood

After 50 years of business, Camera Craft is closing it's doors in North Hollywood. Nancy, the owner, says the building will be preserved. She said it will be converted to some kind of cafe/bakery. The store was originally a private home that was moved to that crazy corner of Vineland, Lankershim and Camarillo . I picked up some spare parts along with some odds and ends on their last day of business today. Someday, I'll build my own shooting stand.