Tag: Films

Animating for Feature Films – Animation Techniques Using Maya & Animbot


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Mike Wilson | Duration: 2:39 h | Video: H264 1920×1080 | Audio: AAC 44,1 kHz 2ch | 1,53 GB | Language: English
Walk through the creation of an animation shot from beginning to end with Senior Animator Mike Wilson, who breaks the process down into manageable sections. This insightful workshop not only provides practical techniques for you to improve your Maya workflow but also takes a broad look at the feature film industry, detailing exactly what you can expect to encounter as a professional 3D animator.
Mike Wilson offers a glimpse of what being an animator entails, and discusses what it can take to get there. Once you land a job as a professional animator, what is expected of you next? With this workshop, you’ll follow along as Mike sets up a shot to maximize time and resources so that deadlines can be met. You’ll discover how to use references to gather information from the real world and translate that into your animations. You’ll then learn how to block out an animation quickly, how to approach revisions, and how to polish and finalize a professional shot.
This workshop discusses how the role of an animator on a feature film is just a single part in a large apparatus and explains the importance of working in tandem with others on a team and complimenting departments. Artists can expect to gain a macro view of a feature film studio production while learning about the expected tasks of an animator.

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Cinematic Concept Art for Films & Games 2D-to-3D Workflow Using Photoshop, Blender, Materialize & Daz Studio


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Jarold Sng | Duration: 6:31 h | Video: H264 1920×1080 | Audio: AAC 44,1 kHz 2ch | 8,85 GB | Language: English
Explore the creation of compelling cinematic concept artwork, from start to finish, in this comprehensive workshop by seasoned professional Jarold Sng. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced concept artist, you’ll delve into every aspect of the creative process, from the initial planning to the final execution.
Jarold begins by exploring sketching techniques and photo-bashing in Photoshop, sharing how to quickly generate compelling concepts. The workflow then transitions into Blender, where you’ll learn sculpting, modeling, material creation, and lighting setup to bring your ideas to life in 3D.
Throughout this 6.5-hour workshop, Jarold shares his practical tips and expert insights garnered from many years of industry experience, emphasizing not just the technical aspects but also the artistry behind the process. From refining your artistic pipeline to honing your thought process, this workshop is tailored to elevate your skills and understanding, regardless of your current proficiency level.

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Studio Ghibli The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, 4th Edition [Audiobook]


Free Download Colin Odell, Michelle Le Blanc, Abigail Reno (Narrator), "Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, 4th Edition"
English | ASIN: B0CRXCN5DP | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~06:54:00 | 190 MB
REVISED AND UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE BOY AND THE HERON
The animations of Japan’s Studio Ghibli are among the most respected in the movie industry. Their films rank alongside the most popular non-English language films ever made, with each new release a guaranteed box office hit. Yet this highly profitable studio has remained fiercely independent, producing a stream of imaginative and individual animations. The studio’s founders, Hayao Miyazaki and the late Isao Takahata, have created timeless masterpieces. Their films are distinctly Japanese but the themes are universal: humanity, community and a love for the environment.
Studio Ghibli outlines the history of the studio and explores the early output of its founders. It examines all the studio’s major works including Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Only Yesterday, Porco Rosso, Pom Poko, Whisper of the Heart, Princess Mononoke and Howl’s Moving Castle, as well as the Oscar-winning Spirited Away. Also included are the more recent animations: Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-nominated masterpiece The Wind Rises, Isao Takahata’s The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Goro Miyazaki’s Earwig and the Witch and Hayao Miyazaki’s latest box office success, The Boy and the Heron, which recently won a BAFTA, Golden Globe and Academy Award.

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Withnail and Us Cult Films and Film Cults in British Cinema


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English | ISBN: 1848850921 | 2010 | 272 pages | PDF | 9 MB
Withnail and Us charts the journey of cult in culture through an exploration of British cult films and their fans. It is about our bizarre and enduring fascination with once obscure or shocking movies, from A Clockwork Orange to The Wicker Man. What is it about certain films that provokes such obsessive fan devotion? What impells people to remote locations in search of filmic relics? Why do they gather in groups to re-enact scenes learnt by heart? Is any film worth re-viewing over 100 times? From 1968 and all that, through the cultural by-ways of the 1970s, this book attempts to explain such strange practices, and to trace their origins in the makings of some remarkable films, including Tommy, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Quadrophenia, Withnail & I, Trainspotting and Performance. Prepare to enter the arena of the unwell!

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The Putin Interviews (Showtime Documentary Films)


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English | June 16, 2017 | ISBN: 1510733426 | 288 pages | PDF | 3.57 Mb
From Oscar-winner Oliver Stone comes a first-hand look at one of the most important, powerful, and controversial leaders in the world: Vladimir Putin of Russia. The companion to the news-breaking television series, this edition has substantial material not included in the documentary.

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The Films of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen Scripts, Working Documents, Interpretation


Free Download Oliver Fuke, "The Films of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen: Scripts, Working Documents, Interpretation"
English | ISBN: 1839025255 | 2023 | 384 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
This collection of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen’s film scripts vividly evokes the close connection between their influential work as theorists and their work as filmmakers. It includes scripts for all six of Mulvey and Wollen’s collaborative films, Wollen’s solo feature film, Friendship’s Death (1987), and Mulvey’s later collaborations. Each text is followed by a new essay by a leading writer, offering a critical interpretation of the corresponding film. The collection also includes Wollen’s short story Friendship’s Death (1976), the outlines for two unrealised Mulvey and Wollen collaborations, and a selection of scanned working documents. The scripts and essays collected in this volume trace the historical significance of a complex cinematic project that brought feminist, semiotic and psychoanalytic concerns together with formal devices and strategies. The book includes original contributions from Nora M. Alter, Kodwo Eshun, Nicolas Helm-Grovas, Esther Leslie, Laura Mulvey, Volker Pantenburg, Griselda Pollock, B. Ruby Rich and Sukhdev Sandhu.

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Mastering digital imaging with slides, films, and transparencies


Free Download Mastering digital imaging with slides, films, and transparencies By Busch, David D
2003 | 328 Pages | ISBN: 1592001416 | PDF | 95 MB
If you want to work with your traditional film images electronically, this is the guide that will finally show you how you can do it. "Mastering Digital Scanning" takes a photographer’s viewpoint to the topic of digitizing, managing, and enhancing film-based images. You’ll learn how to use your scanner’s options to your best advantage and how to perfect your image once it becomes digital. You don’t have to give up the advantages of conventional photography to enjoy the ease of digital manipulation!

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Images for a generation doomed the films and career of Gregg Araki


Free Download Images for a generation doomed : the films and career of Gregg Araki By Araki, Gregg; Hart, Kylo-Patrick R.; Araki, Gregg
2009 | 133 Pages | ISBN: 0739139975 | PDF | 4 MB
Over the past two decades, independent director Gregg Araki has emerged as one of the most intriguing auteurs of contemporary U.S. cinema. A leading figure of the New Queer Cinema movement of the early 1990s, Araki is known for his innovative, eye-opening, and at-times-controversial films aimed primarily at queer audiences. Images for a Generation Doomed: The Films and Career of Gregg Araki explores the films and career trajectory to date of this New Queer Cinema pioneer. Offering in-depth analyses of films such as The Living End, Totally F***ed Up, The Doom Generation, Nowhere, and Splendor, Kylo-Patrick R. Hart demonstrates how, over the course of the 1990s, the director’s cinematic offerings became increasingly devoid of their early subversive potential. Hart goes on to argue that as the 1990s progressed, Araki’s films were largely irrelevant to the cultural project of providing groundbreaking on-screen representations of non-heterosexual individuals living in the age of AIDS. However, Hart sees Mysterious Skin as evidence of Araki’s successful attempt at reestablishing his cinematic and cultural relevancy in relation to the approaches and subject matter of contemporary queer cinema in the new millennium

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