[1] Over the years, we've learned a lot about how Pixar develops and produces their feature animated films, but we've learned very little about how the beloved short films get created. So I decided it was time we find out. I shot a message over to Enrico Casarosa, the director of Pixar's next short film La Luna, who was happy to shed some light on the process. "How Does A Pixar Short Film Get Made?" Find out, after the jump. While most people won't get to see La Luna until its released in June 2012 attached to Brave, the short has been playing the film festival circuit and already short listed for the Best Animated Short Film Oscar. I was lucky enough to catch a screening of it at the 2011 Telluride Film Festival, and I loved it so much that they used my quote [2] in their "For Your Consideration" advertisements. [3] A Very...
- 12/8/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
On Saturday night, the New York Television Festival capped off a week's worth of screenings and entertainment industry-oriented events with an awards show honoring some of this year's top submissions. Here's a summary of the web series that took home cash and acclaim on Saturday night. Greg & Donny Most of yins are familiar with Geoff Skowron and Matt Yeager from their roles on Williamsburgh's favorite web show, The Burg, but these two Steelers fans from Western Pennsylvania are attracting quite the following for their own series. The creators of the tech-illiterate Greg and Donny won IFC's "Out of the Box" award and received a $25,000 development deal from the cable network. 9Am Meeting This "barely-animated web series" has been a long-time hit amongst New York's Channel 101 crowd, stringing together 10 callbacks in a row (and counting!) at the monthly voter's choice screening. Now MTV has taken notice. Brooklyn-based comedy writer and 9Am creator,...
- 9/27/2010
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
Writers Guild of America, East, (Wgae) announced today that the New York based union has signed an additional 13 digital media production companies in the fourth quarter of 2009, bringing the total new media signatories to 22 for the year. The new additions join the previous group from earlier this fall, though some of the new signatories were inlcluded in our in-depth look at the WGAe's efforts in new media, dubbed The Writer's Guild 2.0 Initiative. The announcement, part of the Guild's effort to organize the bevy of new original web series productions, included some light hearted joking from the comedy writers in the group. 9am Meeting's co-writer Matt Koff quipped, “I joined the guild for the same reasons as everyone else: respect, recognition, and Joss Whedon's eternal friendship." While some creators have griped at the idea of sharing scare digital revenues for other people's pension plans, for now the stamp of legitimacy for the young creators,...
- 1/5/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Ignited States in association with Crosstown Playwrights are pleased to announce their production of Daniel McCoy?s Eli And Cheryl Jump, directed by Nicole A. Watson. Eli And Cheryl Jump will be performed as part of The New York International Fringe Festival at Venue#9 The Players Loft (115 MacDougal St, 3rd Floor). Performances begin August 14th and continue through August 29th.
- 7/22/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Liars is a collection of eight brand-new comedic plays about deceiving, falsifying, fibbing, and stretching the truth. Join us as we set fire to the pants of Hollywood agents and other sleazy hucksters, and expose cons from tofu to Santa Claus. Playwrights featured will include Jesse Jones, Jeremy Mather, Daniel McCoy, Lindsey Moore, Joe Musso, Caroline O'Hare, Matt Sears, and Jeff Sproul.
- 4/8/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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