[nggallery id=”283″] Last week, students in Leo Hobaica Jr.’s Color and Design I class adorned CalArts’ hallways with a fresh batch of silhouette art. A description for the first-year Character Animation class,…
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MPAA’s ‘The Credits’ Spotlights CalArts
The Credits, a new online magazine of the Motion Picture Association of America, launched in August to capture all facets of the movie-making industry—shedding light on some of the names…
Continue reading »From Rubbish to Riches: CalArtian Animator Featured on NBC’s Today
Lyndon Barrois (Film/Video MFA 95), who has worked on more than 20 films including the Matrix Trilogy, I, Robot and The Tree of Life, got his start making art out…
Continue reading »Tim Burton’s ‘Frankenweenie’ Opens This Weekend
Tim Burton’s (Film/Video 79) animated feature Frankenweenie opens nationwide today, paying homage to classic horror films and the original Frankenweenie. According to Martin Short who voices three characters in the…
Continue reading »CalArts Guest Artist Benjamin Millepied Talks Film, Dance Projects
The CalArts Film Directing program’s lecture series recently hosted guest artist Benjamin Millepied, probably best known to American audiences for his choreography on the 2010 Darren Aronofsky film Black Swan….
Continue reading »CalArts Alum Genndy Tartakovsky Helms Animated ‘Hotel Transylvania’
The animated film Hotel Translyvania—from Sony Pictures Animation—opens nationwide today (Sept. 28). Featuring the voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg and Selena Gomez, the film focuses on the escapades of…
Continue reading »Animator, Faculty Member Suzan Pitt Screens Films Tonight
Last week, the School of Film/Video’s visiting artist series, Structuring Strategies, kicked off its 2012-2013 season. The screening and analysis class, which is open to the public, allows members of…
Continue reading »Caine’s Arcade 2: The Global Cardboard Challenge and Imagination Foundation
Caine’s Arcade—the little film about a boy’s cardboard arcade built in the back of his father’s used auto parts store in East LA—became an Internet and then an international sensation….
Continue reading »CalArts Celebrates ‘Chuck Jones at 100’
CalArts celebrates the 100th birthday of legendary animator and Chouinard Art Institute alumnus, Chuck Jones (1912-2002) with a special program at REDCAT on Sept. 26. Disney and Pixar Chief Creative…
Continue reading »CalArtian Works Screened at Telluride Film Festival
Organizers of the Telluride Film Festival (known in the festival circuit as “The Show”) keep the programming lineup close to the vest—so close, in fact, that the roster of films…
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