News: Neil Gaiman’s “The Price” Animatic

Here’s a fantastic (and creepy) view of an animatic done in 2006 by Christopher Salmon for a 3d film called The Gift written by Neil Gaiman which he did to convince the author to give him the rights to make a film adaptation of The Price. It was apparently a success and was crowd funded through Kickstarter in 2010! There was some beautiful art done for the animatic as it’s all in painted and in color so to say it’s an ‘animatic’ is a bit of an understatement, because it reads sort of like a visual storybook, pretty much working all by itself without being animated.

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Here’s an example of what the film will eventually look like.

Towards the end there’s a really nice 3d bit with a demon that’s impressive. Especially the colors and I really like the contrast between the blues and oranges. Apparently Christopher has had some trouble of late with rigging the character models which he details in this ‘making of’ video so we know the film is well on it’s way to being made. Anyway, I for one will be looking forward to seeing this film finished and my hats off to Christopher for taking on this Herculean effort.

You can read more here:

http://www.theprice-movie.com/production-blog/

 

Jobs: DreamWorks looking for Storyboard Artist

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From the site:

Looking for freelance Storyboard Artists. Requires a strong understanding of cinematic visual narrative utilizing the camera in a more live-action manner to aid in storytelling. Good acting is a must. Industry competitive rates. IATSE 839 classification. For the high profile DreamWorks Animation television series, How to Train Your Dragon.

You can read more here:
http://careers.dreamworksanimation.com/jobs_detail.php?id=15295&location=&semester=

Jobs: Disney Animation looking for 3D Character Modelers

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From the site:

Walt Disney Animation Studios has an exciting opportunity for a Modeler to join the team at our Burbank, CA studio.

As a Modeler at our studio, you will build complex 3D models including organic characters and articulated set and prop models. You’ll work with a team of artists, including Visual Development Artists and Character TDs to interpret designs, and build and refine models for production.

You can read more here:
https://careers.disneyanimation.com/job_groups/job_description?id=247

Jobs, jobs jobs!

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It seems to me that any website called Animation Insider ought to do what it can to help other be insiders as well so when we hear of available jobs we’ll post them here for you! Good luck!

 

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Jobs: Character Animator

 

reelFxReel FX is hiring a character animator in Santa Monica. character animator job in Santa Monica.

You can learn more here.

 

 

 

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