animago AWARD: Making of 2011

10.02.2012: A Revolution on the Light Table

What does the future work of graphic artists and photo editors look like? ~sedna GmbH put some thought into that question and made the hardware and software – the Touch T6.7 workstation and its “Touch Image” software – that allows these professionals to make the same kind of leap forward that they m...

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10.02.2012: Go go Rango

In 2011 it was a hard decicion our readers had to make. But amongst all the other nominees as “Tron: Legacy”, “Guardians of Ga’Hoole”, Pixars “Cars 2” und the vfx-Blaster “Sucker Punch”, ILMs “Rango” made his way through. Time for us, to have a look back to the making of of this extraordinary wester...

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30.01.2012: Of Flamingos and Storks

A clear play of clichés: In his six-minute 3D animation film “Flamingo Pride”, Israel-born Tomer Eshed tells the story of a flamingo that falls in love with a stork. The problem is that the flamingo originates from a colony of gay flamingos who are only interested in parties and the beautiful side o...

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30.01.2012: Of Nuts and Money

When bank robbers set out on a job, it’s usually no laughing matter. And indeed, in “Nuts & Robbers”, two villains fail to take into consideration a neighbourhood squirrel when hatching their plans. When their bored getaway-car-driver makes the mistake of disturbing the squirrel in the process of at...

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15.01.2012: Lonely Assassins on a Great Journey

The hero lies beaten on the ground surrounded by enemies. They lift him up and haul him to the gallows, where he is set to hang for his crimes. But, of course, everything turns out much differently than this scene would suggest. The trailer for the third instalment of the “Assassin’s Creed” series p...

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15.01.2012: Digital Interrogation Specialists

Very seldom has a game profited as much from high-tech innovations in the field of animation as “L. A. Noire”. In this playable detective story, gamers slip into the role of a police detective who must solve crimes. They are given a number of clues consisting first and foremost of the gestures and f...

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15.12.2011: How Musicians Bring Home the Bacon

So, who can really earn money with a music album? And is there anything left over for the musicians after everyone else has been paid? Florian Köhne and Hannes Hoepfner wondered about this and produced an animated infographic entitled “Bacon, Anyone?” showing what they discovered. The resulting work...

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15.12.2011: Still Life with Water Faucet

Could there be a more mundane motif? A small bathroom whose open wooden door gives us a view of a tiny room with a small window. A small wash basin, a toilette, old yet well-maintained tiles – it’s a snapshot that could have been taken in any old house. In this case, however, it is a still life with...

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03.12.2011: Luigi! Pizza, pronto!

Florian Werzinski’s graduating film “Luigi’s Pizzaride 3D” shows just what can happen when you work for months on end as a projectionist in a 3D cinema while completing your studies in media design. The fast-paced ride through an Italian city shows that having to watch the same film over and over ag...

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03.12.2011: More than the Sum of Its Parts

A car ad without a car: In the most recent advertising production by Infected Postproduction, the main protagonist is invisible almost the entire time – while being ever-present at the same time. For “Car Parts,” a branding movie made for the car maker Subaru, the company creates an entire world out...

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