In more Oscar news, Micheal Sporn compiled a list of animated shorts submitted for nomination for an Oscar this year. The list includes links to the artists websites. There are some VERY good films among the group.
See you this time next year Mr. Sporn!

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This weeks episode is, appropriately enough, a short one! Kyle and Katie take a much needed break as I discuss the advantages that animated shorts have over their feature-length cousins.
For the record, Even though I have some critical things to say about WALL-E, I do think it is an amazing film and [...]

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Episode five of The Annabelle’s Bistro Podcast is now available. This week, sit in with us on a scriptwriting session!
My original intent was to jump from the treatment directly to storyboarding. However, considering that the crew is fairly large, It is probably a good idea to develop a full script just to insure that [...]

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Dave Rogers has jumped on board and is creating a large tree that will be featured prominently in Annabelle’s Bistro. This tree, which is a combination of 3D and 2D elements will require advanced physics simulation to create the natural look of leaves moving in the breeze. This test is the first step towards that [...]

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The 4th episode of the Annabelle’s Bistro Podcast is available now. In this week’s episode, we speak briefly with Amanda Sanchez and then Kyle learns why keeping it simple is a smart thing to do.
I would like to add that these podcasts are going well, but we need everyones help to get the word [...]

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Hello all,
The third installment of our little podcast is up and available now. This week we discuss the Proof of Concept for Annabelle’s Bistro. The show is now enhanced with awesome new music and a brand new microphone! Professionalism better look out, cause we are coming!
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The Legendary filmmaker Ralph Bakshi gives some great advice to us animators…kinda…

I actually really love this video. My favorite quote:
You animators have these machines that let you do anything you want, and what do you do? You try to join some asshole studio.
-Ralph Bakshi
The man has a way with words. Although, as many [...]

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Last night I completed my first Proof of Concept test for Annabelle’s Bistro. My goal was to model, texture, rig, animate, render and finish an entire shot from scratch in less than 4 hours. I did it in 5.
Annabelle’s Bistro: early proof of concept test #1 from Matt Forcum on Vimeo.
The words of [...]

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Hello gang!
The second episode of the Annabelle’s Bistro Podcast is up and available now. This week we kick back and discuss some of our favorite animated films from our childhood, and I let slip just how little I know about release dates. (I also speak up a little louder this time.)
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Many of you have been asking how Annabelle’s Bistro has been going and unfortunately, I have been unable to let a lot of information out of the bag in recent months. Now that all the details have been worked out, and production is in full swing, I can reassure everyone that the film [...]

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