Visual Effects legend Douglas Trumbull passed away. One of the things he if famous for is "Stargate" sequence from Stanley Kurbik's "2001: A Space Odyssey" using slit-scan photography process
I was alerted to his passing via twitter through this post by Adam Rackoff, and that is how I found out he was a second generation Visual Effectsartist: Douglas Trumbull's father, Donald Trumbull, created visual effects for THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939).
And nt just the walls, all srufaces in the room are fair game. I had seen this one before, but enjoyed it again when it was redently posted to Boing Boing
Now you might think that was a lot of work. There is more where that came from: blublu.org. The above is actually just a small part of this much longer animation:
Dutch commercial for a grocery store. I think you can get the message even if you have no idea what the people are saying.
A completely different take on the Holiday Season was created at Buck:
Check out this article in the Guardian: Life drawing: why is adult animation bigger than ever? and see there still is a furture for 2D animation
This year's group animation, Indemnity.exe has been selected for the MetroCAF 2021 festival! MetroCAF is the annual NYC Metropolitan Area College Computer Animation Festival organized by the New York City chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH. Congratulations to the animation students who created the film: Alyssa Cirillo, Mike Gatta, Lauren Haug, Jeremy Kaston, Emily Ronan, and Connor Trapani. Congratulations also to composer Max Adolf, a Music Production student at Monmouth University.
MetroCAF 2021 will be virtual this year. You can view the livestream of the show on Friday, September 24 UPDATE: October 8 at 7:30 PM EDT. The awards for Individual, Small Group, Large Group, and Best of Show will be presented at the end of the screening.
The image on this year's MetroCAF poster was created by our very own Emily Ronan (BFA Animation, 2021)
This year's group animation, Indemnity.exe, is included in the ASIFA Hollywood Educators Forum Student Animation Showcase, which will premiere this Friday! And that is 7PM PDT.
