William Fischer is an author at Collider. Born and raised in Nebraska, he latched onto moviemaking at a young age and has been chasing it ever since. William holds a BFA in film from the University of ...
When animation first started, it was naturally in 2D. This is when there is an illusion of movement in a two-dimensional environment (like on a screen) by piecing together single individual drawings ...
Pixar films, along with competition from DreamWorks Shrek series and Blue Sky Animation's Ice Age, were drawing big box office numbers while traditional hand-drawn animated films like Treasure Planet, ...
The world of feature-length animation continues to thrive, with films like Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Predator: Killer of Killers, and the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movies pushing the ...
Streaming April 27 on Disney+, the doc series about the art of hand-drawn animation arrives as the studio returns to traditional 2D. “Sketchbook,” Disney’s six-part documentary series devoted to the ...
Animation has come a long way since the days of Walt Disney. Not very long ago, creating high-quality animation would have required massive studio spaces, large teams, and loads of money. And while ...
With “Wish,” Disney Animation celebrates its 100th anniversary by merging the 2D legacy of watercolor background paintings (dating back to “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”) with cutting-edge CG. The ...
Last year, French software company Praxinos announced the beginning of a beta-test program for Odyssey, an ambitious 2d animation program powered by Unreal Engine. After five years of development, ...