Fun Animated Short "Cap'n Shmelly and the Sperm Whale"

Hey, ya Pirates, here is a fun animated short for you called "Cap'n Shmelly and the Sperm Whale," ...and poor Captain Shmelly has been obsessively searching the oceans for the whale that took his leg. The isolation of the long search, hot sun and lots of rum has left Shmelly slightly insane, paranoid and delusional...
The film was created by Omens Studios.


Cap'n Shmelly and the Sperm Whale from Omens Studios on Vimeo.

Video: copyright Omens Studios

Captain America Artwork Norman Rockwell Style

Here is something great that Norman Rockwell fans will like, a Captain America artwork in the style of Norman Rockwell famous covers, done by artist Marco D'Alfonso!

Artwork: copyright Marco D'Alfonso

First Pictures and Video of HKDL "Disney Paint The Night" Night Parade !

Two days ago you've seen in my latest HKDL update new artwork revealed by HKDL of the awaited Disney Paint The Night Parade and today i'm pleased to show you the very first pictures showing some of the parade floats! These pictures are screen captures from a video that appeared on the web showing the parade rehearsal at HKDL backstage, not in the park, and here is this short video!




And now let's have a closer look at this in details, starting by the Cars unit of the parade. Of course on the video you can see all the sparkling light effects, etc...

The video shows too just a few seconds with Woody and Buzz - which will be on the Toy Story unit - but not that much...

...but more of the Belle unit, with performers which will be part of the show, including Belle.

We then have some footage showing the Monsters Inc unit with the illuminated "doors", in fact screens.

...And that's all for now, more pictures of this new nighttime parade should come soon as it will debut at HKDL on October 1st, and probably some days before during HKDL private events!

Pictures: copyright Disney

Star Wars Episode 7 Villains Revealed !

I've got BIG news for you today about Star Wars 7, thanks to the reliable Latino Review who has the scoop of the week! First, let's remind you what we think we know about Episode VII’s plot so far: Luke’s lightsaber (and maybe hand but probably not) crash lands on a planet leading Daisy Ridley and John Boyega on a search for Luke, which leads them to Han Solo and Chewbacca, who aren’t in the Millennium Falcon because Oscar Isaacs has it. The party is looking for Luke who has been MIA since Return of the Jedi. But Luke isn’t hiding, Luke is a captive.

Now, Latino Review has more for us and reveal who will be Star Wars 7 villains! :

"The Inquisitors are the villains of Star Wars: Episode VII and the name of the main villain in Star Wars: Rebels. They seem to be loosly based on the now-deleted Expanded Universe Inquistors mixed with the hardended Sith look of Rebels' villain. The Inquisitors are defenders of the Sith Order and they’ve been around for a long time. Just how long is what turns Episode VII’s story on it’s head.

When our hero(es) find Luke and the Inquisitors are revealed, Luke’s explanation on the history of this order is going to trigger a flashback to explain that the Inquisitors have been tied into the Sith all along."

You might have heard that Billie Lourd - the biological daughter of Carrie Fisher - has been casted, and according to LR: "That’s not so she can play a Solo kid, it’s so she can play a much younger Princess Leia than we’ve ever seen before in this flashback."

But, a young Princess Leia is not all this flashback reveals... as the Inquisitors will be seen serving Darth Vader in flashback.

Yes, Darth Vader will be on screen, briefly, in Star Wars: Episode VII!

And Latine Review ends by: "That’s all for now, but it’s now exceedingly clear that the Sequel Trilogy requires a retroactive continuity adjustment to the other two trilogies and Rebels is going to end up being much, much more important than we anticipated."

Now, also today, Latino Review had what they think are the first pictures of the new Storm Trooper design!

And, talking about Star Wars, let's end with this 7 and a half minutes clip from the upcoming Star Wars Rebels animated series, in which the Inquisitors will also have an important part.




Pictures: copyright LucasFilm, Yvan Quinet

Beautiful Star Wars Trilogy Art

 

Three beautiful Star Wars trilogy art created by artist Joshua Budich. The name of the first piece is "We’re Doomed!", the second is "I Love You. I Know", and the third is "Like My Father Before Me" and it was done for the Art V Cancer project, which was set up by artist Chris Thornley (aka Raid71), who was diagnosed at the age of 37 with a rare incurable form of lymphoma.

Artwork: copyright Joshua Budich

How Mickey Mouse Finally Talked

The title of this post is a bit tricky - well, half of it only - as you won't see and it's no question of Mickey Mouse in the video below from FilmmakerIQ but it's all about how sound came to the movies and it is a great video that i strongly recommend you to watch! I'm sure you'll learn a lot of things you didn't know!

The inclusion of sound at the movies was one of the most dramatic changes in all of film history. Dive into the early experiments of Edison trying to incorporate sound from film’s inception, through the experiments in the early 1920s, the Jazz Singer and the industry sound overhaul, and finally the multi-channel surround and modern movie sound technologies.


The History of Sound at the Movies from FilmmakerIQ.com on Vimeo.

Video: copyright FilmmakerIQ

Beautiful Animated Short "Orbitas"

Here is a beautiful animated sci-fi short Orbitas comes from Primeframe.com and director Jaime Maestro. The story for the short is about "an impossible love which revolves around a planet at war."

Watch it, it's beautiful!




Picture and video: copyright Jaime Maestro