The Brothers McLeod Have a New Spiffy Web Site
The Brothers McLeod are a longtime favorite at Dimples and their new web look is a perfect reflection of their clever whimsical animations. Give them a visit and say hi from Dimples. Here are a couple of samples from their portfolio.
Animated Short Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards
This is Dimples favorite time of year. We love animated short films and there are some wonderful films nominated for an Oscar this year. We’re also all about 2D and you can guess our favorites.
Here they are, the nominees for this years animated short.
“Day & Night†Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo†Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let’s Pollute†Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing†Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)†Bastien Dubois
In My Merry Oldsmobile – Classic 1932 Cartoon Animation
Here’s a true gem from Max Fleischer and the early days of animation. Oldmobiles may be no more but Fleischer’s animation will live forever. When people complain about product placements in today’s films, remind them that it was even worse in the 1930s.
Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2008 June 9- June 14
Annecy is one of the greatest of all the animation festivals and it’s coming next month from June 9 to June 14 in Annecy, FR. Every type of animation from short film to television to theatrical feature animation will be represented at Annecy. Toondra.com is offering a great sampling of some of the films at this year’s Annecy Festival. Dimples is going to qualify this by saying that the Annecy site says the films are previewed on toondra.com but the toondra site seems to have only films from 2007. We’re a bit confused but the animation is great and worth a look whether it is from this or last year’s Annecy festival. Meanwhile back at dimples, here is a sampling of animation from Annecy 2006. Here is L’Enveloppe Jaune:
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Animated Cartoon Oscar Winner in 1940 – The Milky Way
Here’s a huge dose of cuteness from Warner Brothers. “The Milky Way” was the first animated cartoon not made by Disney to win an Academy award. The story is based on a nursery rhyme classic about the three little kittens who lost their mittens. As you watch this notice the masterful use of squash and stretch. This cartoon and other classics are available on DVD in the Warner Brothers Academy Award Collection
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT75ktRVllg[/youtube]
Fleischer’s 1941 Bugville Available on DVD
Bugville
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