Ideally timed to Disney’s centennial, a short film entitled “Once Upon a Studio” assembles 100 years’ worth of animated characters from the company’s vaults for a group photo outside Walt Disney Animation Studios headquarters in Burbank, Calif. That’s the building, shaped like Mickey Mouse’s conical blue hat from “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” where the walls are lined with images from a century’s worth of iconic toons.
Conceived and directed by Trent Correy and Dan Abraham, the project involves a live-action walkthrough of the place where the magic happens — that is, where much of the work on Disney’s animated features is done. But there’s an extra sprinkling of magic here, as cartoon characters leap out of their frames and wander the halls where they were originally drawn or rendered.
That hybrid style, where animation embellishes live-action footage, was first implemented by Disney on 1946’s “Song of the South,...
Conceived and directed by Trent Correy and Dan Abraham, the project involves a live-action walkthrough of the place where the magic happens — that is, where much of the work on Disney’s animated features is done. But there’s an extra sprinkling of magic here, as cartoon characters leap out of their frames and wander the halls where they were originally drawn or rendered.
That hybrid style, where animation embellishes live-action footage, was first implemented by Disney on 1946’s “Song of the South,...
- 10/16/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Chase Rice is ready to let you in. And it’s not to the bed of his pickup after a beer-soaked tailgate, as in his 2014 RIAA Gold-certified Ignite the Night days. The 32-year-old artist wants you to meet his weightier, more pensive side — with the crunch of flattened Pbr cans a distant echo resurrected only in his boyish smile and swagger.
In November 2017, Rice brought his revamped artistry to the forefront, releasing Lambs & Lions under his new label partner, Bbr Music Group / BMG. Written by Rodney Clawson and Jamie Moore, “Amen” sticks out for its haunting chorus, jutting pathos,...
In November 2017, Rice brought his revamped artistry to the forefront, releasing Lambs & Lions under his new label partner, Bbr Music Group / BMG. Written by Rodney Clawson and Jamie Moore, “Amen” sticks out for its haunting chorus, jutting pathos,...
- 2/20/2018
- by Perri Ormont Blumberg
- PEOPLE.com
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