Computer Animation Arts

As suggested by my previous teaser post, I’m starting a spin-off CGAA Cinema series entitled Monsters! Which as you may well of guessed is dedicated to the simple delights of monster movies the world over. Why monster movies? These films are pure cinematic spectacle, so what better choice of genre for a thread dedicated to cinema. More practically as far as character design and animation are concerned, then there’s much to be absorbed from the wealth of cultures who have spawned their very own monsters. I’ve no idea what I’m expecting to discover from these films, as so many of them are just as new to me as they might be to you, but I hope that it can inspire some fun observations from a relatively neutral observer. Once again, this is open for anyone to submit, and it could be interesting to see Monsters! extend into other CG Arts Blog threads such as One-a-day and The Supplement . As a general rule I'm going to ignore  Americanised versions of Japanese films (and ...

"Given a second chance, the makers of Creature probably wouldn't have opened on what's traditionally one of the quietest weekends of the year. Nor would they have picked the 10th anniversary of 9/11. And they almost definitely wouldn't have opened the film on 1,500 screens after mounting a barely existent marketing campaign. These are terrible conditions for any film to be released into, let alone a micro-budget horror flick about some sex-crazed teenagers running around a swamp being eaten by a berserk half-man/half-alligator god figure. But that's hindsight for you. In September, Creature officially became the worst-performing film of all time..."   Read the full article here .