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Sunday
- October 7, 2001
- Snow White Second Top Selling DVD
- Digital Media FX Opens
Monsters, Inc. Forum
- Weekend Box Office Estimates
- News Link of the Day -
Experimental ‘Waking Life’ a Treat
Snow White Second
Top Selling DVD
(by digitalmediafx.com) Set to be released this Tuesday, presales for
the Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs are very strong, topping DreamWorks
successful Shrek.
According to Amazon.com, Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs is the second highest selling DVD,
while Shrek
is fourth. The
Godfather DVD Collection is #1 and Star
Wars: The Phantom Menace is #3. Other hot selling animated
DVDs includes The
Simpson's: Complete First Season at #7 and Final
Fantasy: The Spirits Within at #9. The animated
Lord of the Rings DVD is selling at #36.
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Digital Media FX
Opens Monsters, Inc. Forum
(by digitalmediafx.com) Digital Media FX has opened a new forum for
the discussion of Pixar's fourth animated feature, Monsters, Inc. The
movie opens Friday, November 2, in theaters nationwide. Click
here to visit the new forum and post your thoughts.
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Weekend Box Office
Estimates
(by digitalmediafx.com) Here are estimates for the top 10 movies at
the box office over the weekend. None of them are heavy in visual effects
or animation:
1. Training Day -
$24.2 million
2. Serendipity - $14.0 million
3. Don't Say a Word - $10.0 million
4. Zoolander - $9.9 million
5. Joy Ride - $7.4 million
6. Max Keeble's Big Move - $5.5 million
7. Hearts in Atlantis - $5.4 million
8. Hardball - $3.7 million
9. The Others - $3.0 million
10. Rush Hour 2 - $1.8 million
The figures may all
be slightly high because they were released just prior to the U.S. launching
missile attacks against Afghanistan, likely keeping many people home Sunday
evening.
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News Link of the
Day - Experimental ‘Waking Life’ a Treat for the Eyes and
Soul
According to The Aspen Times:
"...It is the
first feature film to employ the interpolated rotoscoping technique developed
by Austin-based computer animator Bob Sabiston. The animation technique,
used previously in such short films as 'Roadhead' and 'Snack and Drink,'
gives a dimension of constant motion, constant change. Faces change not
only expression, but shape and size. Backgrounds are in a near-constant
state of flotation; scenery alters, both subtly and dramatically...."
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here for the full story.
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