Studio AKA Reveals ‘Bad Tidings’ Title Sequence
The BAFTA and Emmy award-winning animation studio crafted the main titles for the Sky Studios Christmas feature, utilizing retro typography and visuals inspired by ‘The Pink Panther’ and ‘Home Alone.’
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Finalists Announced for Inaugural Collision Awards
Finalists for excellence in animation and motion design include ‘Elemental,’ ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,’ ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,’ ‘Nimona,’ ‘Suzume,’ and more.
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Watch: Studio AKA's ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ Animated Garraka Sequence
The animation, created with innovative 2D and 3D techniques, portrays realistic textures mimicking rock surfaces and cracks as if carved from real stone while revealing the movie’s formidable antagonist’s origins.
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Studio AKA Adds Director Margherita Premuroso
London-based independent animation studio expands its creative team with the Italy-based character designer, animator, and illustrator.
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2022 BAFTA Children & Young People Award Winners Announced
Magic Light Pictures’ animated special ‘The Snail and the Whale’ garners two awards in the Animation and Director categories; the annual event is a celebration of UK and international content for children and young people spanning film, games, and television.
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Studio AKA Creates Spot for Climate Healers and World Food Healers Day
Featuring Vega the cow, the studio’s 60-second animated ‘Food Healers’ began with simple drawings, then used Maya and Houdini to create a fun, colorful animated short promoting themes of ‘climate catastrophe’ and ‘food poverty’ without trivializing the issues.
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How Studio AKA Captured Chaos and Destruction for the Main Titles on Ridley Scott’s ‘Raised by Wolves’
Working with a team of six artists, director Steve Small employs a combination of 3D, rotoscope and hand-drawn artwork for the haunting, elegant main titles serving as the backstory for the HBO Max sci-fi series.
Winners Announced for 7th International Emmy Kids Awards
Seven winners span five countries: Brazil, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands & The United Kingdom.
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Magic Light’s ‘Revolting Rhymes’ Top Toon at BAFTA Kids Awards
Blue Zoo Animation earns Independent Production Company honor, while ‘Hey Duggee’ wins preschool animation category.
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Blacklist & Studio AKA Partner on Interactive Campaign to Mend Hearts
New interactive film encourages donors to give by visualizing the impact of each gift on animated character Max.
Keep it in Motion - Classic Animation Revisited: 'AH POOK IS HERE'
Every Thursday, Chris Robinson takes a look at films from animation’s past. This week he screens Philip Hunt's mindshifting 1994 cult classic, AH POOK IS HERE.
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I Have a Question Philip Hunt
In which Chris Robinson asks animators profound and inane questions that have little to do with animation. This week's guest is the British gentleman, Philip Hunt.
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Studio AKA Director Phillip Hunt Helps Launch ‘Perfect Surprise’
New holiday short adapted from Three Ireland’s much-loved Christmas story of ‘The Girl and The Cloud’ employs a blend of 2D and 3D animation.
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eOne’s ‘Lost and Found’ Sails onto Sprout
Award-winning preschool special based on the picture book set by Oliver Jeffers will air in the U.S. on Sprout Christmas 2016.
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‘Hey Duggee’ Premieres Today on Nick Jr.
New 2D-animated preschool series produced by Studio AKA for BBC Worldwide features Duggee, a loveable dog and leader of The Squirrel Club.
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Blacklist & Studio AKA Tell the Sweetest Story Ever Told About Salt
Blacklist and Studio AKA craft a 90-second short film for Morton Salt that provides a dog’s eye view of the changing winter landscape and how it affects family pets and their backyard best-friendships.
Studio AKA Readies ‘Hey Duggee!’ for Cbeebies
New preschool series created and directed by Studio AKA’s BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated director, Grant Orchard (‘A Morning Stroll’).
New Short from Studio AKA Helps Say Nuts to Cancer
Two-minute short from Studio AKA mixes 2D Flash animation with 3D CGI and live sets.
Studio AKA Teams with NSPCC to Help Combat Bullying
Studio AKA director Eamonn O’Neill directs another captivating spot for the NSPCC, “Online Bullying: Three Things That Can Help.”
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Studio AKA Creates Launch Spot for TSB Bank
BAFTA-winning Studio AKA director Marc Craste completes the first TV commercial for the re-launched TSB bank.
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