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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.
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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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