The first line of the Wikipedia page for ‘uncanny valley’ describes it as “a hypothesized relationship between the degree of an object’s resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to such an object”. Even when they are painstakingly crafted, animated human characters in movies still don’t pass for human. But why? The uncanny […]
Smaller crews, fewer extras, reduced international travel and restricted contact with key people are all likely to be aspects of film and higher-end TV drama production in the months to come and until it’s safe to revert to something resembling normality. Or, will the new ways of working that have been forced upon the industry […]
Aardman Animations is working with Fictioneers, a British creative consortium, on a new Wallace and Gromit project that will be available this autumn as a downloadable mobile AR app for iOS and Android devices. Carolyn Giardina writing in The Hollywood Reporter tells us that The Big Fix Up is a partnership between Aardman and consortium […]