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August 19, 2013 //

An Epic Experience at Blue Skies Studio to celebrate the Release of Epic to Blu-Ray & DVD #EpicDay

As a Fox Home Entertainer Insider, I was invited to Media Day at Blue Sky Studio by Fox Home Entertainment.  All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.
Today is the day that you and your family can enjoy Epic on Blu-Ray and DVD!
To celebrate the  release of the family-friendly adventure Epic to Blu-ray and DVD, Media were invited to  Blue Sky Studios with Academy Award-winning director Chris Wedge and filmmakers Mike Knapp and Greg Couch.
Journalists were taken to four different stations at the studio to see how various aspects of production really come to life, including sculpting, story boarding, rigging and of course, animating.
Epic Collage
Lead sculptor Vicki Saulls discuss the 3D animation process behind Blue Sky Studio’s “Epic” movie, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, at Blue Sky Studios in Greenwich, CT.

It takes about 3 weeks to create a character in clay. I found it fascinating to learn how much time each part of the process takes.

 

Epic Sculptures Collage

In the Rigging Department, we met Sabine Heller, Senior Character Technical Director.  It is the Rigging Deptartment’s job to make the anatomy of the characters.  She makes the joints and strings to connect it all.

Difficult controls are hidden so that animator can create expressions.  Main characters take about 6 months, but nim Galuu took 8 months.

Story artist Warren Leonhardt discussed the story board process and how he comes up with his ideas.  He spends time visualizing and “making a movie in his mind” to help the creativity flow.

 

Senior animator David Sloss discussed the computer animation process behind Blue Sky Studio’s “Epic” movie.  He showed us how the characters are animated.  The animator act outs and videos their characters to understand the feeling and mood of the character.  It takes about 40-50 hours a week for 3 1/2 seconds of animation.  Wow! Below is a glimpse at what he showed us.

Chris Wedge, Mike Knapp, Greg CouchAcademy Award winning director Chris Wedge, left, production designer Greg Couch, center, and art director Mike Knapp discuss the animation process behind Blue Sky Studio’s “Epic” movie, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, in Greenwich, CT.  (Diane Bondareff/Invision for Twentieth Century Fox)Interesting Facts Learned about Epic

  • Avg leafman is 2 inches tall and weighs 2 grams
  • Nature inspired everything
  • Queen Tara dress white iris train of daisy and honeysuckle
  • Look of decay – look Into an old treestump.
  • Scout locations – Adirondacks  and state parks in Connecticut

epic caricatures  1 Collage

 

 

The Blue Skies Studio Tour was an amazing experience.  My girls and I learned so much about the process of making an animated movie.  We are ready to see Epic on Blu-Ray/ DVD!

Blue Skies Animation Studio #EpicDay

 

To win a copy of the Epic DVD, please click here.

To find activity sheets and coloring pages for Epic, please click here

To read all about our walk down the Green Carpet for the Epic Premiere in May, please click here.

 

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Filed Under: Movies, NYC trips Tagged With: Blue Skies Studio in CT, Epic Release

Comments

  1. Mitch says

    August 20, 2013 at 8:02 am

    I really enjoyed this movie!
    And we met Chris at the original junket, it was very exciting!
    thanks,
    Mitch

  2. Jessica @FoundtheMarbles says

    August 20, 2013 at 8:16 am

    How cool is that? Looks like a great day – and so interesting! Glad you had fun.

  3. Melissa says

    August 20, 2013 at 8:44 am

    What a fun experience and ho neat that your kids ere able to come with you! I really want to see this!

  4. Kelly Stilwell says

    August 20, 2013 at 8:59 am

    Wow! This is so cool! My daughter wants to be an animator. She just started sculpture at our community college yesterday. Of course she says, “You weren’t invited?” Ha! Maybe someday…Thanks for this post. We really enjoyed it!

  5. Brett says

    August 20, 2013 at 9:51 am

    ok its SO COOL your kids got to go with you!! my kids loooooooooooved this movie. can’t wait to get it on bluray!

  6. Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says

    August 20, 2013 at 12:41 pm

    That’s so neat the both kids and parents had activities suited just for them. I’ve liked the idea of the movie since I first saw a trailer a long time ago!

  7. Sofia says

    August 20, 2013 at 12:47 pm

    What a great experience!! And your girls got their own caricature!! 🙂

  8. Debi@ The Spring Mount 6 Pack says

    August 20, 2013 at 12:49 pm

    That is really cool. I bet it was a lot of fun.

  9. Jai says

    August 20, 2013 at 1:34 pm

    Those sculptures are amazing! I didn’t realize that they still did things that way, even to visualize the characters. I assumed everything was done on a computer.

  10. Becca - My Crazy Good Life says

    August 20, 2013 at 3:43 pm

    It STILL amazes me when I see how cartoons are made. It blows my mind that they can mesh all of the scenes together!

  11. Shannon (The Mommy-Files) says

    August 20, 2013 at 4:15 pm

    Wow – this sounds like an amazing experience!

  12. Angela says

    August 20, 2013 at 4:45 pm

    That is such a cool experience! I’m glad you could share it with your girls.

  13. Shop with Me Mama says

    August 20, 2013 at 5:01 pm

    We JUST got this movie in the mail to watch and I can’t wait to see it with my kids tonight! Looks like you had a blast!

  14. Katie Johnson says

    August 22, 2013 at 4:48 pm

    Those sculptures are really neat. Such a great experience.

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