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Established in 2000
Grossed over $4
billion at box office
1st animated studio to
use stereoscopic
3D
DreamWorks Animation Studio
• Released 25 Animated Movies• Mission Statement: Create movies for Kids
and Adults• Shrek 2 largest grossing CG animation
film at 441 million • 2nd largest Franchise in the World
DreamWorks Animation
Ranked 14th on Fortune Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For
Classes: Storytelling, Figure Drawing, Sculpture
Free Breakfasts and Lunches
Halloween Costume Contests
Film Release Day
Perks of DreamWorks Animation
• Completed in 5 years
• Nearly 2,000 employees helped produce
• Domestic Gross: 217 million
• Budget: 165 million
• How to Train Your Dragon Sequel (June 2014)
How to Train Your Dragon
4 Step Process
Development
DreamWorks Animation discovers Cressida
Cowell’s book, How to Train Your Dragon
Bonnie Arnold become producer (producer of
Over the Hedge)
Directors hired: Dean DeBlois and Chris
Sanders
Sketches
Mystical paradise
Dragon’s Nest
Viking Helmets
and Weapons
Vikings Sketches
Jaguar
Toothless
Story Boarding
Hiccup/Character Development
Book vs. Movie
Vikings train dragons
Toothless 10 pound dragon, size of Chihuahua
Astrid
Pre-Production
Modeling
Voices Behind the Characters
America Ferrera Craig Ferguson Kristen Wiig
Jonah Hill Jay Baruchel Gerard Butler
Layout/Scenery
Burke Island Dragons’ Island Cove Training Arena
Dragons
Gronckle
Lava Blast with 6 shot limit
Deadly Nadder
Spine Shoot with Blind spot in front of his nose
Monstrous Nightmare
Fire Burst
Toothless
Protective
Pet
Mysterious
Production
The Age of 3D
Monsters & Aliens
$175 million dollar budget
58% of Revenue
What is 3D?
Picture 1
This is 3D
Picture 2
2D vs. 3D
Left vs. Right Eye
6 degrees5 areas of
visionClose one
Eye
Post-Production
Sound
Sound last step of an animated film
Sound created by the Skywalker Sound company
• Dialogue • Sound Effect• Background Music
Three Main Soundtracks of the Movie:
Sound Effects
• Colette Dahanne, Josh Gold
• Hundreds Sound Tracks
Dragon’s Voices
• Worked on Dragons Voice from the start of the movie
• Sound designer’s voice
• Animal sounds
• Randy Thom, director of the sound
Toothless (Night Fury)
• Randy Thom’s voice
• Elephants
• Horses
• Tigers
• Cats
Background Music
Background music: music or
soundscapes primarily intended to be passively listened to
John Powell: Music Composer
• Academy Award Winner for Best Music in an Animated Feature Production
• From London, England
• Composer, Conductor, Producer
Test Drive
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