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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