Are you working on a live-action video
and realize that you need an animated rope, laser, bullet, goop,
butterfly, rain, smoke, blimp, grappling hook, melting car, light
saber, or iPod? Do you need a caterpillar to jump out of a tent and
scare a live actor? Do you need to enhance the effects of your
dancing bug? Do you need a curtain to close over your singer?
Welcome to our world of special effects!
Fruits VS Bugs Episode 2:
The Animation Empire works with each
client to meet the unique needs of that specific production. Through
daily interactions (or less regular, if desired), we show the work
to our clients and gain feedback as we go. We begin by designing the
characters/logo or finding source images of the characters/logo. We
then model the character or logo in 3D, we apply texture, color, and
patterns to the models, and then animate the models. Finally, we
C. The designs, models, textures, animations,
and even lighting are created according to the style needed for each
production (cartoony, realistic, in a specific environment, etc.).
The Animation Empire has completed
effects for direct-to-video cartoons, corporate events, YouTube
videos, short films, and music videos. For our
experience in general 3D animation, please see "3D Animation" on the upper left. For our experience in videogames and websites,
please see the appropriate buttons on the upper left.
Take a look at the process involved in
some of our projects:
The Watchmen
Pull yourself
into the process of making an animated grappling hook and
rope.
Fruits VS Bugs
Check out the
process we went through for our effects in Fruits VS Bugs.
iBob
Caterpillars
that build a terminator monkey in order to... time travel?
Music Video
Take a look at
these scene transitions made for a Miko Marks music video.
Money Tree
Check out our
melting car and sink that goes flying through the wall.
The animators at The Animation Empire
have degrees from various universities and
colleges, including DigiPen Institute
of Technology (associated with Nintendo, it resides in Redmond, WA).
Their work experience includes companies like IBM and Microsoft.
Some of our animators have left to model and animate for videogames,
including the Godzilla series, the Mario Striker series, and more.
The Animation Empire uses different
software and technology to get each specific job done. Among others,
our software includes 3D Studio Max, Maya, Blender, Photoshop, and
Premiere.
Shrek is an animated feature based upon William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture book of the same name. It was directed by New Zealander Andrew Adamson and animated by DreamWorks Animation SKG in May 2001. It was the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, a category introduced in 2001.
The name Shrek likely comes from the Yiddish word שרעק (pronounced Shreck) or the German word Schreck, in either case meaning "fear" or "terror".
The film features the voices of Mike Myers as a large, strong, peace-loving yet grumpy green ogre named Shrek, Cameron Diaz as the beautiful but very down-to-earth and feisty Princess Fiona, Eddie Murphy as a talkative donkey named Donkey, and John Lithgow as the villainous Lord Farquaad. Chris Farley was originally going to do the voice for Shrek and did at least half of the audio for the voice, but died before the project was completed. Dreamworks then re-cast the voice role to Mike Myers. After Myers had completed providing the voice for the character and the movie was well into production, he asked to be allowed to re-record all of his lines in a Scottish accent similar to the one his mother used when she told him bedtime stories. Myers had also employed this character voicing for a skit during his Saturday Night Live tenure, and also for the character Stuart MacKenzie in the motion picture So I Married an Axe Murderer.
