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| Company type | Subsidiary of 20th Century Fox[1] |
|---|---|
| Industry | CGI animation Motion pictures |
| Founded | February 1987 |
| Founder | Chris Wedge V. Gopalakrishnan |
| Headquarters | Greenwich, Connecticut, USA |
Key people | Carlos Saldanha |
| Products | CGI animated films |
| Owner | News Corporation |
| Parent | 20th Century Fox |
| Website | www |
Blue Sky Studios is an American CGI-animation studio which specializes in high-resolution, computer-generated character animation and rendering. It is owned by 20th Century Fox and located in Greenwich, Connecticut. In addition to their feature-length animated films, including Ice Age series, Robots (2005), and Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Blue Sky has worked on many high-profile movies, primarily in the integration of live-action with computer-generated animation.
History
1987–1997
Blue Sky was founded in February, 1987 by Chris Wedge, Carl Ludwig and four other artists and technicians who had previously worked on the Disney film Tron while employed at MAGI/Synthavision.[2] Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, the studio concentrated on the production of television commercials and visual effects for film. Some of the more memorable commercials that Blue Sky worked on during this time period were a Chock Full O' Nuts spot with a talking coffee bean, and an intro for a Nickelodeon cartoon called Nicktoons that featured the show's mascot, Nick Boy, realized as human-shaped orange goo. Using their proprietary animation pipeline, the studio produced over 200 spots for clients such as Chrysler, M&M/Mars, General Foods, Texaco, and the United States Marines.[3]
1997–present
In August 1997, 20th Century Fox's Los Angeles-based effects company, VIFX, acquired Blue Sky Studios to form Blue Sky|VIFX.[4] The new effects company produced visual effects for films such as The X-Files, Blade, Armageddon, Titanic and Alien Resurrection.[5] In 1999, Blue Sky and director Chris Wedge received for the animated short film Bunny their first Academy Award. The same year VIFX was sold to Rhythm & Hues Studios, and Blue Sky was re-purposed to focus solely on animated features.[6]
In 2002, Blue Sky released their first computer-animated feature film Ice Age, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
As of Monday, January 5, 2009, the studio moved from White Plains, New York to Greenwich, Connecticut.[7]
For 20th Century Fox's 75th anniversary, Blue Sky created a new 20th Century Fox logo for them with an extra searchlight and palm trees. This logo was first seen on Avatar.
Technology
The studio is notable for its proprietary Renderer CGI Studio, a rendering software system like Pixar's RenderMan. Initially developed by Eugene Troubetzkoy, Carl Ludwig, Tom Bisogno and Michael Ferraro,[3] CGI Studio was notable for its use of ray tracing as opposed to REYES-like scanline rendering prevalent throughout the CG industry.
Filmography
Feature films
| # | Title | Release date | Budget | Gross | RT | IMDb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ice Age | March 15, 2002 | $59,000,000 | $383,257,136 | 77% | 7.4 |
| 2 | Robots | March 11, 2005 | $75,000,000 | $260,718,330 | 64% | 6.4 |
| 3 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | March 31, 2006 | $80,000,000 | $655,388,158 | 57% | 6.9 |
| 4 | Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! | March 14, 2008 | $85,000,000 | $297,138,014 | 79% | 7.2 |
| 5 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | July 1, 2009 | $90,000,000 | $886,686,817 | 45% | 7.1 |
| 6 | Rio | April 15, 2011 | $90,000,000 | $168,000,000 | 76% | 7.5 |
Upcoming films
| Title | Release date | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Ice Age: Continental Drift | July 13, 2012 | |
| Budgie the Little Helicopter | Spring, 2014 | |
| The Legend of the Leaf Men | TBA | [9] |
| Spore | TBA | [10] |
| The Story of Ferdinand | TBA | [11] |
Short films
| Title | Release Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bunny | 1998 | Academy Award winner |
| Gone Nutty | November 26, 2002 | Academy Award nominee |
| Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty | September 19, 2005 | |
| No Time for Nuts | November 21, 2006 | Academy Award nominee |
| Surviving Sid | December 9, 2008 | |
| Scrat's Continental Crack-up | December 25, 2010 |
Contributions
- Nicktoons (1993) - animated opening
- Joe's Apartment (1996) – dancing and singing cockroaches
- Alien Resurrection (1997) – the aliens
- A Simple Wish (1997) – numerous characters and special effects
- Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) – several alien creatures
- The Sopranos (1999) – the "talking fish"
- Jesus' Son (1999) – sacred heart, "liquid" glass, and screaming cotton ball effects
- Fight Club (1999) – the "sliding" penguin
- Titan A.E. (2000) – 3D animation: creation of the new world
- 20th Century Fox - ident (2009)
- 2011 Kids' Choice Awards - Rio's Blu and Jewel cameo appearance
See also
References
- ^ "Company Info of Blue Sky Studios". Blue Sky Studios. Retrieved September 15, 2010.
- ^ Dumas, Timothy (2010-10). "Animation Domination". Greenwich Magazine. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b Ohmer, Susan (1997-05-01). "Ray Tracers: Blue Sky Studios". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2006-09-29.
- ^ Blue Sky/VIFX via Business Wire (1997-08-27). "VIFX and Blue Sky Studios Combine to Create Visual Effects Powerhouse; Company to be Known as Blue Sky/VIFX". AllBusiness.com. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
{{cite news}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ VFX HQ. "Blue Sky/VIFX". VFX HQ. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
- ^ The Hollywood Reporter (1999-03-03). "Rhythm & Hues Rounds Up Vifx". AllBusiness.com. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ^ Strike, Joe (2009-01-28). "Checking Out Blue Sky's New Connecticut Studio". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
- ^ McClintock, Pamela (2010-05-05). "Fox sets 3D 'Ice Age' sequel". Variety. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
- ^ Barnes, Brooks (2010-01-10). "Taking Aim at the Big Names in Animated Film". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
- ^ Graser, Marc (2009-10-01). "EA sets up 'Spore' at Fox". Variety. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
- ^ Brodesser-Akner, Claude (2011-02-18). "Fox, Ice Age Director Bullish on The Story of Ferdinand". New York. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
