In 2013, the World's smallest stop-motion film 'A Boy And His Atom', was created by researchers at which company?
"Nico Casavecchia Nico Casavecchia (born ""Nicolás Casavecchia""; May 13, 1981) is an Argentine director, screenwriter and illustrator. His work includes music videos, commercials and film, often employing mix media techniques ranging from animation to live action. Casavecchia most notably directed ""A Boy and His Atom"" (2013) a stop-motion animated short film created by IBM Research scientists, made by moving carbon monoxide molecules. The movie has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the World's Smallest Stop-Motion Film. Casavecchia was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied graphic design in the University of Buenos Aires for"
"Boy and His Atom""; the World's Smallest Stop-Motion Film as recognized by the ""Guinness Book of World Records"". Their research showed that data storage could shrink from a standard of one million atoms, down to twelve. Less than five years later, the team Heinrich was on reduced this number to a single atom. He later moved to South Korea to become a distinguished professor at Ewha Womans University and director of the Institute for Basic Science Center for Quantum Nanoscience in 2016. One of the long-term goals for the center is to fully control the quantum states of molecules and"
"Andreas J. Heinrich Andreas J. Heinrich is a physicist working with scanning tunneling microscope, quantum technology, nanoscience, spin excitation spectroscopy, and precise atom manipulation. He worked for IBM Research in Almaden for 18 years, during which time he developed nanosecond scanning tunneling microscopy which provided an improvement in time resolution of 100,000 times, and combined x-ray absorption spectroscopy with spin excitation spectroscopy. He was also principle investigator of the stop-motion animated short film ""A Boy and His Atom"" filmed by moving thousands of individual atoms. He serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research"
"as “the world’s smallest stop motion character animation.” Dot (film) Dot is a 2010 British animated short film created by Aardman Animations. It is a spot for the Nokia N8. University of California Berkeley professor Daniel Fletcher built a portable microscope which attaches to the Nokia N8 phone, for medical purposes. Nokia asked Aardman Animations to utilise both the microscope and the phone to create a short. The entire film is shot using a Nokia N8. Marketing week explains: ""To create ’Dot’, Aardman's in-house production technology engineer, Lew Gardiner worked alongside the Physics Department at the University of Bristol to"
"IBM (atoms) IBM in atoms was a demonstration by IBM scientists in 1989 of a technology capable of manipulating individual atoms. A scanning tunneling microscope was used to arrange 35 individual xenon atoms on a substrate of chilled crystal of nickel to spell out the three letter company initialism. It was the first time atoms had been precisely positioned on a flat surface. On Apr 30, 2013 IBM published an article on its website and a video on YouTube called ""A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie"". Donald Eigler and Erhard Schweizer of the IBM Almaden Research Center"
"atoms on clean surfaces and near interfaces which would enable the use of high-sensitivity quantum sensors. Andreas J. Heinrich Andreas J. Heinrich is a physicist working with scanning tunneling microscope, quantum technology, nanoscience, spin excitation spectroscopy, and precise atom manipulation. He worked for IBM Research in Almaden for 18 years, during which time he developed nanosecond scanning tunneling microscopy which provided an improvement in time resolution of 100,000 times, and combined x-ray absorption spectroscopy with spin excitation spectroscopy. He was also principle investigator of the stop-motion animated short film ""A Boy and His Atom"" filmed by moving thousands of individual"
"like ""Smallfoot"" and ""Scooby"" as well as more that feature both animation and live-action with ""Space Jam 2"" and ""Tom and Jerry"" starting out this tactic. The budget for their films usually range within $60–80 million. Warner Animation Group The Warner Animation Group (WAG) is the feature animation division of Warner Bros. Animation, itself a subsidiary of Warner Bros., a WarnerMedia company. Established in January 2013, the studio is the successor to the dissolved 2D traditional hand-drawn animation studio Warner Bros. Feature Animation, which shut down in 2003. Its first film ""The Lego Movie"" was released on February 7, 2014"
"A Is for Atom A Is for Atom is a 14-minute 1953 promotional animated short documentary film created by John Sutherland and sponsored by General Electric (GE). It is now in the public domain. The short explains what an atom is, how nuclear energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peacetime uses of nuclear power, and the by-products of nuclear fission. It is Sutherland's most-decorated film, having won numerous honors at film festivals. ""A is for Atom"" was re-released by General Electric in 1964. John Sutherland Studios was contracted by GE to modernize the film. Changes include included"
"Warner Animation Group The Warner Animation Group (WAG) is the feature animation division of Warner Bros. Animation, itself a subsidiary of Warner Bros., a WarnerMedia company. Established in January 2013, the studio is the successor to the dissolved 2D traditional hand-drawn animation studio Warner Bros. Feature Animation, which shut down in 2003. Its first film ""The Lego Movie"" was released on February 7, 2014 and its latest release was ""Smallfoot"" on September 28, 2018; with their next release being """" on February 8, 2019. In January 2013, Jeff Robinov (then head of the studio's motion picture division) founded a screenplay"
"and natural history documentaries. Passion Pictures Passion Pictures is an independent production company established by CEO Andrew Ruhemann in 1987 with studios in London, Melbourne, Paris, and New York City. The company's core business is its commercial and animation output which includes the Cartoon Network animated identity, the Gorillaz music videos and the Compare the Market.com commercial campaign featuring Aleksandr Orlov (meerkat). Passion Australia produced The Lost Thing directed by Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2011. In addition, Passion Pictures has a number of associated companies and divisions engaged"
"PES (director) Adam Pesapane (born May 26, 1973), known by the pseudonym PES, is an Oscar and Emmy-nominated American director and stop-motion animator of numerous short films and commercials. In 2013, his short film ""Fresh Guacamole"" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. It is the shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar. In 2016, his commercial for the Honda Motor Co. entitled ""Paper"" earned an Emmy Award nomination for ""Outstanding Commercial of 2016."" After receiving a B.A. in English Literature at the University of Virginia, PES migrated to film as a storytelling medium. His use"
"works of Aardman have received numerous awards and nominations, the major awards won include the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and BAFTA Award for Best British Film for """". Aardman Animations Aardman Animations, Ltd. (also known as Aardman Studios or simply Aardman) is a British animation studio based in Bristol. Aardman is known for films made using stop-motion clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring Plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit. After some experimental computer animated short films during the late 1990s, beginning with ""Owzat"" (1997), it entered the computer animation market with ""Flushed Away"" (2006). Aardman films have made $1"
"for Rhythm & Hues' work on ""Life of Pi"". Rhythm and Hues Studios Rhythm & Hues is an American visual effects and animation company that received the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1995 for ""Babe"", in 2008 for ""The Golden Compass"", and in 2013 for ""Life of Pi"". It has also received four Scientific and Technical Academy Awards. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2013. Rhythm & Hues Studios was established in Los Angeles, California in 1987 by former employees of Robert Abel and Associates (John Hughes, Pauline Ts'o, Keith Goldfarb, Cliff Boule, Frank Wuts and"
"simulate particle motion in CGI. Lasseter and Reeves received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (Oscar) in 1988 for their work on the film ""Tin Toy"". Their collaboration continued with Reeves acting as the Supervising Technical Director of the first feature length, computer-animated film: ""Toy Story"". In 1996 he became the 2nd awardee of the J.W. Graham Medal, named in honor of Wes Graham an early influential Professor of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, and annually awarded to an influential alumnus of the University's Faculty of Mathematics. William Reeves (animator) William ""Bill"" Reeves is a Canadian"
"Rhythm and Hues Studios Rhythm & Hues is an American visual effects and animation company that received the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1995 for ""Babe"", in 2008 for ""The Golden Compass"", and in 2013 for ""Life of Pi"". It has also received four Scientific and Technical Academy Awards. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2013. Rhythm & Hues Studios was established in Los Angeles, California in 1987 by former employees of Robert Abel and Associates (John Hughes, Pauline Ts'o, Keith Goldfarb, Cliff Boule, Frank Wuts and Charles Gibson). The company uses its own proprietary software"
"Method Animation Method Animation (sometimes called Method Animation Studios or Norman Studios and also known as On Animation Studios) is a French company which produces CGI-animated shows. It came together in 2014 as the culmination of a merger of Dimitri Rassam's Chapter 2 and Alexis Vonarb's Onyx Films. Method Animation is the parent company. Paris-based ON Entertainment, headed by Rassam, is one of its divisions. Aton Soumache is an award-winning producer of animated films. He is the CEO of Method Animation. Soumache is perhaps best known for The Little Prince (2015 film), for which he, Rassam, Alexis Vonarb, and Mark"
"although far fewer than 10,000 were likely ever built. The company was permitted to call this device a ""tricorder"" because Gene Roddenberry's contract included a clause allowing any company able to create functioning technology to use the name. In February 2007, researchers from Purdue University publicly announced their portable (briefcase-sized) DESI-based mass spectrometer, the ""Mini-10"", which can be used to analyze compounds in ambient conditions without prior sample preparation. This was also announced as a ""tricorder"". In March 2008, British biotech company QuantuMDx was founded to develop the world's first handheld DNA lab, a molecular diagnostic point-of-care device which will"
"Aardman Animations Aardman Animations, Ltd. (also known as Aardman Studios or simply Aardman) is a British animation studio based in Bristol. Aardman is known for films made using stop-motion clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring Plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit. After some experimental computer animated short films during the late 1990s, beginning with ""Owzat"" (1997), it entered the computer animation market with ""Flushed Away"" (2006). Aardman films have made $1 billion worldwide and average $147 million per film. All of their stop motion films are among the highest-grossing stop-motion films, with their debut, ""Chicken Run"" (2000), being their top-grossing film"
"Similar to the Warner Animation Group and Sony Pictures Animation, Paramount Animation relies on other animation studios and VFX companies to provide the animation on their films, with the main studio only having about 10 employees working there. This includes Nickelodeon Animation Studio and Rough Draft Studios ("""", ""The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge""), Mr. X and Moving Picture Company (""Monster Trucks""), Mikros Image (""Sherlock Gnomes,"" """"), and Ilion Animation Studios (""Wonder Park"", ""Luck""). Some, such as the upcoming films like ""Sonic the Hedgehog"" (Marza Animation Planet & Blur Studio), ""Luck"" (Skydance Media and Ilion Animation Studios), and ""Monster"
"his mother. The short story comes to life in a multi-technique animation sequence. ""Buildings and Vampires"" was showcased in festivals around the world. In 2016 it premiered his first feature film, ""Finding Sofia"". Casavecchia has participated in various international conferences as a public speaker. The talks explore the themes of failure, creativity and hybrid disciplines and are frequently illustrated with personal experiences and anecdotes of his own career. The conferences evolve and change depending on the venue but are always titled ""Story of my professional failures"". In 2013 ""A Boy and His Atom"" won a Golden and Bronze lion at"
"Passion Pictures Passion Pictures is an independent production company established by CEO Andrew Ruhemann in 1987 with studios in London, Melbourne, Paris, and New York City. The company's core business is its commercial and animation output which includes the Cartoon Network animated identity, the Gorillaz music videos and the Compare the Market.com commercial campaign featuring Aleksandr Orlov (meerkat). Passion Australia produced The Lost Thing directed by Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2011. In addition, Passion Pictures has a number of associated companies and divisions engaged in a variety of"
"been created by the industrial food producers,"" who have done a ""very good job of creating a rosy picture of their industry."" The film reflects Chipotle's marketing strategy of avoiding television advertising; the company's goal is to come across as an alternative to factory farming and a more ""highbrow"" option over other fast food restaurants. ""The Scarecrow"" was animated by Moonbot Studios, a small firm co-founded by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg that won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2012. Moonbot liked Chipotle's food and ethos and created a video centered around scarecrows, which ""normally protect"
"Loving Vincent is currently in production set for early 2019. BreakThru Films BreakThru Films is a film production company based in Sopot in Poland. Founded in 2002 by Hugh Welchman and initially based in the United Kingdom. The company concentrated mostly in the production of short films, animation, documentary and live-stage shows but has since focused mainly on feature films. Their 2006 short film Peter and the Wolf was awarded an Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated) and their 2017 feature film Loving Vincent was Academy nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. BreakThru Films was founded in"
"""Mad Monster Party?"" (1966, 1967), ""The Little Drummer Boy"" (1968), ""Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"" (1970) and ""Here Comes Peter Cottontail"" (1971). Under the name of ""Animagic"", the stop-motion works of Rankin/Bass were supervised by Tadahito Mochinaga at his MOM Production in Tokyo, Japan. In 1975, filmmaker and clay animation experimenter Will Vinton joined with sculptor Bob Gardiner to create an experimental film called ""Closed Mondays"" which became the world's first stop-motion film to win an Oscar. Will Vinton followed with several other successful short film experiments including ""The Great Cognito"", ""Creation"", and ""Rip Van Winkle"" which were each"
"said project leader Andreas J. Heinrich. ""The reason we made this was not to convey a scientific message directly, but to engage with students, to prompt them to ask questions."" In addition, the researchers created three still images to promote ""Star Trek Into Darkness""—the Federation logo, the starship ""Enterprise"", and a Vulcan salute. Guinness World Records certified the movie as The World's Smallest Stop-Motion Film ever made. The film was accepted into the Tribeca Online Film Festival and shown at the New York Tech Meet-up and the World Science Festival. Now in the top 1% of all most-watched YouTube videos,"
"Disney Company in a long-term contract to exclusively produce stop-motion films. This not only returns Selick to his original roots, but also reunites Selick with numerous former friends and co-animators. His new studio, called ""Cinderbiter Productions"", is self-described as ""a new stop motion company whose mandate is to make great, scary films for young 'uns with a small, tight-knit crew who watch each other’s backs."" Selick and Cinderbiter's first film under this deal, a project called ""ShadeMaker"", was set to be released on October 4, 2013. In August 2012 it was reported that Disney had stopped production on the project,"
"Ace & Son Ace & Son Moving Picture Co. LLC is a design and animation production company in New York City. The company's work has a wide range of looks and animation styles, utilizing computer graphics, puppets, stop motion and a diverse selection of illustration. After several years of working for R. O. Blechman at The Ink Tank, Richard O'Connor as producer and Brian O'Connell as executive producer/co-creative director, they founded Asterisk Animation, LLC, in 2003. They dissolved the company in 2011, Brian O'Connell forming Asteroid Media, Inc., and Richard O'Connor forming Ace & Son Moving Picture Co., LLC. In"
"12 months in preparation for the seventieth anniversary of the detonation of Little Boy over Hiroshima, Japan and the beginning of the atomic age. The project received investment from Film Victoria in March 2014. The project's treatment and presenter were taken to the Sunny Side of the Doc film festival and marketplace in France in 2014. The production team pitched the project at the annual EBU Science & Knowledge Pitch and attracted ZDF/Arte (Germany/France) to join pre-existing broadcaster partners, PBS (USA) and SBS (Australia). The production has also been supported by Screen Australia. Official website Uranium – Twisting the Dragon's"
"the end of the year, the studio laid off more staff in its computer animation department to focus exclusively on stop-motion. Their second stop-motion feature film, ""ParaNorman"", directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler opened on August 17, 2012. It received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, as well as a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the BAFTAs, and eight nominations at the Annie Awards, winning two, for Character Animation and Character Design in an Animated Feature Production. After working on stop-motion commercials for clients such as Apple Inc., Fox Sports, ESPN and Coca-Cola, Laika"
"for the Academy Award for best animated short film. The film had its international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Joris Oprins Joris Oprins (born 1980, Tilburg) is an animation director. He studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. He graduated in 2003. In 2005 he worked as an animator on the stop motion children series Miffy at studio Pedri in Ankeveen. In 2007 he co-founded animation studio Job, Joris & Marieke together with Job Roggeveen and Marieke Blaauw. Job, Joris & Marieke works on commissioned work, music videos and short animated films. In 2013 they released"
"of people. The company released its debut film ""Bella"" directed by Alejandro Gomez Monteverde and starring Verástegui. The latest project of the company is ""Little Boy"" written by Alejandro Monteverde and Pepe Portillo. Starring Emily Watson, Kevin James, David Henrie, Jacob Salvati, Ben Chaplin, and set in 1945, it tells the story of Pepper, an eight-year-old who does all he can to be reunited with his father, a soldier fighting in World War II and captured by the Japanese. Meanwhile, Pepper has to befriend Hashimoto, a Japanese man living in his town. Eduardo Verástegui José Eduardo Verástegui Córdoba (; born"
"won its first Academy Award for a short film in forty-four years with ""Paperman"", which was released in theaters with ""Wreck-It Ralph"". Directed by John Kahrs, ""Paperman"" utilized new software developed in-house at the studio called Meander, which merges hand-drawn and computer animation techniques within the same character to create a unique ""hybrid."" According to Producer Kristina Reed, the studio is continuing to develop the technique for future projects, including an animated feature. In 2013, the studio laid off nine of its hand-drawn animators, including Nik Ranieri and Ruben A. Aquino, leading to speculation on animation blogs that the studio"
"""Tin Toy"", won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, the first computer-animated film to claim the award. It was also the first win for the hardware company, which was still struggling to sell its main product: the Pixar Image Computer. The key animator and director behind ""Tin Toy"", John Lasseter, had once worked at Disney several years prior but was fired by unknowingly stepping on his superiors' toes with his support for computer animation. Now, Disney took notice of the Oscar win for ""Tin Toy"" and began a campaign to win Lasseter back. Lasseter turned the studio's offer"