studio v architecture , styled as studio v architecture , founded in 2006 , is a new york city-based architecture and planning firm led by jay valgora .

the firm executes projects across new york and throughout the tri-state region .

studio v has been highlighted for its adaptive reuse design of important new york city sites , including the $ 400 million renovation of macy ’s herald square , named by architectural record the largest retail project in north america in 2012 and 2013 , and the empire stores on the brooklyn waterfront .

among studio v 's awards are the light & architecture design award by architectural lighting , the new york design award for best commercial project , the illuminating engineering society of new york ’s lumen award , and the award for best store design of the year in 2014 by design : retail magazine .

the firm ’s work has been highlighted by national and regional institutions , including the american planning association , american institute of architects , urban land institute , the architect ’s newspaper , municipal art society , metropolitan waterfront alliance and the rubin museum of art .

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. . . complex to the nearest subway station . jay valgora studio v architecture founder and principal jay valgora studio v is responsible for the proposed design of . . .
. . . rendering of the rooftop at 155 attorney street ( credit : studio v architecture ) updated , 12 : 15 p . m . , nov . 26 : some fresh renderings - - courtesy of studio v architecture - - . . .
“ [ studio first is a ] great introduction to an architecture studio for somebody with little experience in a creative practice . ”
. . . th is being designed by jay valgora’s studio v architecture . the firm’s other projects in the city include the empire stores in dumbo . . .
. . . in december . the architects are jay valgora of studio v architecture and cas stachelberg of higgins quasebarth & partners . - - tess hofmann . . .
. . . astoria cove ( credit : studio v architecture ) ( inset : gary labarbera ) the building and construction trades council is going after alma realty . . .
studio v architecture is a manhattan - based architecture firm that jay valgora , principal , founded in 2006 . the firm ' s major projects include master planning for hallets cove and astoria cove , both in astoria , queens .
. . . rendering of hallets point in astoria ( credit : studio v architecture ) talk about going off the grid . the durst organization’s hallets point development in . . .
. . . astoria cove ( credit : studio v architecture ) 1 . the astoria waterfront is booming 2 . after brooklyn , robert pattinson checks out manhattan pad in . . .
zachary colbert aia ncarb , studio first director and visiting professor from nyc discussing a study model with kevin , studio first alumnus and current master of architecture candidate .
. . . valiotis and a rendering of astoria cove ( credit : studio v architecture ) a 1995 court decision reveals that steve valiotis , a principal of astoria cove developer alma . . .
. . . for retail , restaurants and offices . perkins eastman and studio v architecture , who are handling design , released new renderings of the project . midtown equities plans to . . .
. . . now . rendering of hallets point in astoria ( credit : studio v architecture ) “historically , the durst organization has used union labor . unfortunately , it has become cost prohibitive . . .
. . . costa constantinide and rendering of astoria cove ( credit : studio v architecture ) alma realty , the lead developer of the massive mixed - use astoria cove redevelopment , agreed to . . .
. . . speaker melissa mark - viverito , rendering of astoria cove ( credit : studio v architecture ) and alma realty ' s steve valiotis city planners miscalculated the affordable housing requirement at the . . .
. . . mark - viverito and a rendering of astoria cove ( credit : studio v architecture ) unless more affordable housing is added , city council speaker melissa mark - viverito will oppose the . . .
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studio first is designed for participants with no formal academic background in architecture , who may wish to pursue graduate education in architecture , urbanism , and / or other design related academic fields .
. . . rendering of 600 west 58th street in midtown ( credit : studio v architecture ) ( inset : douglas durst ) the durst organization revealed a new rendering for a 10 - story rental . . .
. . . valiotis and a rendering of astoria cove ( credit : studio v architecture ) the developers behind the planned 2 . 2 million - square - foot astoria cove complex in queens struck a tentative . . .
. . . left : douglas durst and hallets point rendering ( credit : studio v architecture ) 26 - 01 1st street , hallets point the durst organization filed plans for its 22 - story , mixed - use . . .
. . . left : costa constantinides , rendering of astoria cove ( credit : studio v architecture ) and bill de blasio the 2 . 2 million - square - foot astoria cove development is at risk of being . . .
all instruction will take place in the architecture studios and labs at the azrieli school of architecture & urbanism on the carleton university campus in ottawa .
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ylönen , v . 2012 . m . sc . thesis . hietsu pavilion – refurbishment of the hietaranta beach changing rooms into a community space . aalto university school of arts , design and architecture . department of architecture . espoo , finland . ( pdf )
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participants will have the opportunity to explore architecture in the nation’s capital city , and participate in an exclusive tour at the canadian centre for architecture in montreal .
studio first , the first program of its kind in canada – is an intensive immersion studio for participants with no formal academic background in architecture . the main goal of the program is to allow participants the opportunity to generate portfolio material appropriate for application to the three year master of architecture accredited degree .
participants will be exposed to leaders in the fields of architecture , urbanism and heritage practice , as well as , participate in private tours of local architecture firms .
zachary is a principal at inter - projects architecture , an architecture firm dedicated to the intersection of building and experimental research . the firm operates in the realms of architecture , urbanism and landscape within the context of oklahoma and new york city .
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. . . the arthur , a six - story pre - war building converted by studio v architecture . the classic art deco building features 68 one - and two - bedroom apartments ranging from $ 4 , 200 to $ 4 , 950 . units . . .
ylönen , v . 2008 . b . sc . thesis . älyn ja tunteen tilat – arkkitehtuuri andrei tarkovskin elokuvassa stalker . helsinki university of technology , department of architecture . espoo , finland . ( pdf )
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the topwin center and intercontinental beijing sanlitun won an aia hong kong honor award for architecture .
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this innovative program gives participants the chance to work on their graduate school portfolio under the supervision of our studio instructors , experience intensive studio culture , and network with like - minded participants and experts in the fields of architecture , urban design , digital fabrication and heritage conservation .
hyttinen , p . , parkkonen , j . , ylönen , v . 2007 . i - house . in j . vanamo , editor . floating village – case studies . helsinki university of technology , department of architecture . espoo , finland .
hyttinen , p . , parkkonen , j . , ylönen , v . 2007 . dymaxion house . in vanamo , j . , editor . floating village – case studies . helsinki university of technology , department of architecture . espoo , finland .
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studio v is a studio based architectural and urban practice based in new york city . we are dedicated to the reinvention of the contemporary city . the focus of our work is the evolution of urban centers and the re - design of our cities to be greener , more sustainable , resilient , livable , and provide greater opportunity .
we updated the visual studio ios development tools for c + + to work with xcode 9 .
studio first includes field trips to prominent architectural landmarks in the capital region and the canadian centre for architecture in montreal , architectural firm tours with local architects , focused lectures from major thinkers in the theory and practice of architecture , as well as , workshops in digital applications , portfolio preparation , and writing statements of interest .
visual studio tools for xamarin can automatically install missing android api levels required by xamarin . android projects .
visual studio ' s bundled cmake installation has been upgraded from 3 . 10 to 3 . 11 .
the commit hash for a build of the tools is available in help > about microsoft visual studio .
visual studio closed debug a new instance project1 , when a new debug new instance project2 has started .
ylönen , v . 2015 . pääsuunnittelijan tehtävät erittäin vaativassa jännebetoni - ja sisäilmakorjauksessa – case : lahden stadion . aalto university professional development . espoo , finland . ( pdf )
ylönen , v . 2012 . aurinkokylpyjä ja okrankeltaista – hietarannan vanha pukeutumispaviljonki . in muuriankkuri , issue 2 / 2012 . the finnish cultural heritage foundation . helsinki , finland .
did you know that a master of architecture professional degree is available to students with an undergraduate major in any field . we have developed a ‘bridge’ program called studio first , to help students who are interested in such a degree .
faculty david benjamin ( m . arch ' 05 ) is interviewed by architect magazine on
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visual studio 2017 build tools support command - line builds for most visual studio projects . supported projects include : asp . net , azure , c + + desktop , clickonce , containers , . net core , . net desktop , node . js , office and sharepoint , python , typescript , unit tests , uwp , wcf , and xamarin . we expect to add support for sql in a future release . visual studio build tools now also support installing into a container . you can download visual studio build tools from visual studio downloads . a list of workload and component ids with which you can tailor your container image can be found in the visual studio build tools 2017 component directory .
zachary colbert is a registered architect and educator based in brooklyn , new york where he serves as an adjunct assistant professor of architecture at the columbia university graduate school of architecture , planning and preservation ( gsapp ) and a part - time lecturer at the parsons new school for design school of constructed environments . he is currently a visiting professor at the carleton university azrieli school of architecture and urbanism .
applications for studio first 2019 will open in october 2018 . join our mailing list to be informed when registration opens .
$ 2960 + hst ( includes some studio supplies , and access to computer software while enrolled in the program ) .
typescript 2 . 8 rc is now included in visual studio 2017 version 15 . 7 . this release brings the following improvements :
ylönen , v . 2008 . foundation for a city . in ahlava , a . & mäkynen , t . , editors . aalto - korkeakoulun rakenne - ja kampusesimerkkejä . ulh – university landscape helsinki : innovaatioyliopisto kaupungissa . helsinki university of technology , department of architecture . espoo , finland . isbn 978 - 951 - 22 - 9578 - 4 . *
studio v is a studio based architectural and urban practice based in new york city . the studio focuses on a broad range of design dealing with the contemporary urban condition at all scales and for nearly all types of projects . we design all scale projects from large and small ground up buildings and renovations , to new communities and urban infill designs , to finely scaled and detailed interiors . current projects include arts and cultural spaces and buildings , residential buildings , industrial buildings , institutional and educational facilities , urban and waterfront master planning , transportation facilities , mixed use retail and commercial buildings , restaurants and hospitality design .
the cost of studio first is considerably lower than the many similar programs in the us . coming to carleton would allow students to experience living for 5 weeks in ottawa and a studio excursion to montreal . please note : participants will cover their accommodation and transportation costs .
after update to visual studio 15 . 7 . 1 , some test programs fail in start - up due to reading access violation .
visual studio build tools now supports installing into a container , and we added support for building azure , uwp , and additional project types .
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the windows 10 april 2018 update sdk ( build 17134 ) is the default sdk for the universal windows platform development workload in visual studio .
innovative and environmentally sensitive design , creative and competent technical solutions , respect for detail and a sincere interest to build an in depth relationship with our clients to completely understand their vision and goals has been a mainstay of the collaborative v design studio , inc . agenda since our inception , and is the platform that continues to drive the firm’s principles and vision today .
visual studio asp . net and . net core developers on windows insider builds , can set breakpoints and debug their javascript files using a microsoft edge browser . visual studio will use the new edge devtools protocol developed by the microsoft edge team when targeting microsoft edge browser . developers can debug and fix javascript issues from within visual studio in both microsoft edge and google chrome browsers . we are glad to enable this often - requested feature from our customers . we would love to hear your feedback on the feature to help us improve and build a better visual studio .
“over the past month , i have found the instructors for this program very helpful in teaching us the basics of studio and assisting us through our various projects . i have learned a lot through this program that i am sure will be very helpful moving forward into a masters of architecture degree . ”
participants who are planning to apply to carleton’s march program are encouraged to visit the master of architecture ( m . arch ) page for information about the masters .
check out the python in visual studio 15 . 7 blog post for more on using the debugger , conda , mypy , and type hints .
anaconda version 5 . 1 . 0 is now available from the visual studio installer and is installed by default when the data science workload is selected .
“studio first provided a nice outlet of exploration , through different mediums and thinking . throughout the program i learned to find comfort in presenting my thoughts and ideas and not solely finished products . by the programs end , i felt at ease that despite not having a bachelor’s in architecture i was still in the right place . ”
in addition to running his own studio ville works at the major finnish architecture company pes - architects ltd as principal designer and project architect in sports and retail projects . he takes part in managing the company’s client relations with varma mutual pension insurance company . ville has also participated in kick - starting multiple coworking spaces in helsinki .
kerry niester has over 16 years of experience in landscape architecture and have worked in a number of different professional environments . from a small private firm to the parks & recreation department with the city of san antonio , to the largest landscape architecture firm in texas ( tbg partners ) , kerry has been involved in nearly all areas of the profession .
you can debug both javascript and typescript directly in visual studio when using google chrome as your browser of choice . all you need to do is select chrome as your browser in visual studio and hit f5 to debug . see the client - side debugging of asp . net projects in google chrome for additional information .
* referenced in : xanthopoulos , k . & milissi , m . 2008 . moving the school of architecture of the ntua . urltoken and www . kx - mm . com .
raised in san antonio , mark loomis has 14 years of experience in the landscape architecture industry and 14 years of related fields of architectural stonework and precast concrete technical detailing . this technical background serves mark when tackling difficult projects . with a die - hard passion for landscape architecture , mr . loomis most treasures the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of developers , design professionals .
please note : to be eligible for most master of architecture ( m . arch ) degree programs in canada , you need to have an honours bachelor’s degree ( or 4 - years bachelor’s degree ) .
visual studio build tools allow you to create build servers without installing all of visual studio . in response to customer requests , we enhanced visual studio build tools to support additional project types . these project types include uwp tools , bringing the supported project list asp . net , azure , c + + desktop , clickonce , containers , . net core , . net desktop , node . js , office and sharepoint , python , typescript , unit tests , uwp , wcf , and xamarin . we expect to add support for sql in a future release .
ylönen , v . 2015 . the chameleon on the beach . in berglund , e . & kohtala , c . , editors . changing helsinki – 11 views on a city unfolding . kustannusosakeyhtiö nemo . helsinki , finland . isbn 978 - 952 - 240 - 292 - 9 . ( buy it here )
valgora’s vision was ambitious : his firm , studio v , proposed to build a sprawling business and retail hub where tech firms could sow their brooklyn roots . the proposal aimed to build something of a silicon valley tech campus , engendering a technology - driven culture of collaboration and creativity . retail stores , bars , restaurants , and a history museum devoted to coffee will occupy the rest of the real estate , which , if all goes according to plan , should re - infuse the space with new life . “the original building had shutters and slides that you were always opening and closing , ” valgora tells me . “there was this kind of life to it . the architecture wasn’t static . i want to bring back this feeling . ”
tillotson design associates , founded in 2004 , is a wbe lighting design consultancy based in new york city . a diverse staff with backgrounds in architecture , interior design , and theater , including several leed accredited professionals , combine talents to create exemplary work . together , our principals provide over 80 years of lighting expertise . the launch of tillotson design associates came just after ms . tillotson completed lighting designs for the seattle central public library and prada beverly hills with the office for metropolitan architecture .
collaborative v design studio is a scottsdale , arizona based full service landscape architectural and land planning firm composed of diverse yet complimentary design and development based talents specializing in thematic driven , master planned , active adult and recreational base communities , multi - family , senior living residential and mixed use development throughout the western and arid regions of the united states and abroad . formed in 1993 under a previous name the firm re - branded itself in 2012 to address its expanding geographical reach , which has included developments in the united states , mexico , china and the middle east .
improved save experience : before you update visual studio , all pending changes will be saved locally first - - before starting the update . the update dialog , will show a save all & update button instead of update now .
the visual studio installer ships with an updated android sdk configuration , including android api 27 and android sdk tools 26 . this includes support for quick boot , which enables your android emulator to boot in less than five seconds .
the dialog window ( figure 2 ) that indicates which long running operation is keeping visual studio busy , is now screen reader accessible ( for example , nvda , narrator , etc . ) . when the dialog is shown by visual studio , the screen reader plays an audio cue indicating new information is visible on the screen . users can read the contents of the dialog or interact with the cancel button when available by invoking the change view command in narrator .
mr . hillman has educational and practical experience as both a landscape architect and an artist . as a licensed landscape architect he has completed a multitude of retail , municipal , and multi - family projects . most notably , his work with the optima developments merges architecture and landscape architecture into a vertical living ecosystem . as an artist , he has completed both public and private artwork and has had his work displayed internationally . his combination of artistic and technical skills has proven essential in creating environments that define a sense of place and engage the human experience .
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mark v padilla serves as the principal in charge | lead designer | design quality assurance and every project’s primary contact . mark padilla’s lifelong knowledge of the central texas region and leadership role on a broad range of projects is valuable to the team and will prove extremely beneficial to the design and construction process . he will work on day to day coordination with all consultants and extensively with the contractor to manage construction administration services .
on the top of the site will be a green roofpark partially ensconced in glass . yet the boldest element is a schism carving through the middle of empire stores like a winding river , revealing an open courtyard . the radical concept was inspired , at least in part , by the work of artist gordon matta clark . “when these [ other architecture firms ] didn’t get it , i think they were cautious , ” says valgora . “they were trying to be respectful , which i understand . but brooklyn is bold and daring . you come here to meet people creating new products , new furniture , new designs . the architecture has to reflect that . ”
he is the author of tectonic acts of desire and doubt ( 2012 ) , the ninth volume in the architecture words series of the architectural association , and his designs and writings have appeared in numerous national and international publications . other recent publications and interviews include the extended multi - media version of “the transformations of giulio romano” ( aggregate , 2017 ) ; “palladio and eisenman redux : outside - in , ” in constructs ( yale university school of architecture , 2016 ) ; “mark rakatansky , mark rakatansky studio , ” conversation with the editors in project ( 2015 ) ; “mark rakatansky” in form , idea , resonance : thirty years of architectural league emerging voices ( princeton architectural press , 2015 ) ; “m . rakatansky’s favorite favorite things” on symposium ( transmission arts , wgxc 90 . 7 - fm , 2014 ) ; “the transformations of giulio romano” in giulio romano e l’arte del cinquecento ( franco cosimo panini editore , 2014 ) ; and “byoung cho’s between” in byoung cho architect ( thames & hudson , 2014 ) .
when a xamarin . android project is loaded , visual studio can determine if the android api level used by the project is missing from your machine and automatically install it for you in the background . to enable this feature , go to tools > options > xamarin > android settings > auto install android sdks .
david benjamin begins this conversation with benjamin aranda , the fourth of six recorded live at the conference “making books now” on september 15 , 2017 . the conference was co - organized by columbia gsapp and the chicago architecture biennial on the occasion of the biennial’s opening at the chicago cultural center , and was hosted by gsapp’s director of publications , james graham .
born and raised in san antonio , mark has 15 years of experience in the landscape architecture industry throughout texas . mark’s design philosophy is based on the belief that the best design solution relies on a collaborative team approach . mark has overseen the design and construction of a diverse range of project types including civic parks , master plan projects , mixed - use developments and more .
the cmake targets view provides an alternative way to view a cmake project ' s source in the solution explorer ; instead of a folder - based view , it organizes the code into individual cmake targets ( figure 4 ) . the organization is similar to the organization of the project and solution files created by the cmake
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adriana ross was born and raised in bulgaria and developed a keen interest in design and architecture after moving to canada . adriana is a ph . d . candidate at the azrieli school of architecture and urbanism and has been teaching for the last 8 years as a sessional instructor . her research , teaching and original work focuses on the translation of meaning from past tradition to a contemporary context in a way that incorporates the evolution of social values . adriana has published and presented papers internationally on matters of the state and future of ecclesial buildings . her personal work on the creation and preservation of ephemeral structures has been published in the international magazine domus . through her research and studies she has received several awards and grants . adriana holds first place and honourable mentions from local and international architectural competitions .
mr . vecchia has a diverse background in the fields of land and site specific planning and landscape architecture . his ability to craft environments of micro and macro scales and to understand the symbiotic relationship in the creation of effective spaces , comes from the comprehensive understanding and application of integrated physical planning and detailed landscape architecture which is at the core of his practice . he is well versed in both the private and public sector development process acting as a design team leader and / or city liaison and coordinator . working closely with local , national and international groups over the last 25 years mr . vecchia has designed and implemented a variety of award winning master planned community , golf course , recreational , multi - family and mixed - use projects throughout the united states , mexico , middle east and china .
he has received a diverse range of awards in architecture , urbanism , and graphic design . his project open stacks was selected for the 2013 little free libraries / new york in association with architectural league of new york and the pen world voices festival . his work was selected for inclusion in the gwangju design biennale in south korea and in the city : third millennium for the venice biennale . his designs and installations have also been exhibited in the getty center ( los angeles ) , institute of contemporary art ( boston ) , künstlerhaus stuttgart , louisiana museum ( denmark ) , university of california at los angeles , the urban center , and yale university . he was selected by the architectural league of new york as an “emerging voice . ” he received a special citation in the 39th annual progressive architecture awards . his graphic design work has twice received awards from the american center for design’s annual 100 shows , as well as awards from the 41st i . d . annual design review and print’s 7th digital design & illustration annual . grants and fellowships include the chicago institute for architecture and urbanism , the graham foundation , the samuel h . kress fellowship from the fitch foundation , and the new york state council on the arts .
studio first is open to all graduates of a bachelor’s degree program from a university or equivalent , including mature students . it is also open to upper year students currently enrolled in a degree program . international students are eligible to apply ; the application process is the same for all applicants . feel free to contact us for any questions regarding your eligibility for the program .
in may of 2012 kerry’s passion and dedication to the profession inspired him to start kerry niester design , ada kn design . as an expert in graphic design and illustration renderings , march of 2016 kerry joined mp studio as a key design principal and profound sense of storytelling through placemaking in landscape architecture . kerry loves helping clients transform their initial thoughts into visual reality . through design and graphic presentation , and a focus on the details , from construction documentation through construction administration , his goal is to create a product for the client that they can be proud of . telling a story through design…giving it a soul…is kerry’s desire , no matter the size of the project , or the budget . the challenge is to be able to balance practical design decisions with maximum creativity to deliver a competitive product for each client .
xamarin . forms developers using visual studio 2017 version 15 . 7 will notice a vastly improved intellisense experience ( figure 5 ) . the xamarin . forms xaml editing experience is now powered by the same intellisense engine that powers wpf and uwp . this brings many enhancements to developers , including improved matching , light bulb suggestions , code navigation , linting , resource completion , and markup extension completion .
the core value of the firm’s design process is to provide principal involvement in all phases of every project . participation by the firm’s founders paul vecchia , matt drager and scott heffernan is accomplished by project selectivity and the use of a studio format in which the principals are not locked in private offices nor just show up for meetings , but rather are at the forefront of day to day operations .
david benjamin ( ‘05 m . arch ) is founding principal of the living and assistant professor at columbia gsapp . he also directs the gsapp incubator at the new museum’s new inc . benjamin’s work combines research and practice , and it involves exploring new ideas through prototyping . focusing on the intersection of biology , computation , and design , benjamin has articulated three frameworks for harnessing living organisms for architecture : bio - processing , bio - sensing , and bio - manufacturing .
we made ios device provisioning for development easier ( figure 6 ) . in visual studio 2017 version 15 . 7 , there ' s a streamlined experience to request a development certificate , generate a signing key , add a device in the developer center , and create a provisioning profile , all with a single button click . all the heavy lifting of provisioning an ios device is handled for you in less than 30 seconds .
in march of 2013 , brooklyn bridge park issued a call for proposals to rejuvenate the abandoned site , with one caveat : to preserve the historic integrity of the buildings . ( a similar competition had fallen through a decade earlier . ) one architecture firm submitted a proposal to convert empire stores into a multi - hyphenate boxing museum , sports center , and shopping center . ( think : chelsea piers . ) another group entered the competition with plans to transform the roof of empire stores into an urban farm .
well - designed architecture can have a significant impact on culture by reshaping behavior through physical changes to the built environment . we promise design that makes lives better . buildings are more important for what they do — for the positive impact they make on individual lives — than for what they are , in terms of image . that is why we have a solution - driven project focus that results in life - enhancing buildings and places . our vision is to be influential champions for design that makes lives better .
mark rakatansky is adjunct associate professor at columbia gsapp and principal of mark rakatansky studio . his work as an architect and writer focuses on the transformative capabilities of design . current and recently completed projects include a number of projects in indonesia ( a cultural complex , a cluster housing project , a townhouse , and the residence permana ) , as well as the apartment inner liner , the headstone for ira , the urban installation open stacks , and the clock roman time .
figuring out what android sdks to install for mobile development can be time consuming . visual studio 2017 version 15 . 7 adds a new android sdk manager that takes the guesswork out of managing android sdk installations . after opening a project for which you don’t have sdks installed to build it , a notice will appear to help you download the required sdks . after clicking download & install and accepting the relevant license agreement , the correct sdks will automatically be installed in the background for you .
mr . drager is well versed in the practice of landscape architecture and land planning . his skill set is diverse with an ability to design on a broad or detailed scale . his expertise spans the spectrum from master planning to landscape architectural construction documentation . in addition to his design experience , mr . drager excels at the analytics of project management and coordination with private sector developers and municipal agencies alike . as a native texan , he takes pride in his work . his attention to detail and unyielding work ethic afford him the ability to approach challenges as an opportunity in disguise .
the living has won many design prizes , including the emerging voices award from the architectural league , the new practices award from the american institute of architects new york chapter , the young architects program award from the museum of modern art and moma ps1 , and a holcim sustainability award . recent projects include the princeton architecture laboratory ( a new building for research on next - generation design and construction technologies ) , pier 35 ecopark ( a 200 - foot - long floating pier in the east river that changes color according to water quality ) , and hy - fi ( a branching tower for the museum of modern art and moma ps1 made of a new type of biodegradable brick ) .
in the 19th century , empire stores was a busy row of warehouses used to store and ship coffee . abandoned in the 1950s , now architect jay valgora is transforming the area into a thriving retail and business center to attract innovative talent .
it’s a freezing afternoon in late march , and i’m standing in a dark abandoned warehouse in dumbo , brooklyn , with an excitable architect . a few stories below us , construction workers are drilling and hammering away , causing the old wood floors to rattle . my hard hat doesn’t fit quite right .
the architect , jay valgora , isn’t fazed . he’s standing at the forefront of our tour group , talking animatedly about how excited he is to carry out the reconstruction of empire stores , a side - by - side collection of massive , dark red brick buildings ominously presiding over water street . abandoned since the 1950s , the historic landmark , once it’s refurbished , is being billed as new york’s next big tech and business epicenter–a pulsing slice of san francisco on the other side of the east river . valgora hopes to open for business in the fall of 2015 .
this area was terrible [ 20 years ago ] . there were bodies washing up on the river front , and the street was full of abandoned cars .
at the moment , though , its insides are hollow and dusty , the exterior shuttered and dilapidated . our group is having a hard time staying warm .
“open your hand , ” says valgora , a tall , elegantly disheveled creative - type who thinks fast , talks faster , and still chooses his words with precision . i can see the frost from his breath . he kneels , picks something small off the ground , and drops it in my palm . it’s a coffee bean . “these beans , ” he says , beaming , “are all over a century old . ”
with the last of the seven buildings completed in 1885 , all 300 , 000 - square - feet of these four - to five - story warehouses were once used to store , pack , and ship coffee . chutes , slides , and mechanical pulley systems cut through the middle of the floor plan , as if magically transposed from a steampunk nerd’s imagination . all told , the cavernous interior is a haunting relic of old - timey brooklyn .
valgora’s enthusiasm for the renovation seems to inoculate him against the cold . he tells me he first fell in love with the civil war - era space 20 years ago , when he moved to new york from london . “this area was terrible then , ” he recalls . “at that point there were bodies washing up on the river front , and the street was full of abandoned cars . ” in the late 19th and early 20th centuries , empire stores provided a physical buffer between the criminal thrum of the piers and the lives of everyday brooklynites . now it’s a shuttered monolith , sandwiched between an enormous carousel and a trendy art gallery .
“i went to a party in a warehouse near here , where people were living on one floor and artists were on another one , ” valgora recalls . “so i came to a party , and walked to the waterfront , and walked in front of these buildings , which were all boarded up and sealed off . it was literally my first week in new york . i said , ‘this is the most amazing neighborhood . i wonder if something’s ever going to come of it . & apos ; ”
in many ways , the $ 150 million renovation isn’t unlike james corner’s high line in manhattan–a little bit of old mixed with a whole lot of new . “to me it’s all about authenticity and creating contrast , ” says valgora . “the new elements have to be true to their own time . for example , i’m using state of the art glass technology to create these very sheer , elegant walls . then i’m slicing through these old walls to reveal and express where the old wood is . it’s about keeping each element true to itself , and about maintaining the authenticity and integrity of each one . ”
by some measures , tech is new york city’s fastest growing industry . a recent report from hr & a investors found that the tech ecosystem ballooned to nearly 300 , 000 jobs over the past decade , an overall increase of 18 % . individually , tech is now a bigger industry in the big apple than media or retail , comprising 12 . 6 % of new york city’s total workforce . and while major companies like google and facebook are planting their silicon alley roots in manhattan , brooklyn’s “tech triangle”– which is home to more than 500 startups –doesn’t have a centralized hub .
“young people in tech firms , they’re inhabiting the building , ” says valgora . “they’re not sealed off and putting in their eight hours there . they’re coming and going ; eating and drinking ; working , playing , sleeping . they’re hanging out in there . ”
that 24 / 7 work culture celebrated by technocrats certainly has its share of drawbacks , as hbo and valleywag like to remind us . and maintaining such a space certainly won’t come cheap : rent will run $ 65 per square foot of office space ( $ 90 for the rooftop ) , reportedly setting a record for the borough .
a representative for the site’s developer , midtown equities , says that “about a dozen” tech firms are in talks to relocate their operations to empire stores , though he declined to offer specific names . brooklyn - based west elm has already signed on to relocate its headquarters and flagship store to the site . and , fittingly , coffee roaster la colombe will be open for business as well . “i want the building to be responsive to them , ” says valgora . “i think that’s really important . most office buildings are not living things . they’re hermetically sealed off . i want it to be changeable and responsive to its environment . i want it to be social , to build a community . ”
indeed , valgora envisions empire stores becoming a pulsing , hyper - caffeinated fixture of new york’s burgeoning tech economy , a shining symbol that brooklyn–in his words–“has arrived . ”
not everyone is a fan of empire stores’ imminent resurrection , with the ribbon - cutting set–at the earliest–for fall 2015 . “the massive addition will alter the building forever without making it better , ” says doreen gallo of the dumbo neighborhood alliance . she’s hardly alone . another resident , ethan goldamn , argues that the redesign will ruin brooklyn’s view of the manhattan skyline , transforming the roof into “a glassed - in party venue destined to become just another wedding mill . ”
the criticisms leveled at the rebuild come at a time when rent in the borough is skyrocketing , nearly rivaling that of the tiny concrete island across the east river . according to bloomberg , the median monthly rent in brooklyn is $ 2 , 900 , up 13 % from a year earlier . the influx of new money will cause new , periphery businesses to spring up all around the destination . dumbo will become even more expensive than it already is .
and it might not even be the first major renovation hoping to attract a new creative class to the neighborhood . on thursday , the new york daily news reported that a cluster of buildings owned by the kushner companies , including the infamous dumbo watchtower , is about to get transformed into a similar high - tech mecca , catering to new york’s tech triangle . it is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2015 .
yet the new york described by e . b . white has always been a city defined by its divides , a delicate balancing act between new and old ; insiders and outsiders ; haves and have - nots . like the miami - style high rises in williamsburg or the barney’s in cobble hill , empire stores may just be the latest evidence that the manhattanization of brooklyn is all but inevitable .
after our tour concludes , our group retreats back into dumbo , looking for a place to warm up . a pizzeria - slash - craft beer bar turns us away–they’re closed between lunch and dinner . instead , we settle on a minimalist coffee shop that , according to one yelp review , is “the perfect place to have after dinner espresso and yummy pumpkin whoopie pies . ” valgora and i sit at a counter , facing out toward the cobblestone street . “i want the courtyard to open during the summer–so you can smell the air–and closed during the winter , but still have sight lines and views , ” he tells me , leafing through a few renderings . “i want it to be a living thing . ”
chris is a staff writer at fast company , where he covers business and tech . he has also written for the week , time , men ' s journal , the atlantic , and more .
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kanbar entertainment is an independent film production studio founded by private investor maurice kanbar and disney animation veteran sue bea montgomery in 2002 .

the studio produced hoodwinked ! , which was one of the first computer-animated films to be entirely independently financed .

the film was produced on a budget of less than $ 8 million , considerably less than the typical budget for an animated film .

to save costs , kanbar entertainment founded the animation studio digital eyecandy in manila , philippines to create most of the film 's animation .

the weinstein company signed on as the film 's distributor near the end of its production and it was released in december 2005 .

the film received mixed critical reviews , but was financially successful , earning over $ 110 million worldwide .

hoodwinked ! 's success led to a sequel being announced in january 2006 .

although kanbar entertainment originally intended to finance the film entirely on its own as it had done with the first film , it was convinced by the weinstein company to enter into a co-financing agreement with the studio .

this allowed the film to be produced on a larger budget than its predecessor at $ 30 million .

the film was initially scheduled for a january 2010 release , but in december 2009 , the weinstein company postponed the release date .

kanbar entertainment sued the weinstein company in april 2011 , claiming that the delay violated their agreement and also accusing the studio of not contributing to monthly production accounts after february , 2009 , neglecting to consult them on a release strategy , and failing to respond to proposed changes to the film , even though they held " final authority on production decisions " .

hoodwinked too ! hood vs. evil was eventually released in april 2011 to almost universally negative critical reviews and financial failure , earning $ 16.9 million worldwide ; only about half of its budget .

kanbar entertainment enlisted interworks , inc. to create an android based video game of hoodwinked too ! hood vs. evil .

kanbar entertainment had several ideas proposed to them by interworks , inc. and chose hoodwinked too !

decoder game , which was released on the android market in correlation with the film 's april 29 , 2011 release date .

kanbar entertainment also produced lifelines , which was released in 2009 and seducing charlie barker , which was released in 2010 .

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kanbar entertainment says it was hoodwinked by weinstein co . | company town | los angeles times
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in his declaration in the filing , kanbar entertainment chief operating officer russell pollock said the partnership between the two companies has a clause for arbitration and that last month kanbar sought to start proceedings but that the weinstein co . has delayed them .
in a petition filed with san francisco county superior court , kanbar entertainment is seeking to force weinstein into binding arbitration to resolve the dispute . the petition also claims that weinstein stopped making contributions to monthly production accounts after february , 2009 , and failed to consult them on the release strategy . kanbar also says that weinstein never responded to proposed changes to the sequel , even though kanbar has “final authority on production decisions . ”
kanbar is also upset that the weinstein co . went ahead with a partnership to offer toys tied to the movie with burger king without kanbar ' s approval . burger king started offering the toys in january even though there was no movie to promote .
financed by weinstein co . along with animation company kanbar entertainment ,
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went into production with a budget of $ 30 million , according to a person with knowledge of the budget but was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter . the weinstein co . declined to comment on the film ' s budget . last year , the weinsteins and kanbar went to court over issues related to the film ' s delay .
the producers of the animated movie “hoodwinked” claim that the weinstein co . breached its agreement when it postponed the jan . 15 release date of a sequel . in a petition filed with san francisco county superior court , kanbar entertainment is seeking to force weinstein into binding arbitration to resolve the dispute . the petition also claims that [ … ]
there are some nice 3 - d swoops and drops , but the more vertiginous entertainment of the film is in the script , as what we think we know is deliciously turned inside out .
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kanbar financed 100 % of the production of “ hoodwinked , the true story of little red riding hood , ” which was released in north america by the the weinstein co . in 2005 . according to the petition , kanbar says that it was prepared to finance 100 % of the sequel , called “hoodwinked too ! hood vs . evil , ” but at the urging of weinstein , entered into a co - financing arrangement with the company .
besides the delayed release date , other issues between the two companies include funds that kanbar alleges weinstein co . has not contributed for the movie . kanbar ' s filing also charges that weinstein is in breach of its joint - production agreement for the movie - - a sequel to the surprise 2006 hit
hoodwinked : the true story of little red riding hood
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then that old adage about , in hollywood , its not what you know but who you know , again came into play . tie it into that other adage about , being in the right place at the right time , and hoodwinked was on its way to gaining distribution and making animation history . it seems that the entertainment attorney for blue yonder films also works with robert rodriguez and his wife , elizabeth . hearing about hoodwinked from their attorney , elizabeth rodriguez , in turn , mentioned it to harvey weinstein . two days later the weinsteins were screening the film . two weeks later blue yonder had a deal on the table .
ce : i grew up drawing cartoons , and was a professional illustrator and animator for a few years after college . i have always had an affection for the art form . i love watching it and learning about it as a filmmaking tool . during my summers in college , i worked for a commercial animation company in columbus , ohio as an
in - betweener ,
sketching the rough animation between key poses from the lead animator . that was extremely educational and taught me a lot about the fine points of movement and expression in animation . then years later , i got to direct some animated dvd product for my friend benjy gaither and his animation company , live bait entertainment ( benjy also ended up voicing japeth the goat in
hoodwinked
is an irreverent , hard - edged retelling of
little red riding hood
- - a high - energy , imaginative entertainment aimed at younger audiences . replete with the violence typical of vintage cartoons , it opens in time - honored fashion with little red riding hood , known as red ( voice of anne hathaway ) , arriving at her grandmother ' s quaint cottage in the forest only to find the wolf ( patrick warburton ) disguised as granny ( glenn close ) , who is tied up in a closet . a ruckus ensues , and an array of cops , led by chief grizzly ( xzibit ) descends upon the cottage , ready to arrest the woodsman ( jim belushi ) for assaulting the wolf , even if he is impersonating granny .
family entertainment these days is pretty much a bust . most of the time the content contained therein is just too soft and too nice to be enjoyable . there ' s no real tension without more dramatic content , usually involving guns , explosives , etc . thankfully , hoodwinked is quite aware of that . if i had kids , this is one i ' d definitely sit down and watch with them . it ' s not difficult to figure out who the culprit of the caper is , but the ride to get there is totally enjoyable . i found some of the * wink - wink * moments at the audience with the music and the characters to be distracting , but mostly forgivable . this is a good solid animated flick for anyone to see and i ' m not surprised that it ' s getting a sequel .
review diy hits the realm of computer animation with hoodwinked , a first - tier recasting of little red riding hood , from a third - tier studio fueled by a plucky resolve to compete with the big boys . kanbar animation , the sounds - made - up studio , and cory and todd edwards , the brothers who jointly covered the tasks of directing , writing , writing the songs , and providing additional vocal talent , should have had a decent hit on their hands . but a number of curmudgeonly critics did their best to deep - six it , perhaps due to its less than plum january release date ( it was once scheduled for christmas ) , perhaps due to digital animation that varies in quality from scene to scene , character to character . but in animation ' s computer age , the script should be the determining factor between a dud and a hit , when the animation meets a minimum standard . the edwardses have written a truly funny and inventive reexamination of a common fairytale , borrowing the differing - perspectives structure of akira kurosawa ' s rashomon and giving the story a decidedly feminist bent in the process . not every bit works - - the long scene of granny snowboarding down a mountain is tiresome , as is her talking to fellow snowboarders in urban street lingo . but the majority of it is pretty smart , with an accused wolf complaining of racial profiling , a barnyard of animals dressed up as police ( including three oinking pigs ) , and a dapperly long - legged frog detective named nicky flippers ( voice of david ogden stiers ) trying to piece it all together like sher - frog holmes . the forest is also fondly reminiscent of what shrek accomplished in its self - contained storybook world . digital animation couldn ' t remain the sole domain of pixar and dreamworks forever , and hoodwinked proves that the little guy deserves a seat at the table . ~ derek armstrong , rovi
the independently produced cg film movement takes another step forward with this month & apos ; s release from the weinstein company , hoodwinked . producers insist the movie is a true indie project — made for less than $ 20 million . the project & apos ; s production model saw animation created at a studio in the philippines ; compositing , lighting , and texturing done at a different facility in india ; and all conceptualizing , storyboarding , editing , and finishing work done out of a small production office in burbank , calif .
a sequence from hoodwinked as it appeared in the final cut pro interface . fcp was used to first previsualize the movie from storyboards and then edit it as the project moved along .
the executive summary : filmmakers wrote the story themselves , found a single investor to back them , made the movie on a shoestring overseas , edited and assembled an embryonic version themselves in final cut pro , shopped it at the cannes film festival , and lured the weinstein brothers to buy it as the first animated release for their new distribution entity . that agreement came with enough cash to finish in a fotokem di suite and add star power to the voice cast ( glenn close , ann hathaway , james belushi , andy dick , and patrick warburton , among others ) .
cory edwards , who co - directed the movie with todd edwards ( his brother ) and tony leech ( who also edited the piece ) , explains that the journey was more complicated than all that . for one thing , the filipino studio , digital eyecandy , founded by producers sue bea montgomery and david k . lovegren specifically for the project , was originally meant to be the place where the entire movie would be made . time and budget limitations , however , forced filmmakers to add prana studios in mumbai , india , to the mix , while also making some hard decisions about limiting the number of lead characters , crowds , digital sets , and so forth . but mainly , edwards suggests , the indie nature of the project impacted the final creative direction of the story and imagery “just as it would with a live - action independent film . ”
“like many indie films , we did not have the luxury of re - working scenes and going back to the drawing board — we had to get scenes right the first time , ” says cory edwards . “that meant we needed a battle plan to figure out what shots we needed earlier than a major studio feature would require . that is one reason we came up with a stop - motion type of look to the cg animation . our mantra was to do something small very well rather than trying to copy something huge and grand poorly . so we picked a style that made it a little more quaint and less realistic , but funnier . ”
filmmakers adopted a stop - motion style for the film & apos ; & apos ; s cg imagery in order to produce the animation within their tight budget and timeline .
the edwards brothers drew all storyboards themselves ; leech cut them together with temp dialogue , music , and effects using final cut pro 3 on a dual 1ghz g4 powermac computer in his apartment . that reel served as a basic template for the film , which allowed the animation process to get underway in the philippines . as rough animatics for each scene were completed , the edwards brothers and leech continued building the evolving cut in final cut pro ( eventually upgrading from fcp 3 to fcp hd 4 . 5 ) on top of an apple xserve raid ( 2 . 5tb ) foundation , connected to the g5 through fibre channel at burbank offices provided by fotokem , the facility that later provided digital color correction services .
in the philippines , artists created 3d images in maya ( 4 . 0 ) as filmmakers spent much of their time at that studio personally supervising animators . filmmakers also routinely collaborated remotely using a combination of mac isight teleconferencing technology on their laptops and photoshop as a collaboration tool .
“i created about 200 photoshop images representing changes in environments or characters , drawing arrows and colors and notes on the images , sort of like a john madden telestrator [ used on football telecasts ] , ” says edwards . “sometimes , we could even fix frames ourselves in photoshop , rather than sending it back across the world to india . we found that photoshop was a great tool for drawing pictures to communicate visually with artists . ”
leech adds that the project & apos ; s upgrade to final cut pro hd greatly smoothed the assembly and approval process during this period . “i down - rezzed the hd shots in final cut pro by bringing them into 10 - bit dv resolution timelines and rendering them out , ” explains leech . “when we moved up to final cut & apos ; s version 5 , it really helped retain the image quality because version 5 has a much better scaler to bring images down to ntsc size without introducing artifacts like aliasing . ”
leech says that as shot approvals trickled through , prana artists moved original , 16 - bit tiff images along the pipeline by compositing them in digital fusion and rendering them out in the mayaman plug - in from animal logic research . frames were then copied from prana & apos ; s servers to ata drives , which were shipped to burbank .
there , filmmakers opened each shot as an image sequence in quicktime pro . they then exported shots at an uncompressed 1920×1080 frame size . would leech opt for the same approach in the future ?
“if we were to do this again , i would research converting the still image sequences to hd shots using a 10 - bit codec that might provide some lossless compression , ” leech says . “a single shot from hoodwinked is often in the neighborhood of 1gb to 2gb . with nearly 1 , 400 shots in the film , storage space fills up quickly . ”
shots were next brought into final cut pro and scaled down in the 24fps edit timeline to letterboxed 720×480 versions . “this allowed us to create material that would go out to dvcam [ with a pulldown ] or dvd [ as 23 . 98 material ] for screening purposes , ” says leech . “dvcam tapes with foot / frame and timecode burn - ins were provided to skywalker sound for the final sound mix .
“once we were ready to go to the iq room at fotokem to do our digital color correction and create a digital intermediate , we created hd timelines in final cut pro , and did a simple copy - paste from the 720×480 timeline to the hd timeline , ” he continues . “we then exported the hd reels as quicktime movies using the same attributes we used when converting the still images into hd shots . ”
reels and edls were then brought on firewire drives to fotokem . the fotokem team brought hd quicktimes into shake and parsed them into cineon frames . from there , frames were loaded into the iq , where fotokem colorist walter volpatto color - timed the film , and also made certain visual fixes that money and time limitations prevented filmmakers from addressing earlier in the process . cory edwards describes this stage as “one more chance to direct the movie . ”
“there were a handful of places where we had single - frame problems , and walter was very helpful in painting things in or out , ” he says . “there was one shot where a character & apos ; s head was not properly connected to his body — it was floating above his body . in the iq , walter was able to paint in the part of his neck that was missing frame by frame . that can be costly if you do too much of it , but on the other hand , in selected places , it & apos ; s a lot more cost - effective to have walter do it over a few minutes rather than sending the shot back across the world to be revised . ”
filmmakers say the experience taught them several things they would do differently in crafting a future indie cg pipeline .
“it all depends on if the story is any good , obviously , but assuming so , the technology is now there to make these kinds of films independently , ” he says . “i think a boom will happen now like the kind that happened in the 1990s with live - action indie films — you will see a lot of them . ”
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ce : since i could walk ! okay , a little after that . my brother and sister and i have always been creative , putting on plays and puppet shows and making a very big deal out of our halloween costumes . and that segued into making radio shows on our tape recorder , and experimenting with our church ' s video camera . at about ten years old , i became very , very fascinated with how every art form imaginable comes together to make one art form : a movie .
. up until then , i had really only seen disney comedies and a few light family films . i was the perfect age to receive it at nine years old , and
was my introduction into bold , mainstream movie making . it blew the doors off my imagination and my concept of what a movie could be . the world just got bigger . i believe it was that summer that i checked out every book in the library about filmmaking and started making my own movies . my entire life from that point has been a constant quest to do what i do now . my wife tells me that this is rare : to stick to the one thing that gave you joy as a child and to make it a career . so i feel blessed every day .
ce : that was a film written and directed by my brother , todd edwards . todd and i started a production company called blue yonder films ( which continues to make films today ) , and this was the project that we poured all of our contacts , resources and efforts into . thematically , it ' s ironic , because the plot is about some guys who have no drive or goals after college ( or have forgotten them ) and have to find a passion for their lives again . for all of us in blue yonder ,
became that passion for a couple years . i was a producer on the film , which means i was on the phone a lot raising money . we raised the budget ourselves and shot the whole thing independently in tulsa , oklahoma . i was also an actor in it . the film was the first feature - length project we had ever worked on , and it was accepted into sundance . that was a thrilling time for us , and we met a lot of people and finally started getting hooked into the hollywood community .
is a labor of love that i will always look back on fondly . . . and it celebrates its ten year anniversary this month . go check it out !
, which would also be the weinstein company ' s first fully - animated feature ; this was also mentioned by todd edwards to be the first fully independently - funded computer - animated feature film . tell me about bringing this story to life , from the earliest stages of development to post - production .
ce : it all began when we were courting an investor in san francisco on a number of other live action projects . when he expressed an interest in animated films , we prepared a brand new story to pitch to him , and that was
. i remember the day that todd called me up and pitched me the concept : red riding hood ' s story as a crime story , told from four different perspectives ! to this day , i don ' t think i ' ve seen another kid ' s film told like this : non - linear , with four stories crossing paths . i think that ' s the
steam
that got me going and kept me working on it for three years . it was such a unique concept .
began as a completely independent project , and for three years , we had no idea if it would be distributed . todd and i wrote the first drafts in a coffee shop . then tony leech came on to edit the story reel on his mac while i sketched the storyboards and todd wrote the songs . this phase was all happening in tony ' s apartment ! then our producer , sue bea montgomery , would come over and meet with us and kept talking to our investor . the project began with very humble aspirations ; as a dvd release for young kids that might pay our bills for a while .
thankfully , weinsteins came in at the eleventh hour and helped vault it to a major release . they also helped us get some bigger names in the cast . weinstein company ' s involvement also inspired the investor to spring for better technology and a better sound mix - - at skywalker sound , no less ! all of that happened very fast and then the brilliant marketing campaign from weinstein company ( which also had to happen very fast ) created this wave of audience awareness for the film just weeks before it came out . we missed the number one box office spot that weekend by only $ 50 grand !
and i realize that there were other independently - funded projects being done at the same time , but yes , we were the first . . . the first kind of a new model and a new way of making an animated film . it was made with no studio money , overseas , then picked up by a major distributor . a few other animated films have followed this path , but not to the level of success that
had a movie come out earlier that year , but that was with a struck deal and brand recognition .
was this freak of nature that was made completely outside of the studio system and , thankfully , worked . i rarely toot my own horn , but these are facts that never get mentioned and i am really proud of what our little film did .
was made for under $ 8 million , and has grossed over $ 150 million worldwide . that easily makes it the most profitable animated film of its time .
. ) . so all of these experiences led me to be in a unique position of being confident enough to directing an animated film as my first feature . i never would have dreamed that ' s how things would play out in my career .
ce : i just watched it again recently at a screening for some college students . it ' s my favorite kind of audience ; the audience we really wrote it for . while there will always be clunky scenes that i have regrets about , i still enjoy watching most of it . i think we got about 80 % of what was in my head onto the screen . and considering our resources , i ' d say that ' s pretty good ! there are still jokes that i laugh at . . . weird jokes , like when the wolf says he was
raised by wolves ,
we top that joke by going to a
ken burns documentary
shot of his family with sad piano music . i can ' t believe we got away with that stuff . but it made us laugh .
fond memories from the film would include the camaraderie that we were able to achieve in the philippines as we carved out a tiny animation studio . my partners and i got very familiar with all of the malls around manila . we would always look forward to going out at the end of a long , long day and having some comfort food at the westernized restaurants (
hey , they have an outback steakhouse !
) . i will also never forget driving onto skywalker ranch to mix the sound for my movie . it ' s as heavenly there as you might imagine .
; you are not directing this time , but are credited with writing the screenplay . what made you decide against directing the film , which is now being directed by established animator mike disa .
ce : while tony , todd and i enjoyed revisiting those characters ( and protecting them ) by writing the script , there are many reasons i was very firmly against directing the sequel .
first off , i felt like if my second film was a sequel to my first film , that would be a very lateral creative move for me . it ' s not exactly a career - stretching way to cash in the
currency
i had earned with
hoodwinked .
another reason was that i wanted desperately to get into live action films , and was very concerned about being pigeon - holed as an animation director ( since i have never seen myself as that in the first place ) . but one of the biggest reasons i didn ' t want to direct
was because i did not have a good experience with some key people on the first film . to put it lightly , i was not treated well . i don ' t have any interest in working with people like that again . life ' s too short .
and on the positive side , i think mike disa is doing a great job as director . he ' s a lot smarter in the world of animation than i am , and he is taking the
hoodwinked
world to a new level . i look forward to the film he ' s going to create with our screenplay .
ce : that whole thing started as a rewrite assignment . todd and tony and i did the rewrite as we were finishing
, and it was a tough assignment . the film was basically finished and purchased as a foreign film , and we were asked to rewrite the whole thing while fitting new jokes and new dialogue into the existing lip sync of the characters . and by that i mean we completely changed the plot and even re - edited the movie as we wrote , all the while knowing that we could never change a frame of the animation . so the film was a bit of a
frankenstien ' s monster ,
to say the least .
then , to really sell our take on the movie , and to make sure the jokes were actually fitting with the lip sync , the three of us overdubbed all the character voices in a rough cut and showed it to the weinsteins . they liked it so much that they asked me to come in and do some voices here and there . i defy you to tell which lines are mine . . . i don ' t think i can remember myself ! a skeleton here , a tiny creature there . . . and i even doubled for bill hader ' s character in a few scenes . it was fun to be in the booth , but also a little stressful , since none of us really knew where the project was going . to this day , you can say the word
doogal
to me and i feel like i ' m going to break out in a rash .
ce : tony ' s had this great concept :
in area 51 , alien prisoners stage a jail break .
the aliens are all from different planets , with different abilities and faults . the humans are mysterious
monsters
to them ; the villains , if you will .
the film is still in production up in vancouver , and the last i heard , they are in the
story reel
phase , which is a version of the film that is simply storyboards edited together with temp audio . we have done a lot of rewrites on this script , and it has been a long process of figuring out what the studio wants and balancing that with what we , the writers , want . truthfully , i have not written on the film for almost a year , and i know that tony is moving ahead with some minor rewrites on his own . the artwork i have seen is unbelievable . . . fantastic ,
incredibles
caliber stuff . they are just scrutinizing the finer story points at this point . i anticipate that they will be moving into casting very soon .
the script always makes me laugh out loud in many , many parts , and it ' s going to have some amazing action scenes in it . look forward to hearing more about it in a year or so .
will be released in 2011 , and i know that everything about this movie is being kept top secret , so let ' s talk about what you have been doing to get into the mindset of making this film ; you wrote on your site that you have been re - watching every muppet film . what are some of your favorite muppet moments ?
ce : i am hopeful that the film will release sometime in 2010 , but we are currently awaiting a production green light . the script is in great shape , but a production budget and schedule are not in place yet . i ' m really excited about the
movie and hopefully it will exceed expectations . i ' m shooting high with this one , trying to say some big things about humanity in the way that
did , but at the same time , make a really cool adventure film .
to this day , there is a magic in that stunt that every other muppet stunt has to match . i love films that were made pre - cgi effects , because when you see a moment like this one , you know it ' s really happening on the set .
the muppets drive a real car ! that blew my mind . to see these characters leave the tv studio environment we had always seen them in and take off into the real world was very exciting . and i can still sing every word of this song .
there are so many crazy puppet stunts in this that it amazes me . these little rats are skating on real butter pads , unicycling with egg beaters , and swimming in soup pots . all with real puppets , each rigged for that specific gag . while frank oz directed the film , jim henson directed this sequence . it ' s a real testament to his love of these kinds of
magic tricks ,
and his commitment to building a different puppet for each single gag .
every muppet character seemed to be there in the chapel , even the sesame street gang . it really felt like one of those monumental
this is your life
moments for the characters . and i still don ' t know if the union is legal or not .
just a happy , chaotic song that encapsulates that muppet energy : they all live together in a condemned , cheap hotel , full of hijinks and calamity , and they love it ! the song is so catchy and makes me wish i could live there too .
it doesn ' t really make much sense what happens here . . . all the hollywood sets fall down and suddenly there are a hundred muppets singing . it ' s kind of a
dream sequence
moment . but those lyrics about
the lovers , the dreamers and you
get me every time .
i have to stop there . i ' m sure there are more , but these rose to the surface !
ce : i first met lisa henson and jason lust from the company at the san diego comic con , through some mutual contacts . then they told me that they had seen
hoodwinked
and loved the tone of it . i ' ve always thought that
had a significant
muppet
vibe to it . then they asked me to work on a rewrite of the
sequel . that was an exciting prospect , but the deal never came together and the film has changed hands in several ways since then . but that got me into several conversations with the studio that led to
was not a series i was familiar with , and i wasn ' t sure if that was the right move for my second film . but the more i thought about jim henson ' s original vision for the fraggles and that it was a chance to say something very significant to the world , the more i got really invested in the idea . after i had a story in my head i wanted to tell , the deal came together very quickly .
working with the jim henson company has been the best situation i could imagine . they are all very smart people over there , who care very much about their properties and characters . but they are also incredibly collaborative and want to pave the way for new creatives to do their own thing . it ' s been a very open place to throw around ideas and argue for the best movie . lisa and jason have been extremely supportive of what i want to do , and brian henson has also become a good mentor to the project . he ' s always giving me tips and advice on how to shoot puppets , or sharing a war story that will help me down the road . i couldn ' t be happier to work with this group ; the people who forged most of my childhood influences !
ce : i sincerely hope that i will be able to carve out a niche in this business where i am a
brand name
director . by that i mean , when an audience sees my name , they anticipate something good . . . and when a studio thinks of me , they are eager to make a
cory edwards film .
that kind of branding can take several years and several movies to create , but that is why i am so careful with my choices for the next few projects . i hope in ten years i have had the chance to explore a number of genres . you look at the careers of spielberg , zemekis , ridley scott , david fincher , ron howard . . . these guys began as the go - to guys in specific genres , but the public has allowed them to
grow up
and venture into all kinds of material . i want to keep surprising people , but still keep my name synonymous with quality . and right now in the present , if people want to see me as the family film / comedic guy , well that ain ' t all bad either .
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the weinstein co . is pushing back the release of its sequel to its surprise animated hit
hoodwinked .
originally set to premiere the weekend of jan . 15 ,
hoodwinked too ! hood vs . evil
now will debut in february at the earliest . david glasser , a senior weinstein co . executive who oversees distribution , cited a few reasons for the move .
he said the company is focusing its resources on a big marketing and promotion push for
youth in revolt ,
its teen comedy starring michael cera that debuts jan . 8 , and it is also making some
tweaks
to the animation of
hoodwinked too .
we were rushing to get the picture ready ,
said glasser of the decision to hit pause on
hoodwinked too .
although the original
hoodwinked
also opened on the martin luther king jr . weekend and did well , glasser believes
youth in revolt
is strong enough to
own a couple of weeks .
glasser added that weinstein co . is the final stages of a marketing deal with a fast - food chain , although he declined to disclose any other details on a promotional tie - in campaign for
hoodwinked too .
glasser said a new firm release date for
hoodwinked too
has not yet been set , but he hinted he ls looking at february . while weinstein co . ' s financial challenges have been well documented and the company has over the last 18 months shuffled many of its release dates ( including most recently
nine
) , glasser said money is not an issue in the decision to delay
hoodwinked too ! .
weinstein co . did have reason to celebrate yesterday as the company ' s movies - - including
nine
and
inglourious basterds
- - were nominated for 12 golden globes .
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in 2010 , animation was a hot ticket at the box office , with four of the top ten movies of the year coming from that genre . between them , those four films brought in more than $ 1 . 1 billion in north american dollars alone . the wave was riding high , and with some highly anticipated sequels coming in 2011 , that trend seemed certain to continue . except…it didn’t .
in fact , the best performing animated film in 2011 , cars 2 , looks likely to finish in seventh for domestic box office with a north american total of $ 191 . 4 million . this total is $ 26 million lower than last year’s
best performing animated film , how to train your dragon . we actually have to go all the way back to 2002 to find an animated film in the top ten for the year that finishes with a
total than cars 2 – and that movie is ice age , whose $ 176 . 3 million domestic finish still inflation adjusts quite a bit higher than cars 2’s number for 2011 .
it wasn’t all gloom and doom , of course . the first animated film of the year , gnomeo and juliet , came on pretty strong . a comparatively inexpensive movie to make ( some reports have it with a $ 10 million production budget , though it’s likely higher than that ) , the shakespeare knockoff had a debut weekend of $ 25 . 4 million , and it finished its north american run with $ 100 million . beyond that , we had a number of animated films that finished above their reported budgets in terms of domestic finish , but none of them were stellar in that regard . international numbers had to save the day for a lot of studios that invested in animated properties in 2011 .
other than gnomeo & juliet , the year was peppered with middling to blah domestic performers . those so - so titles would include rango , which although a terrific little animated film , was only able to pull $ 123 . 3 million in north america versus its $ 135 million budget . hop was actually a decent earner with $ 108 million ( versus a $ 63 million budget ) , but expectations seemed higher and it felt like a slight letdown even with the decent return on investment . the same goes for rio , which tallied $ 143 . 6 million against a $ 90 million budget and the smurfs ( $ 142 . 6 million versus $ 110 million ) . winnie the pooh , the only new wide release of the bunch to utilize classic animation , just missed its $ 30 million budget with a domestic total of $ 26 . 7 million ( and barely got it back even with international numbers ) .
then we had the various sequels , all of which underperformed compared to their predecessors . hoodwinked too ! hood vs . evil kicked things off by opening to only $ 4 . 1 million and taking in $ 10 . 1 million at the domestic box office . the original hoodwinked earned $ 51 . 4 million back in 2006 , so this was a truly disastrous result for the weinstein co . this was a film that couldn’t even make its money back with international receipts , as it only made an additional $ 7 million or so overseas , meaning it only took in about 50 % of its budget in theaters .
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is missing the first installment ' s wit and refreshingly low - budget charm .
the sequel to hoodinked finds our heroine , red ( hayden panettiere ) , training with a mysterious covert group called the sisters of the hood . but red is forced to cut her training short when she gets an urgent call from nicky flippers ( david ogden stiers ) , who returns as head of the super - secret happily ever after agency , aka the hea . a wicked witch ( joan cusack ) has abducted two innocent children , hansel ( bill hader ) and gretel ( amy poehler ) , and nicky needs red for the search - and - rescue mission . granny ( glenn close ) and the rest of the hoodinked gang - including the ever - clueless wolf ( patrick warburton ) and his over - caffeinated little partner , twitchy ( cory edwards ) , join red to solve the forest ' s latest caper . - - ( c ) official site
full of manic momentum and nattering , witless word play , the movie has all the charm of a mudslide .
remember the first
hoodwinked ,
five years ago ? remember how it ended with the promise of a sequel ? remember how many times you ' ve wondered when - oh - when - will - it - finally - come ? me neither .
parents should take their children to
hoodwinked too ! hood vs . evil ,
if only because kids are never too young to learn the important and liberating skill of walking out of a movie and demanding a refund .
hoodwinked
wasn ' t a bad movie , but it wasn ' t a smash hit , either , and the stash of spoofable fairy tales is now as empty as old mother hubbard ' s cupboard .
if you ' re looking for an animation that is rife with pop culture references and riffs on fairytales ; save yourself the agony and watch shrek instead .
surely too much money has been spent on the cast and the 3d rather than on fashioning an intelligent , funny script .
as with the wicked witch , there ' s something inherently untrustworthy , even slapdash , about this whole affair .
if your little ones are clamoring for this then make them wait for cable .
now i like the first hoodwinked movie very much , and for a low budget cg film its very funny and keeps you entertained , so when i heard they were going to make a bigger budgeted 3 - d sequel i was interested , but the better cg doesn ' t add to how poorly this film was made , the cg may be better , but the lip synching is terrible and the voice acting isn ' t that good . though patrick warburton was still funny as the wolf , the new voice actors just didn ' t do it for me . the villains of the film are lame and annoying along with their voices and attitudes , there were only a few real moments that made me laugh , the plot is forgettable , and it rips off star wars which is inexcusable to do , and they even have a moment where ben kenobi talks to red and says
wrong person .
that is just flat out stupid . the only real thing i liked in this film was the scene with the three little pigs being bad mercenaries , but the funny thing about it is that cheech marin plays one pig and chong plays another , and i found that pretty funny actually , but the rest of the film is just crap , and is undoubtedly the worst film i ' ve seen this year .