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Review: “Turning Red” is a run-of-the-mill take on an overdone trope [MUSE]

Review: “Turning Red” is a run-of-the-mill take on an overdone trope [MUSE]

Leying Yang February 2, 2024

In recent years, increasing pressure has been placed on Hollywood studios to deliver more films from immigrant and minority perspectives. Although this has produced a myriad of nuanced movies that promote...

Review: Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie, departure from original show [MUSE]

Review: “Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie,” departure from original show [MUSE]

Helena Wang September 4, 2023

“Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie” caught me off guard in the best possible way. Based on the animated TV series “Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir,” the storyline revolves around the...

Review: “Land of the Lustrous” is a hidden gem of a show [MUSE]

Review: “Land of the Lustrous” is a hidden gem of a show [MUSE]

Isaac Hsu April 2, 2023

After I watched a bunch of mainstream anime like “Demon Slayer,” "Attack on Titan" and "One Punch Man,” I wanted to watch something that wasn’t as popular. After speeding through some other content,...

Review: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish presents deep themes under excellent animation [MUSE]

Review: “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” presents deep themes under excellent animation [MUSE]

Claire He February 13, 2023

As someone who has loved animation as a medium for storytelling all my life, I have found numerous animated films over the years that resonate with me. Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen countless pieces...

With Walt Disney Studios’ 100th anniversary, students, teacher share struggles pursuing art-centered careers, succeeding in animation careers

With Walt Disney Studios’ 100th anniversary, students, teacher share struggles pursuing art-centered careers, succeeding in animation careers

Avery Carlisle January 27, 2023

As Justine Wang, president of Animation Club and senior, enters the second half of her final year of high school, she said her mind has been racing with the possibilities of future careers. “I am...

screen time: Sophomore Ren Olson works on creating a frame for his short film. He said he is in the digital storyboarding phase of the project and that he gained inspiration for his design from Disney XD’s popular show Gravity Falls.

Student animators discuss how popular animation impacts, guides design

Archit Kalra October 22, 2021

The hit Disney XD show “Gravity Falls”  played a major role in sophomore Ren Olson’s future career choice. Olson said the show and its artwork drew him toward animation when he was in middle school,...

A promotional image created for the 2015 miniseries Over the Garden Wall. Here you can see the light fall colors that dominate the show as well as some goofy fairy tale inspired character designs.

Review: Over the Garden Wall and Atmosphere [MUSE]

Christian Ledbetter October 7, 2021

Happy spooky season everyone! In recent years a whole lot of cartoons have been released redefining and stretching what North American animation is thought to be capable of. Shows like Steven Universe,...

Note: This is a character design by junior Kenzie Howard; this was not created by the HiLite staff. Kenzie Howard, character designer and junior, draws different aspects of her original character, Felicity. She created the concept based off of the question of what animals would look like if they were humans.

Student character designers, art teacher describe effects of new styles of animation

Emily Carlisle December 12, 2019

The phenomenon whereby a computer-generated figure or humanoid robot bearing a near-identical resemblance to a human being arouses a sense of unease or revulsion in the person viewing it. This is the Oxford...

Practically Perfect in Every Way: Mary Poppins Returns Review by Emily Carlisle

Practically Perfect in Every Way: Mary Poppins Returns Review by Emily Carlisle

Emily Carlisle January 13, 2019

Director Rob Mar’s “Mary Poppins Returns” is the sequel to the 1964 Disney classic, “Mary Poppins.” In this movie, viewers revisit a grown up Jane (Emily Mortimer) and Michael Banks (Ben Whishaw)...

A monster of a movie

A monster of a movie

blogs October 20, 2014

With Halloween just around the corner, I've been watching a lot of Halloween and horror movie, so when Monster House came on, I was excited to find a Halloween flick that  I hadn't seen yet. Now, in...

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