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How to Succeed in Animation
How To Succeed In Animation -- Everything you ever wanted to know about animation, but were afraid Gene might tell you -- and it’s basically all up-front in the intro stuff. So don’t miss the Motto and the governing Joke of this book, the Preview, and especially the section labeled with the main title, "How To Succeed In Animation."
How To Succeed in Animation
(Don't Let a Little Thing Like Failure Stop You!)
©2001 by Gene Deitch
genedeitch@yahoo.com
www.fortheloveofprague.com
www.genedeitch.com
Index:
1. Gene Deitch 2. UPA 3. The Jam Handy Organization 4. CBS-Terrytoons 5. Tom Terrific 6. Mighty Manfred The Wonder Dog 7. Prague 8. Czechoslovakia 9. Czech Republic 10. "For The Love of Prague" (book) 11. Munro 12. Oscar 13. Tom & Jerry 14. Nudnik 15. Weston Woods Studios, Inc./Scholastic 16. Jazz, blues 17. The Record Changer magazine 18. The Cat 19. Animation 20. Cartoons 21. Czech animation 22. Children's films adapted from picture books.
A successful American animation director uses examples of his own failures to make points as to how young animators can avoid some pitfalls on the way to success, and stirs the pot with musings on the meaning and wonder of animation.
"A successfully completed film of honest craftsmanship, artful construction, and worthy meaning is a genuine miracle."
How To Succeed in Animation
Animation Rules, And Always Has!
Animators Belong To The Ages. Where We Fit In.
In the early days of the 21st Century I was invited to be the keynote speaker at an event with the lofty title, “da Vinci Days.” I suspected it was because they found out that I’m left-handed. The theme of the affair, put on by the University of Oregon in Corvallis, was “Motion, Music, Magic.” Those were things I was supposed to know something about.
First of all, I am someone who never sits still. I drove my mother crazy, because I could never sit quietly. I had to constantly fidget and move. To this day, I always have to be doing something, going somewhere. Motion is what I am constantly in.
Secondly, there is Music. I know all about music: I cannot sing in tune. I cannot play any musical instrument. I cannot read musical notation. I cannot dance. But I got rhythm. I am an annoyingly constant hand drummer… even if I have no drum handy. In spite of these obvious bedevilments, my whole life has been bound up in music. In my animation work, I’ve had a hand in the creation of hundreds of musical scores. I constantly have music and melodies in my head. But when I try to sing them to my film composers, they tell me, “Gene, there are no such notes!” Musicians to me are magicians. They magically seem to get the idea, or stubbornly come up with a better one. And that brings me to Thirdly:
hi there sir ...i m really glad to read these golden things wot u had written ...i guess its very good tht experienced guys like u ..want to help passionate youngster who left off their formal education just like me i left my accounting and finance study to get in this feild ...i m really glad to read such beautiful things from u
thank u
This was great for me! I am currently enrolled in Westinghouse High school doing my senior project on animation. Your guidelines inspired me. Write back to my adress please. Could you give some more tips as well?
do you need an english a level to become an animator?
Dear Mr. Deitch,
I appreciate the time and effort you have given to help prospective animators. The reason I searched your name on google is that for years, every time I saw a Tom and Jerry produced by Gene Deitch, I said to myself, "this fellow Gene Deitch is quite a character." Those particular T and J's really stand apart and always fascinated me. Not only do they make me laugh, but the style is so fresh. Actually, I used to tell me kids, "Watch this one, it's really weird." I meant that in a good way. They obviously come from the mind of a very creative person. And your website may one day inspire me to get off the couch and actually try my hand at making something I love instead of just watching the creations of others.....Thank you....Mike.
Hey guys and gals. I have always loved Pixar movies and films, and i especially love cartoons. Youre work is interesting, and is something that i really want to take up. I attend college in tempe, arizona, the biggest college in the nation, Arizona State University.I am a freshman and I recently changed my major to intermedia, because i realized that my interest in my previous major, Psychology, was dwindling away. I began to think of animation. I love kids, and i love kid movies. I always want to have the humble heart of a child, being able to watch something from pixar and feel so moved by the colors, the image, and the awesome music. May you please guide me in the right direction on what i can do to show the team at pixar i can cut it. Thank you my friends :)
I loved the producer joke! And you are absolutely right about the junk that's on tv nowadays. To this very day when I watch the cartoons of today I can't help of think how great the cartoons I use to watch when I was younger were better! Also cartoons that were really good that don't show on tv unless you have Digital Cable are being forgotten, like Rocko's Modern Life, or Courage the Cowardly Dog. As a teen it's ok to see things appeal to me, but shows have been flooded to the max with mindless, unreal, and airheaded shows about "teen angst." It's sicka nd it needs to stop. The peeing in the soup must stop!!
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