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ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 3.12 - March 1999
March 1999 Vol. 3, No. 12
Production Technology | Animation Art | Focus On... | Student Corner | Hidden Treasures | Events | Films and Television | Books | News | AWM Comics
Editor's Notebook
Here we go again...
Letters: editor@awn.com
| PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY |
Digital Technology in Asian Studios
From Korea to India and from digital ink and paint to motion capture, Milt
Vallas discusses the introduction of digital technology into the animation
production process of Asian studios.
Animation Goes Daily At KliK Animation
The first animation series to be entirely produced and aired in the same
day is here, care of motion capture, key framing and KliK Animation. Heather
Kenyon takes a look at their grueling schedule. This article includes a QuickTime
clip.
Coming of Age: Large Screen Formats
Judith Rubin explains how the growing network of large-format 3D theaters
and an expanding range of digital production tools is opening the door for
computer animation in the large-format film industry.
Millennium Bug: A Far Cry From a Y2K Disaster
PDI's Lee Lanier, director of Millennium Bug, describes how he
took black and white photographs and turned them into a moving, satirical
peak at the future. This article includes a QuickTime clip of Millenium
Bug.
Digital Noise Reduction: Where'd That Cartoon
Go?
Technology. Man's best friend! A cartoon fan's worst enemy? Amid Amidi
explains the hidden effects of digital noise reduction and why you may be
seeing less of your favorite cartoons.
From the Latent Image to the Digital Image
Digital production technology is moving so quickly that it is hard for even
15-year computer animation veteran, John C. Donkin to predict. Here he hazards
a guess at areas soon to be revolutionized.
| ANIMATION ART |
A Preview of Christie's Upcoming Animation Art
Auction
Pierre Lambert, animation art consultant to famed auction house Christie's,
gives us a preview of the magnificent pieces of animation art to be auctioned
in April. Available in French
and English.
Has the Boom Gone Bust?: The Animation Art
Market
Four respected gallery owners discuss the current status of the animation
art market, including what is hot and what is not.
| FOCUS ON... |
Along the Banks of the St. Lawrence...
Emru Townsend profiles the digital animation houses that straddle Lake
Ontario and the St. Lawrence itself. Taarna Studios, Softimage, Discreet Logic
and Alias|Wavefront are all included.
| STUDENT CORNER |
Cool Effects That
Make For Hot TV
Eric Huelsman meets Jerry Steele, Charlie Watson and Michel Gondry, three
leading artists who lurk behind the latest and greatest commercials and music
videos.
| HIDDEN TREASURES |
A Welsh Transformation
Dave Berry showcases the relatively new Wales Film & TV Archive that
is, with the help of S4C, preserving the country's growing animation heritage.
| EVENTS |
NATPE 1999: Tons of Product But No Air Time Toy Fair `99: More Animated Stuff
Can it be that the land of opportunity has turned into a wasteland for
independent animation companies? Adam Snyder reports from NATPE `99.
Joseph Szadkowski relates the animated products on display at the latest
Toy Fair, held in New York City. Come see what will be on a retailer's shelf
near you soon!
| FILMS & TELEVISION |
The Spirit Of Genius: Feodor Khitruk
William Moritz discovers Otto Alder's excellent documentary on Feodor
Khitruk, where Alder uncovers not only the life and works of the elusive Cold
War soviet master, but also sheds light on the soviet animation regime.
The Guilty Pleasures of Family Guy
While Terrence Briggs feels he should loathe shows like FOX's new Family
Guy, he is still too sore from laughing to complain. Let him explain....
A Little Curious Is A Little Too Safe
Terrence Briggs reviews the new HBO Family show, A Little Curious,
and reveals that while it isn't as imaginative as Sesame Street, it
will still please the youngsters.
| BOOKS |
Cartoon Charlie: The Life and Art of Animation
Pioneer Charles Thorson
Fred Patten reviews this well-documented and illustrated biography of
the colorful character designer Charles Thorson. Learn more about this long
overlooked man with many credits, including the first design of Bugs Bunny.
The Little Black Book of Visual Effects
The Little Black Book of Visual Effects is a listing of contact
information for people, studios and other companies related to the visual
and digital effects production fields and receives nothing but praise from
Paul Younghusband!
Animation Tips & Tricks for Windows and
Mac
Don Seidel gives a thumbs up to Animation Tips & Tricks for Windows
and Mac, saying that it relates useful 3D modeling and animation shortcuts.
A Bug's Life: The Art and Making of an Epic of
Miniature Proportions
Amid Amidi reviews A Bug's Life: The Art and Making of an Epic of Miniature
Proportions, a text full of glossy pictures, but a little light on the
content...
| NEWS |
Animation World News
Klasky Csupo's Big New Building, Five Executive Promotions For Pixar,
Animation Producer/Artist Herb Klynn Dies, Disney's New Fantasia Goes IMAX,
Adam Sandler Gets Animated, Cartoon Network's Exciting `99, WhirlGirl On Showtime
Online, Animation Master 99 Arrives and a whole lot more...
On a Desert Island with...Creative Innovators
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, Millennium Bug director
Lee Lanier and CG animator Tim Thiessen give their top film picks...
| AWN COMICS |
Plymp-Gags by Bill Plympton
Next Issue's Highlights
This Month's Contributors
Cover: The Boxer Trailer at 1-minute,
40-seconds was a smashing success at SIGGRAPH `95. Now thanks to numerous
advances in technology, it is being expanded to 20 minutes and will soon be
hitting the IMAX screen. © Taarna Studios, Inc.
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