September 1998 Vol. 3, No. 6
September 1998 Vol. 3, No. 6
Editor's Notebook
Expanding television...
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Dig This!
Complicated computers are used to simulate the simple
cut-out animation technique on South Park and Blue's Clues.
TELEVISION
Tooning in the 1998 Fall Season
Joseph K. Bevilacqua highlights what's new in animation for the U.S. 1998/99
television season, from CBS to Cartoon Network.
Disney's Little Big Screen: Turning
Animated Features Into TV Series
Like clockwork, Disney's big screen adventures turn up on television. Mike
Lyons reveals the mechanism behind this marketing plan.
The Color In Mind: Corto Maltese
Europe's favorite adventurer, Corto Maltese, is coming
to television town. Russell Bekins investigates how Hugo Pratt's graphic
novels are being adapted. Includes a Quicktime movie.
Giuseppe Laganà and Animation
in Italy: Rebuilding an Industry
Russell Bekins takes us inside Giuseppe Laganà's Italian studio,
Animation Band, Ellipse's production partner on Corto Maltese.
Better For All Concerned: The Writers
Guild of America's Animation Writers Caucus
Hot on the heels of a major break through, Craig
Miller discusses the goals of the Animation Writers Caucus.
Waste Management in Animation
Laws have been made and the environment should be on everyone's mind. Environmentalist
Lesli Rynyk explains the Canadian Waste Management Act and subsequent Animation
Waste Management Plan designed to decrease waste at Canuck Creations.
POST-PRODUCTION
International Theatrical Dubbing:
It's More Than Meets the Eye
Debra Chinn outlines the unsung world of international
theatrical dubbing. Getting Anastasia to sing in 28 languages is no easy
task...Includes a Quicktime movie.
3D Meets Reality!
Compositing 3D elements into live-action footage is a very important facet
of post-production. Bill Fleming instructs us on how to get it just right.
OTHER
Here's A How de do Diary:
June
What's going on with Barry Purves and his Channel
4 production? Find out in this month's installment.
THE STUDENT CORNER
Roots: An Experiment in Images and
Music
Bärbel Neubauer divulges her creative process and discusses the production
of Roots, an experimental film mixing images and sound. Includes
a Quicktime movie.
FESTIVALS, EVENTS
Comic-Con: Where Comics Are King
Pete Nicholls traveled to San Diego to report on Comic-Con in a year when
comics reigned and animation was strangely missing...
Anima Mundi: The Audience
is Key
Edmundo Barrieros relays the events of Brazil's Anima Mundi, possibly the
world's most energetic and enthusiastic festival.
FILMS
The Film Strip Tells All
William Moritz discusses Richard Reeves' Linear Dreams and Bärbel
Neubauer's Moonlight and helps to put them in perspective. Includes
Quicktime movies of both films.
SOFTWARE
Dreamweaver is Pretty Darn Dreamy
Macromedia's Dreamweaver impressed Dan Sarto. Read on for why this web
authoring tool is hard to beat.
Fireworks: Does it Have a Special
Spark?
Webmaster Ged Bauer gives Macromedia's Fireworks
a try to determine whether it is the "all-in-one-be-all-end-all"
web graphics application that it claims to be.
HIDDEN TREASURES
Inside Disney: The Archives and Animation
Research Library
Katie Mason interviews the folks behind preserving Disney's history and
artwork at the Walt Disney Archives and Animation Research Library.
NEWS
Animation World News
Writers Make Prime-Time Pact With Fox, Anne Sweeney Tops Disney/ABC Cable
Networks, Fantastic Planet in Rotation and more...
On A Desert Island With. . . . TV Toon
Talents
Tony Craig, Roberts Gannaway and Pascal Morelli.
AWN COMICS
Next Issue's Highlights
This Month's Contributors
Cover:
Corto Maltese
will come to television for the first time as an animated series. Learn
more in Russell Bekins' article, "The
Color In Mind: Corto Maltese." © Ellipse
Program/Imedia/ConG. All Rights Reserved.
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