ANIMATION
WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 3.9 - December 1998
January 1999,
The Year in Review -- The Year to Come
For January,
Animation World Magazine will take a look at the most important
events and trends of 1998 and discuss how these events will influence the
year to come. Evan Backes will talk about the busy, quickly evolving world
of feature films and Michael Swanigan will take on the highs and lows of
television. The trends of the animated television commercial realm will
be related by Chuck McBride, while Eric Huelsman will report on the state
of both the artistic and business sides of computer generated animation.
Irene Kotlarz will recount the history of animation festivals and ASIFA,
and how this relationship is changing for a new age. The status of independent
filmmakers will be described by oTTo Alder. Pamela Thompson will highlight
the area of education and Zahra Dowlatabadi will present an in-depth study
of the current and projected job market. J.B. Kaufman will discuss the
status of film preservation as we approach the millennium and our precious
history continues to turn to dust. We will also survey industry leaders
for their opinion on the most important events of 1998 and ask them to
look into their crystal balls and predict 1999. In addition, Animation
World Magazine will poll prominent filmmakers and artists about what
their favorite moments of animation released in 1998 were. Included in
the issue will be 1998 news milestones, top quotes and more.
Toby Bluth will review the long awaited DreamWorks spectacular, Prince
of Egypt. Event reviews will include the London Effects and Animation
Festival by George Cairns, and the Holland Animation Film Festival by Paul
and Menno de Nooijer. Mitch Butler will relate the making of The Smell
of Horror, a film that made quite a stir at SIGGRAPH '98. Barry Purves
will conclude his production diary of the times and tribulations of making
Gilbert and Sullivan -- The Very Models for Channel 4.
Note: Readers may contact any Animation World Magazine contributor by sending an e-mail to editor@awn.com.
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