ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 5.7 - OCTOBER 2000

Compiled and written by Rick DeMott


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Awards | Business | Call for Entries | Commercials | Education | Events | Films
In Passing | Internet & Interactive | People | Television | Video

Awards

  • ASIFA-Hollywood's Annie Nominations Announced
  • Hiroshima Awards Top Three Prizes To NFB

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Business

  • Stan Lee Media Slashes 19 Positions
  • Pseudo: Another Dotcom Downfall
  • iCast Buys Shortbuzz & Lays Off 30
  • Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, September 19, 2000
  • Nelvana Purchased For $554M By Corus
  • Alvin & The Chipmunks Owners Sue Universal
  • B2B Investor Beefs Up Heavy.com
  • SGI Adds More Workstations To Disney Features
  • Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, September 12, 2000
  • BKN Int. Launches New Media Division
  • Britt Allcroft Co. Transforms Into Gullane Entertainment
  • Animation Stock Ticker For Wednesday, September 6, 2000
  • Shockwave Moves From Toons To Games
  • Pop.com Closes Up Shop
  • French Authorities Kill Imagina
  • Union Urges Members To Vote Down New Deal
  • Pop.com Deal With iFilm Bursts
  • DreamWorks' Unlaunched Pop.com May Merge With iFilm
  • Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, August 29, 2000
  • Phil Roman Set To Turn RKO Pics Into Animated Features

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Business

Call for Entries

  • International EMMA Awards Is Looking For Your Digital Media Artwork
  • Deadline Nears For MIPCOM's Net Scribe Awards
  • Last Call For bit by bit's On-Screen Art Honors

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Call%for%Entries

Commercials

  • Quiet Man's Johnnie Semerad Stains GE Weathermate Ad
  • Editing Concepts Paces Super Hero Spot For Kids Footlocker
  • Quiet Man Makes Gopher Scream For Planters Nuts
  • R!OT Brings World War II To Malibu Beach
  • Wild Brain Thinks Up Spots For Scandinavian Designs
  • DMA Dances In The Sky With Delta Airlines Ad
  • Computer Cafe Creates F/X Maze For Radio Shack
  • Sideshow Motion Design Livens Up Olympic NBC Coke Ads
  • Wildlife & Fugitive Creates New World For Sketchers
  • The Hive Swarms For New Cable Channel SceneOne
  • Editing Concepts' Jesse Reisner Slows Time For Pillsbury

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Commercials

Education

  • A More Solid Foundation

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Education

Events

  • INDAC Has Grown Into An Animation Fest Worth Checking Out
  • Don't Miss The Animated Cartoon Festival For Young People
  • Week with the Masters Fest Brings Fine and Snowden To India
  • BAFTA Hands Out Awards For Interactive Content
  • MIFED Market 2000 Will Focus On New Marketing Straregies
  • Savannah Film and Video Festival Is The Place For Up-And-Coming Talent
  • San Luis Obispo Festival Highlights Indie Flicks
  • Digital Media Innovations Conference Converges On Ontario
  • Second Cartoon Masters Event Will Look At Which Tool For Which Markets?
  • Leipzig Fest Celebrates Two Under-Appreciated Art Forms
  • TDIF Is The 3D Fest For The New CGI Mecca
  • CMJ FilmFest Highlights The Synergy Between Toons & Tunes
  • Nan Desu Kan Brings The Art Of Anime To The Rockies
  • Teen Comic Age Is An Opportunity For Young Talent To Find A Home
  • Burbank's Children's Fest Brings The Best In Kid Content To Toon City
  • LIMA Exec Conference's Keynote Speaker Is Commissioner Of Trademarks & Patents
  • DRAGON TALES Writer To Speak At WIA Writers' Group Seminar
  • CICFF Is The Largest Kids' Film Fest In North America
  • Toonz Conference Touches On The Challenges Facing Animators
  • I Catelli Animati Festival: Toon Fest Italian Style
  • Saint Gely Celebrates Short Films & Its 15th Anniversary
  • "Three Zanders" Showcases Animator Jack Zander & His Talented Offspring
  • Animation Writers Caucus September Schmooze Features Union Prez Tom Sito

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Events

Films

  • Scary Movie Holds Strong In IBO, Top Prems By Hollow & 60 Seconds
  • After The Dust Settles, Leggy Cowboys Is The Top F/X Flick In The US
  • Look! Creates Wartime Effects For Pavilion Of Women
  • Tigger Bounces High In Sweden, Scary Debuts In IBO
  • The Cell Slips Behind Live-Action Leaders
  • Image Comics' Powers Optioned By Columbia
  • Ollin Studio Produces CGI Short That Looks Like Clay
  • Derek Lamb & Jeffrey Hale Team On New Short
  • Digital Film Snatches Opening For New Guy Ritchie Flick
  • The Cell Gains Steam Over US Holiday Weekend
  • Ghost Rider Reaches New Dimension
  • Moebius Twists His Own CGI Feature
  • X-Men Take Over More International Theatres

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Films

Internet and Interactive

  • VoiceAnimations Adds Text-To-Speech Feature To E-mail Greetings
  • Toon In: Web Animation Guide For Friday, September 15, 2000.
  • AlwaysI.com Goes Platinum With Comic Book Production Deal
  • Stan Lee Media Buys Conan Rights
  • Smarterville Creates Safe Learning Site For Kids
  • iFilm Sets Up Web Screening Room For Agents
  • Toon In: Web Animation Guide For Friday, September 8, 2000
  • Spazzco Nets 3 Toon Deal With Cartoon Network Online
  • Toon In: Web Animation Guide For Friday, September 1, 2000
  • Locomotion.com Brings Latin Language To The Net
  • Electronic Arts Land Coveted Potter Rights

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Internet%and%Interactive

Licensing

  • ToyFare Magazine Names 25 Best Action Figures of All Time

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Licensing

People

  • Olive Jar To Represent Director Bruce Alcock
  • Film Roman Names New Prez of TV Programming & Development
  • Mondo Media Signs Gundam Designer
  • Blue Sky Places Jewell At Director Of Publicity Post
  • Aussie Animator Joins Computer Cafe Crew
  • Discreet Names New Executive Vice President
  • Blur Studio Promotes Shier To Producer

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=People

Technology

  • More Fluid Motion?
  • Messiah Stands Alone
  • Imaging With Live-Action

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Technology

Television

  • WB's Baby Blues Gets Second Season Pick-Up
  • Nick Hits It Big With New Nick Jr Series Oswald
  • Pasi and Nelvana Commit To Fry Comic Strip Toon

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Television