Animation Pimp: 'Justice League' — What’s with These People?
Henry Turner investigates the newest developments in motion capture and motion control, which brings the technology on-set. Includes a QuickTime movie clip from Hidalgo.
Home Sweet Home
Greg Singer reviews Disneys traditional cartoon feature, Home on the Range, and reminisces about a West that never was what it used to be.
The Adverse Effects of Cartoons on the Minds of our Children
Dr. Ruebert Saturnine III presents a lengthy case study on the adverse effects of cartoons on children.
New from Japan: Anime Film Reviews
Who could have predicted this? I just read that Oscar winners live longer. In our case, the Oscar gave our life an instant boost, and a perpetual publicity handle. We managed five nominations, and have been living in the glow ever since. But was Bill Snyder able to melt that golden statuette down into real dollars?
A Promise Fulfilled: Independents Thriving on the Net
Rick DeMott talks with three leading independent Internet animators about how they have turned their love for toons into a burgeoning career.
'Lorenzo': A ‘Moving Painting’ with a Wild Tail
Bill Desowitz gets a first look at Disneys new animated short, Lorenzo, about a narcissistic cat that boasts a unique look.
The Cartoon Movie Report
Bob Swain reports on Europes 2004 Cartoon Movie, covering the hot progress of European animated film producers and the event supporting them over the past five years.
Online Functionality Boosts Console Gaming Industry
Karen Raugust reports on the growth and latest trends in online gaming, including the the upcoming gaming network, Phantom.net.
Oscar Comes Calling
Who could have predicted this? I just read that Oscar winners live longer. In our case, the Oscar gave our life an instant boost, and a perpetual publicity handle. We managed five nominations, and have been living in the glow ever since. But was Bill Snyder able to melt that golden statuette down into real dollars?
Fresh from the Festivals: March 2004’s Film Reviews
Taylor Jessen reviews five short films: Demitris Violin by Niki Yang, Live Bait by Sarah Brown, The Fine Art of Poisoning by Bill Domonkos, Story of the Kolobok by James Boekbinder and Model Prisoner by Katherin McInnis. Includes QuickTime movie clips!
Animation Layout: Element Placement
Author Mike S. Fowler explores element placement in this excerpt from his book all about animation background layout, which includes many illustrated examples and exercises.
A Joybag of Goodies: 'Avoid Eye Contact': Best of New York Independent Animation, Volume 1
Continuing our excerpts from the Inspired 3D series, Tom Capizzi presents an in-depth character construction tutorial.
Life Study: 'The Animal Motion Show'
Mark Ramshaw reports back regarding the impressive work being done in commercials and music video in the U.K.
Deconstruction Zone — Part 2
Dr. Toon continues to take on the deconstructionists about the things they read into classic cartoons.
Career Coach: The Confidence Game
Bill Desowitz reports back from the VES Awards, where the best in visual effects for 2003 and the career of George Lucas were honored.
Toy Fair 2004
Vendors upbeat, despite toy industry challenges as licensing veteran reporter Karen Raugust chronicles Toy Fair 2004 in New York City.
Animated Causes and Convenience Reign at NATPE 2004
It seemed to be Year of Monkey and causes, at least for animation at NATPE 2004. That and, if you want to sell animation to Latin America, you better have lots of anime. Sarah Baisley compares the NATPE market to previous ones and highlights trends and new offerings.
New from Japan: Anime Film Reviews
Shelley Page reports back from Imagina about the daunting task of tackling a trade show, festival AND conference all at once.
Bottom Line: Animation for Older Audiences
Greg Singer examines the business considerations for acquiring, marketing and distributing adult-oriented animated features in North America.
Analogy and Animation: Oscar 2004: Let the Techno Wars Begin!
In this fifth of a six-part series, Ellen Besen looks at Oscar-nominees Finding Nemo and The Triplets of Belleville and compares and contrasts their core analogies.
Fresh from the Festivals: February 2004’s Film Reviews — A Special More-Significant-Than-Usual Oscar® Edition
Special Oscar Edition! Taylor Jessen reviews five short films: The Hunger Artist by Tom Gibbons, Eternal Gaze by Sam Chen, Rockfish by Tim Miller, Nibbles by Chris Hinton, Destino by Dominique Monfrey, Gone Nutty by Carlos Saldanha. Includes QuickTime movie clips!
Bardel Entertainment: Success Painted in Broad Strokes
Bardel Entertainment Inc. started in 1987 as cel painting service house. Today, the Canadian company is flying high as such high-profile projects Dragons and Silverwing take to the air.
Bardel Sidebar
That was the question I constantly had to answer while isolated from my old colleagues, and hunkered in this distant and seemingly God-forsaken communist-gripped misery. This chapter answers the question. Was I a pinko? A spy? An enemy agent? A CIA man? Or did I just happen to fall into something too good to be true?