Animated Encounters 2002
Andrew Osmond reports from Bristol on this year's Animated Encounters, starring Matt Groening, a toon Beryl Cook and Shrek in 3D.
Fresh from the Festivals: May 2002's Film Reviews
Jon Hofferman reviews five short films fresh from the festival circuit: Black Soul/Ame Noire by Martine Chartrand, Ian Freedman's Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance, A Hunting Lesson/Une Len de Chasse by pinscreen master Jacques Drouin, The Journal of Edwin Carp by Richard Bazley and Emily Hubley's Pigeon Within. Includes QuickTime movie clips!
Career Coach: May Day!
Is your career healthy? Pamela Kleibrink Thompson advises you how to prepare against disaster in these uncertain times.
Between Business and Pleasure: A Preview of Annecy '02
Heading to Annecy? Wondering if you should? Tina Paas outlines the many exciting screenings, panels, tributes and business opportunities that are in store.
Crafting A Career In A Time Of Change
Gregory Singer sits down with industry veteran Frank Gladstone and learns that it isn't all gloom and doom when facing a career in today's market. The trick is to be flexible.
Strip Tease
Comic strips have been adapted into animation since the art form's origins. This month Dr. Toon looks at some of today's leading contenders to make the leap to motion.
The Producers of Spider-Man Speak
In the midst of Spider-Man mania, Danny Fingeroth caught up with two of the most popular producers in showbiz Laura Ziskin and Avi Arad to talk about box office success, becoming a geek, creative changes and the new animated television show.
The New Gold Standard: Spider-Man the Movie
Surprised that Spider-Man is racking up such huge sums at the box office? Danny Fingeroth isn't, as he explains, there's a little Spidey in all of us.
The Animation Pimp: In Search of STUFF Part 3: Fear of a Non-Narrative Planet
Why are we so scared to venture outside of the carefully planned linear world of storytelling? The Pimp ventures an opinion.
Re:vitalizing Animation Through Virtual Studios
In building a more personal, varied animation future, Greg Singer offers perspective for collaborating online.
Here We Go! Gorillaz Takes Music By Storm
Paul Feldman goes behind the animated personas of the band Gorillaz to discover the creative team that put such a dynamic group together and the record label brave enough to take it on.
Notes from the Underground Part Two — Highjacking Animation (And Taking It Back!)
Jean Detheux returns to look at the path animation has strayed onto a linear, non-experimental path and discusses why and how we should try to bring it back onto the road leading to Art.
The Games That People Play
Greg Singer visited this year's Game Developers Conference and reports on the breadth of events and insights. From testing out the latest games to discussions of Wittgenstein as a means for simulating sophisticated social activity among game characters, there was something for everyone.
Crossing Over Into Gaming
So, you've been reading the articles about how much work there is in gaming, but you don't know if your skills will cross over? Sylvia Edwards gives us an overview of the gaming production process and where its similarities and differences lie from more traditional animation fields.
Make Mine Marceline
Robin Allan paints a vivid picture of Marceline, Missouri, Walt Disney's home town. Walt truly harkened back to his days in this rural American town, which continues to strengthen its bonds with this honored native son.
A New Age for American Independents?
It seems as if the grasp that vertical integration had on the U.S. is beginning to ease...does this mean brighter days for America's independent studios? Mike Young Productions, Curious Pictures and Film Roman respond.
The Animation Pimp: In Search of STUFF Part 2: Yummy and Yucky
The Pimp continues his analysis of art with a look at "taste." How do we assign judgement and why?
Animated Banter With Paul Dini
Will Ryan spars with Batman star Paul Dini on his favorite characters, hangouts and the effects of Green Lantern's incantation.
Fresh from the Festivals: April 2002's Film Reviews
Jon Hofferman reviews five short films fresh from the festival circuit: Boobie Girl by Brooke Keesling, Bill Plympton's Eat, FUV by Marv Newland, (it was . . .) Nothing at All, directed by Candy Kugel and Vincent Cafarelli, and Mona Mon Amour, directed by Michael Sporn. Includes QuickTime movie clips!
ATI Fire GL4: A Solid Contender
Continuing with his reviews of the market's leading graphics cards, John Edgar Park takes on the ATI Fire GL4. This BMW of the graphics card world definitely has its high points.
New from Japan: Anime Film Reviews
Fred Patten reviews the latest anime releases Ah! My Goddess: The Movie, Plastic Little, Princess Nine, Psychic Force and The SoulTaker.
Copy? Right!
As the U.S. Copyright Term Extension Act approaches the Supreme Court, Dr. Toon discusses how it will impact toondom. Is corporate America protecting itself or robbing the public?
After Effects 5.5: Fleshing Out the 3D Environment
Is Adobe's After Effects 5.5 upgrade a significant improvement for animators? George Maestri thinks so. Version 5.5 expands on Version 5's introduction of 3D and now contains over 90 different effects.
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa: On Vampires and Other Weirdos
Will Ryan talks with Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, founder and President of Tokyo's Production I.G.
Tom & Jerry: Produced in Prague
Not all Tom & Jerry cartoons were produced in Hollywood, U.S.A. Gene Deitch tells how a full dozen were made in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
