Maurice Noble: Animation's 'Old Rebel'
Karl Cohen interviews the Disney legend, Maurice Noble, and discusses his career, working with Chuck Jones and the animation industry today.
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World Summit for Feature Films and Visual Effects
Robert Abel's keynote speech was one of the highlights of the World Summit for Feature Films and Visual Effects. Photo by and © Craig Skinner/Celebrity Photo, courtesy of WAC.Over the course of two days and six panel discussions, some of the most influential people in live-action effects and animation shared their views on where they think the animation industry is today and what its direction will take in the future. These panels marked the first meeting of the World Summit for Feature Films and Visual Effects. The summit is a new annual event being offered as part of the World Animation...
On a Desert Island with....Pre-Production People
we asked people involved in animation pre-production to tell us what animated films they would want with them if they were stranded on a desert island
Thinking about the World Animation Celebration '98
Ray Harryhausen, who brought puppets from the production of his stop-motion visual effects, was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award by modern-day counterpart, Ken Ralston. © Craig Skinner/Celebrity Photo, courtesy of WAC.Well, here I am after a week of WAC and I'm pretty much none the worse for the wear. Then again, I spent a full day at the Internet Pow-Wow on Monday, took Tuesday completely off, went to only a few events on Wednesday and Thursday then attended solid screenings between 1 to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. Some of my friends who attended the festival did a lot more and they had the...
'FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue '- Getting the Money on the Screen
Wild Brains Dave Marshall, co-director of FernGully 2, discusses how he tailored the pre-production process of FernGully 2 to guarantee the best final film for the budget.
Dirdy Birdy
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George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film
Located in Rochester, New York, Eastman House has an extensive and fascinating collection of films and stills. Animation highlights include retrospectives and a collection of pre-cinema animation devices.
Fischinger Exhbitit/Sale in L.A.
"Optical Poetry," a major exhibition ofthe work of the late abstract animation filmmaker Oskar Fischinger openedlast week at the Jack Rutberg Fine Arts gallery at 357 North LaBrea Avenuein Los Angeles, California. The exhibition, which runs through June,features more than 40 original paintings and drawings created byFischinger. Other than a mutoscope created by Fischinger which is only ondisplay, all of the artwork in the show is for sale. Prices range between$6,000-$80,000 per piece. A video cassette -"The Films of Oskar Fischinger
Dirdy Birdy
Independent German filmmaker Kirsten Winter describes her unique pre-production process of working with composer Elena Kats-Chernin, while developing her visuals.
Digital Cinematography: A Good Place to Start
Bill Fleming reviews Ben de Leeuw's Digital Cinematography, a book that discusses the art of storytelling in 3-D computer animation.
Editor's Notebook
Animation and its many changing faces...
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Little Big Estonia: The Nukufilm Studio
On the 40th anniversary of Estonia's Nukufilm, Heikki Jokinen went for a visit to profile the puppet animation studio and their place in the post-Soviet world.
The World Animation Celebration: Here It Comes
Joy Kennelly highlights the different events of the World Animation Celebration which will be held in Pasadena, California February 16-21.
Performance Animation: Behind the Character
Heather Kenyon goes behind the scenes of Medialab Studio LA to meet the people who create real-time, motion-captured characters by using a technique the studio calls "computer puppetry".
NATPE 1998: It's A Tough Market But Someone is Selling...
Heather Kenyon reports on NATPE 1998's animated shows and the attending companies' goals. It's not just a syndicator's show anymore.
Forbidden Animation: A Valuable Contribution
Mark Langer reviews Karl Cohen's new book, Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America, a catalogue of censorship.
Who's Data Is That Anyway?
Gregory Peter Panos, founding co-director of the Performance Animation Society, describes a new frontier of dilemmas, the politics of performance animation.
Boldly Throwing Down the Gauntlet
Barry J.C. Purves shared his sentiments on the coming of the computer. Now Barry's back to share his thoughts on the last two years that have been both exhilarating and disappointing for him.
Wallace & Gromit Spur Worldwide Licensing Activity
Karen Raugust takes a look at the marketing machine behind everyone's favorite clay characters, Wallace & Gromit.
At Last, Foam Puppet Fabrication Explained!
How does one build an armature from scratch and end up with a professional foam puppet? Tom Brierton is here to take us through the steps and offer advice.
California Summer School for the Arts: More Than an Education
Jon Roslyn profiles an in-depth, unique summer school program designed for extremely talented and driven artistic youths.
The International Museum of Cartoon Art
Relocated from New York City, a unique collection of original cartoon art exists in Boca Raton, Florida. From comic books and strips to magazine illustrations, find out why it is worth the trip...
The New Maya Sets Sail
On February 1, Alias|Wavefront is beginning to ship their latest animation software, Maya and Maya Artisan. Max Sims is here to tell us how it compares and what we can expect from this new tool.
The Havana Connection
Cesar Coelho takes us to the most important film event in Latin cinema, The 19th International Festival of New Latin-American Cinema, held in Havana, Cuba.
How'd They Do That?: Stop-Motion Secrets Revealed
We asked six stop-motion maestros to reveal a few tricks of the trade. Henry Selick, Barry Purves, David Fain, Andrew Ruhemann, Voltaire and Mikk Rand responded with an odd assortment of ingredients that may be useful to you in your next stop-motion film.
