On A Desert Island With....Commercial
A survey of people related to this issue's theme of independent animation and commercials, answering, 'What ten films would you want to have with you if stranded on a desert island?
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Here's A How de do Diary: July
The fifth installment of Barry Purves' production diary as he chronicles producing a series of animated shorts for Channel 4. An Animation World Magazine exclusive.
Dig This! Rebecca Moses Brings Animation Into Fashion
Animation World Magazine takes a jaunt into the innovative and remarkable: this month we look at fashion designer Rebecca Moses' animated film, The Discovery of India.
Bud-Weis-Er: Computer-Generated Frogs and Lizards Give Bud a Boost
As Karen Raugust explains, sometimes companies get lucky and their commercials become their own licensing phenomena. Anheuser-Busch has such a hit on their hands with their beloved CGI Frogs and Lizards
Selected Licensing Programs Inspired by Advertising Campaigns
From the California Raisins to Li'l Penny, sometimes companies get lucky and their commercials become their own licensing phenomena.
Animation in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Start and an Abrupt Stop
In the shadow of Zagreb, animation in Bosnia and Herzegovina never truly developed until soon before the war...only to be abruptly halted. Rada Sesic explains.
SIIARA: An Archive for the Animated Medium
Located in the south of England, this new archive, SIIARA, strives to preserve and make available animation information, art work and final films. John Southall explains.
Balancing Commercials and Personal Work: Three Directors Speak
Jonathan Hodgson, Aleksandra Korejwo and Bill Plympton, all commercial and independent directors, relate how they feel about the contrasts between directing commercials and their own independent works.
Vilppu Drawing Online: The Box
Renowned drawing instructor Glenn Vilppu offers the third installment in his bi-monthly Animation World Magazine online drawing course.
Computer Animation: A Whole New World
Want to make professional-looking banners for the Web that are complete with animations? Ged Bauer puts this new banner-creating software, MicroSites, to the test.
Dirdy Birdy
September 1998's Dirdy Birdy by John Dilworth.
A Reader in Animation Studies, Edited by Jayne Pilling
Pat Raine Webb reviews Jayne Pilling's new book, A Reader in Animation Studies, which publishes 21 scholarly Society for Animation Studies essays, for the first time.
Lanterna Magica: The Story of a Seagull and a Studio Who Learnt To Fly
Helming the Italian animation Renaissance, Lanterna Magica and director Enzo D'Alare putting the finishing touches on their next feature film, Lucky and Zorba. Chiara Magri takes us there.
Computer Animation: A Whole New World
Frank Foster reviews Rita Street's new book, Computer Animation: A Whole New World, a photo-filled look at the many achievements and innovations of computer animation.
Ottawa `98 Scrapbook
Features pictures sent in by Animation World Magazine readers of themselves, animators and others enjoying the 1998 Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Editor's Notebook
The inventiveness of independents...
In ANIMATIONWorld | Columns: Editor
Frieden: The Tree of Peace
Moved by the plight of children in war torn countries, student film maker Alina Chau, Hiu Fan made this remarkable film as a gift for the United Nations.
The 7th Hiroshima International Animation Festival (August 20-24, 1998)
Gigi Hu reviews Asia's premiere animation festival, the 7th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, held August 20-24, 1998.
Italian Independent Animators
Andrea Martignoni relates the current situation of independent animation in Italy and profiles three independents: Ursula Ferrara, Alberto D'Amico and Saul Saguatti.
Eating and Animating: Balancing the Basics for U.K. Independents
Marie Beardmore details ways for U.K. animators, seeking to make their own works, can obtain funding in order to eat and animate!
Animatori Indipendenti Italiani
La situazione in cui si trova il cinema di animazione in Italia, come forse anche in altri paesi, difficile e complicata per gli autori indipendenti che relizzano cortometraggi
Antz: The First Biggie from DreamWorks
DreamWorks Pictures and PDI bring this much-awaited CG wonder to screens this month. Jerry Beck reviews what is hoped to be another animated blockbuster.
William Kentridge: Quite the Opposite of Cartoons
The amazing animation films of South African William Kentridge are discussed by Philippe Moins.
Radium animates MTV logo
San Francisco-based RADIUM produced a 30-second animation of the MTV logo for the network's annual MTV Movie Awards show. The sequence is being used as a lead-in to clips of nominees introduced in the show. Artist Alaina Goetz used Maya and Flame to create the piece, which was produced in just three days.
Passionate about groceries?
London-based PASSION PICTURES produced ten seconds of computer animation in two different spots for food supplier, The Co-op. Depicting realistic chickens and a pig, the 3D CG sequences were directed by Chris Knott, using software such as Morph Gizmo for facial animation and the Lightwave plug-in, Steamer for atmospheric haze.
