MicroSites: Easy to Make, Hard to See
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.
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Disney's Atomic Fleet
Mark Langer relates Walt Disney's role inmaking the atom our friend through his relationships with major Americanarms manufacturers, the U.S. government and the production, Our FriendThe Atom.
Simulation Animation: The Tools
We asked three companies, Magic Lantern Limited, Transom Technologies and Liquid Light Studios, to describe how they are utilizing animation in unexpected places and for unexpected purposes.
Women's Films Wanted
The FEMINALE, a festival in Cologne, Germany, isseeking entries for it's ninth edition, October 1-6, 1998. The program hasfive categories, including Animation. Entry forms are being accepted untilJune 1, 1998. For information, contact feminale@t-online.de.
Comics Conference
The Sixth Annual Comic Arts Conference is acceptingpapers to be presented at a joint meeting of comics scholars andprofessionals in San Diego, California during the Comic-Con International,August 13 - 16, 1998. Faculty, students, and those outside the universitycommunity are encouraged to make submissions for papers and sessions whichtake a critical or historical perspective on comics, comic strips, comicbooks, woodcut novels, etc. Please note, editorial cartoons, caricatures,
Metamorfosi
The Goethe Institute will present a non-competitiveanimation festival called Metamorfosi, May 11-15, 1998 in Rome, Italy. Theevent will feature films, seminars, meetings and exhibitions on animationfrom different countries. Animators whose work will be showcased includeGiannini & Luzzati (Italy), Raimund Krumme (Germany), Phil Mulloy (U.K.)and Jan Lenica (Poland). For information, contact mc1983@mclink.it or visitwww.goethe.de/it/rom.
Paper: There's More To It Than You Think
When it comes to defining what is and is not a 'true' animation paper, opinion varies. I might add that this variety of opinion ...
Mae Questel:A Reminiscence, History and Perspective
Following her recent death, Andrew Lederer discusses the legendary Mae Questel, the voice of Betty Boop.
The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass
Fan-turned-writer Rick Goldschmidt might have been more accurate in titling it...
Editor's Notebook
Remembering and depicting the past...
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Cruddy Sketches and a Red Pen: Pre-Production on The Curse of Monkey Island at LucasArts
March 1998, In the world of interactive game makers, where companies disappear...
FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue - Getting the Money on the Screen
Wild Brain's 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.
Maurice Noble: Animation's
Karl Cohen interviews the Disney legend, Maurice Noble, and discusses his career, working with Chuck Jones and the animation industry today.
Animating the Web: RealFlash
RealFlash technology can seem daunting. However, the following two articles, "RealFlash: The First Step" and "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love RealFlash," will hopefully, make it less intimidating.
Toy Fair: A Flood of Animated Toys
Over 40,000 attendees stopped by the Big Apple to get a peak at approximately 5,000 new toys. Here is a rundown...
T.R.A.N.S.I.T.: A Delicious Sense of Understanding and Journey
Emru Townsend reviews Piet Kroon's new film, T.R.A.N.S.I.T., a fascinatingly complex journey of imagery and story.
FernGully2: The Magical Rescue Storyboards
"The storyboard is the visual blueprint of the film. Whatever strengths or weakness appear in the storyboard will almost certainly show up in the finished film. If you want to see it in the film, it must be in the boards, every pose, every expression, everything."
- Dave Marshall and Phil Robinson, Wild Brain.
Editor's note: As a supplement to Dave Marshall and Phil Robinson's article about the pre-production process of creating FernGully2: The Magical Rescue, Animation World Magazine is pleased to offer this visual supplement of storyboard panels from the film. All art on this...
The World Animation Celebration: Pasadena's Festival
The World Animation Celebration offered a number of events ranging from screenings to technology seminars to employment expos. Animation World sent a bevy of specialists to report.
RealFlash: The First Step
South Park characters have been brought to the Web by Smashing Ideas Animation, using RealFlash. © Comedy Central.Let's say you've got a great piece of animation that you want to post on your web site. You advertise. You get your audience excited. They go to your site, and then...they wait. As incredible a tool as the Web is, its "instant communication" feature is obliterated if your audience has to wait ten minutes to download a file. More often than not, a viewer will become frustrated and leave your site before seeing the piece you've worked so hard to create.
Enter Streaming Media When...
Creating Music and Imagery Together
Independent German filmmaker Kirsten Winter describes her unique pre-production process of working with composer Elena Kats-Chernin, while developing her visuals.
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love RealFlash
Using Macromedia's Flash 2, POP! and Spümco partnered to create some of the most intriguing animations the web has seen to date. © Spümco.Last October we received a call from RealNetworks asking if we'd be interested in creating content for the upcoming launch of their new streaming media solution, RealSystem 5.0. Specifically, RealNetworks was searching for a company to create animation sequences in RealFlash streaming animation based on Macromedia's Flash technology, synchronized with RealAudio. We were in the process of wrapping up a long project for the Microsoft Network (MSN) that was...
Animating in the Spotlight: Creating Prime Time
Film Roman's Mike Wolf outlines the pre-production process of prime time animation and focuses on the features that make prime time special.
The New Animation Technology Exposition and Conference Viewed and Reviewed
Pixar technology chief and executive vice president Ed Catmull gave an early morning keynote address at the New Animation Technology Expo. Photo courtesy of Pixar.Once again the World Animation Celebration has come and gone, transforming the Pasadena Civic center into an extremely happy (but not "The Happiest") place on Earth. For many Los Angeles-based industry professionals the Celebration is like an animator's New Years, a time to reflect and take stock of progress and change, as well as set resolutions and goals for the next Celebration. One indispensable element of the...
Tuning in to the IBCTA
The IBCTA panel on "Finding a Niche." Front row, left-right: moderator Fred Seibert, panelists Bill Kopp, Sue Rose, and back row: Corky Quakenbush, Brown Johnson and Mike Lazzo. Photo by and Craig Skinner/Celebrity Photo, courtesy of WAC.
As I, a hopeful creator/future filmmaker for non-violent media, planned my trip to the second year of the World Animation Celebration, there were a variety of topics at this year's International Business Conference of Television Animation (IBCTA) that caught my eye. Abuzz with energy, a standing room only crowd of people from as far as...
And I Get Paid!?!: The Life of a Voice Actor
March 1998,In the last few years, animation and voice-over have become a source of great interest to folks, but for quite some time it was a niche...
