January 1998 Vol. 2, No. 10
Producing Results | Other Articles | The Student Corner | Festivals, Events | Films | Books | Software | Hidden Treasures | News | Desert Island | AWN Comics
Editor's Notebook
Where there is a will, a way can sometimes be created...
Letters: editor@awn.com
PRODUCING RESULTS
Funding Co-Productions: A Complicated But
Tasty Recipe
Michael Hirsh explains firsthand the recipe for success that has NELVANA's
co-productions filling the airways on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond.
Working the Floor at International
Program Markets
Dominic Schreiber relates tips from the pros on how to attend a market
and make the most of it for you and your property.
The Unnatural History of Independent
Animated Films on 16mm
Once upon a time there was a world without video tape...Karl Cohen takes
us back in time to the days when 16mm film reigned.
Plus: A directory of 16mm
film rental outlets and short
film-acquiring distributors is included as
a supplement in the Animation World Network Vault.
A Literary Draw: Storyopolis
Wendy Jackson interviews Fonda Snyder, co-founder of Storyopolis, a unique
company which is a symbiosis of a bookstore, art gallery, development think
tank and production company.
Liquid Light Studios Says, "Olé!"
to Mexico's Pronto
Julie Pesusich, of Liquid Light Studios, discusses
the formation of a startup CGI company and their current co-production
with Mexican director Jorge Ramirez-Suarez.
OTHER ARTICLES
The Creation of an Icon: MTV
In a personal memoir, Candy Kugel describes how she and a small team created
an icon that would one day take the world by storm.
Writing for Visual Effects: It's the
Story
The worlds of live-action and animation are meeting in today's effects-driven
blockbusters. Christopher Zack investigates how this is influencing the
craft of screenwriting.
THE STUDENT
CORNER
Experimental vs. Narrative Films: Do
You Have to Choose?
Educators Amy Kravitz, Roger Noake and Rolf Bächler offer points of
view regarding the student dilemma of choosing a direction for thesis films.
Includes Quicktime movies.
FESTIVALS,
EVENTS
Cartoombria: Anime and Independent Animation
One of Italy's most popular festivals took on a serious subject this year.
Chiara Magri offers her insight. This article is available in both English and Italian.
The Digital Video Conference
and Exposition in Burbank, California
John Parazette-Tillar takes us to the Digital Video Conference and Exposition,
where he leads us through the classes and shows us what's new.
FILMS
One Divided By Two: An Emotional
Equation
Emru Townsend reviews Joyce Borenstein's new film that captures the pain
of divorce through children's eyes by using both live-action and animation
footage. Includes a Quicktime movie from the film.
BOOKS
Digital Illusion: Entertaining the Future
with High Technology
What can we do to gain some much needed perspective
on the dizzying worlds of digital entertainment? For starters, there's
a book we need to read, says Dan Sarto.
SOFTWARE
Web Animation Explosion: Headache Relief
AWN webmaster Ged Bauer reviews "the ultimate
library of animated web graphics."
HIDDEN TREASURES
The Netherlands Institute for Animation
Film
The Netherlands unique institute of art
promotes Dutch animated filmmaking on many levels. Erik van Drunen &
Mette Peters report.
NEWS
Animation World News
What a month! Loesch Bids Farewell To Fox, DreamWorks
Catches Aardman's Chicken Run, Disney Toons In New, All-Animation
Channel and Is the Hanna-Barbera Cartoons Building a Historical Monument?
DESERT ISLAND
On A Desert Island With. . . . Producers'
Picks
Iain Harvey, Carol Greenwald and Claude Huhardeaux
reveal their top ten animated films.
AWN COMICS
Dirdy Birdy
by John Dilworth
Next Issue's Highlights
This Month's Contributors
Cover: Bob
& Margaret, a new animated series coming this fall, based on the
1995 Oscar-winning short film Bob's Birthday by Alison Snowden and
David Fine. This Canadian/British co-production demonstrates the possibilities
for series development of short films. © NELVANA Limited, Inc. and
Snowden Fine Productions.
© Animation World Network 1997. All rights reserved. No part of the
periodical may be reproduced without the consent of Animation World Network.
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