ANIMATION
WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 3.9 - December 1998
December 1998 Vol. 3, No. 9
Amusement Parks | Family Animation | Other | The Student Corner | Films | Books | Hidden Treasures | News | AWN Comics
Editor's Notebook
Wow! It's an interactive future!
Letters: editor@awn.com
Dig This!
IMAX invents a new technology that allows animators to animate in thin
air!
AMUSEMENT PARKS
The Mouse's Wild Side: Disney's New Animal
Kingdom
Walt Disney World is the proud site of a
new Disney theme park: Animal Kingdom. Joseph Szadkowski reports on this new
destination which combines adventure, education and fun.
Craig Bartlett's Charmed Past Life
Did you know that before Hey Arnold!, Craig Bartlett completed several
projects for amusement parks and World's Fairs? Joe Bevilacqua looks into
Craig Bartlett's past life...
Theme Parks in the Digital Age
Clark Dodsworth lends his considerable insight as to what we can expect
from the amusement park of the future. Interactive robotic fauna? Digital
characters with artificial intelligence and synthetic personalities? You bet!
Disneyland: From Dream to Reality
Katie Mason relates Disneyland's history from Walt's dream to an attraction
which has drawn over 400 million visitors since its opening day, July 17,
1955.
FAMILY ANIMATION
Edutainment and the Internet
Contrary to popular belief, the Internet
and kids are made for each other. Ted Pedersen & Francis Moss take us
into the world of the post-television generation. Includes a Flash demo.
All In The Family: Rated "G" Animated
Programming
Deborah Reber takes a look at three companies, CINAR Animation, Porchlight
Entertainment and Big Idea Productions, that are making a living out of the
growing market of wholesome family entertainment.
OTHER
Here's A How de do
Diary: September
Barry Purves is nearing completion on Gilbert
and Sullivan - The Very Models; find out how he is doing as he finishes
up animation in this month's production diary installment. Special
Bonus: Includes the actual production script for Episode Five.
THE STUDENT CORNER
Vilppu Drawing Online: Introducing Material and Proportion
Life drawing master Glenn Vilppu continues
his on-line drawing course, adding to his previous three lessons. Includes
a Quicktime movie.
FILMS:
A Bug's Life: PIXAR Does It Again
Charles Solomon reviews PIXAR's much anticipated follow-up to Toy Story,
A Bug's Life, which is funny, bright and a joy to watch.
Shifting to the Big Screen: The Rugrats
Movie
The toddlers' first excursion into theaters is well directed and paced,
but flawed. Michael Mallory explains.
BOOKS:
American Magus - Harry Smith - A Modern Alchemist
Giannalberto Bendazzi shares a treasure...the
book American Magus - Harry Smith, which features "one of the
most hidden, obscure and enigmatic figures in the entire history of animation
and the avant-garde." Available in English
and Italian.
The Flesh Made Word: Harry Smith Speaks
Chuck Pirtle discusses the latest text on Harry Smith, Think of the
Self Speaking: Selected Interviews of Harry Smith. Featuring interviews
from 1968-1989, this text elaborates on the life of this groundbreaking American
Surrealist artist.
That's Enough Folks: Black Images In Animated Cartoons, 1900-1960
Giannalberto Bendazzi reviews That's Enough Folks, Henry T. Sampson's
insightful book on the cartoon treatment of African-Americans and other minority
groups. Available in English
and Italian.
Reading the Rabbit: Warner Bros. According
to the Academics
How can a collection of essays make Warner Bros. cartoons seem so serious?
Mark Mayerson ponders the impact of academics on the new book Reading the
Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation.
HIDDEN TREASURES
Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: Unearthing the
Harry Smith Archives
Rani Singh relates the operations of the
Harry Smith Archives as she and others try to collect, restore and rebuild
the works of Harry Smith.
NEWS
Animation World News
Rugrats Offends Media Watchdogs, Batman Creator Bob Kane Dies, Bandai Opens
Animevillage.com, Annie Award Winners, Books Galore and more...
On A Desert Island With. . . . Animated Feature
Film Directors
Antz director Eric Darnell, Gen13 director Kevin Altieri
and The Rugrats Movie director Norton Virgien share their favorite
films.
AWN COMICS
Dirdy Birdy by
John R. Dilworth
Plympton's Pundits
by Bill Plympton
Next Issue's Highlights
This Month's Contributors
Cover: An audience, with a special guest,
enjoys "It's Tough to be a Bug," a multi-media event featuring 3D
animation, special effects and Audio-Animatronic® characters based on
A Bug's Life. Featured at the new Orlando theme park, Disney's Animal
Kingdom, the show is screened in the 430-seat Tree of Life theater.
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