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ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 5.8 - NOVEMBER 2000
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A Lessening Dichotomy: China
China is on the brink of a great transformation. For many hundreds of years it has been, for all intents and purposes, a feudal, isolated society. Now, at speeds that can make your head swim, it is beginning to emerge as a truly modern county, connected to the rest of the world. Not everything is in place yet but everywhere I looked the dichotomy between new and old was incredibly striking. (The image of a three-wheeled rickshaw driver talking on his cell phone comes to mind, almost as a metaphor.) There is much to do and much that will inevitably change, but the one sure thing is that the possibilities are tremendous. About two weeks after my return to Los Angeles, Zhu Yongde and Eddie Lee from the Shanghai Film Studio visited DreamWorks. As I showed them around, peeking into some of the traditional as well as CG areas, Zhu Yongde's eyes widened. As we parted he said, with a great deal of enthusiasm, "Now I see. This is wonderful. You are not just involved with the technology here. For you, this is also art!" When China incorporates that kind of thinking into their animation, we should see some magnificent work indeed. Frank Gladstone has been working as a professional animator, producer, director, writer and teacher for more than twenty-five years. For fifteen of those years, he managed his own award-winning studio and has since worked for the feature animation divisions at Disney, Warner Bros. and DreamWorks SKG. Besides his studio credentials, Frank has taught at animation schools and institutions around the country, in the Caribbean, Europe and Asia, including the University of Miami, VIFX, Cinesite, UNICEF Animation Workshops, Gnomon School of Visual Effects and UCLA. Currently, Frank is the Head of Artistic Development at DreamWorks SKG Animation.
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