"Arrietty" Will Be Ghibli's Biggest US Release Yet
How Much is a Ward Kimball Painting Worth?
"The Space Stallions"
My Favorite Super Bowl Commercial
Shout Factory has released a second set of animated shorts from the Spike & Mike Festival archives, 
Here’s a name to start watching closely. I mentioned in my Annecy Festival report a few weeks back that De Pins’ funny and stylish black-and-white short THE CRAB REVOLUTION had won the Audience Prize at Annecy. Then a couple days ago at the 
Tomorrow evening, June 30th, the Animation Co-op will present the program “Mike Nguyen on MY LITTLE WORLD.” Animator/director Nguyen will speak about the making of his much anticipated independent animated feature 
Brew reader Chris Merritt has posted 
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June 30, 2004 8:44 am
Ralph Bakshi discusses his role with the 1960’s SPIDER-MAN TV cartoons in the Toronto Globe and Mail. No Comments » posted in Old Brew 
June 30, 2004 8:30 am
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June 30, 2004 4:48 am
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June 29, 2004 2:38 pm
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June 29, 2004 8:10 am
Henry Selick has big plans for Will Vinton Studios. Five films are being developed – but first up, Tim Burton’s THE CORPSE BRIDE.Johnny Depp has been signed to lead voice duties in Bride, along with Helena Bonham Carter, Albert Finney, Christopher Lee, Emily Watson and Joanna Lumley. Danny Elfman will also be returning to work with Selick & Burton when he scores the film. No Comments » posted in Old Brew
June 28, 2004 6:44 pm
I was planning to post a summary of the Flash & TV Animation panel that I moderated a few days ago at ASIFA-Hollywood’s 2D Expo, but panelists Lili Chin and Eddie Mort beat me to it with this extensive write-up posted on their fwak! blog. Going into the panel, I wasn’t sure what sort of a conclusion (if any) we’d reach with the discussion, but the panelists – the aforementioned Chin and Mort, along with Gabe Swarr, Bob Harper and Jorge Gutierrez – went a long way towards convincing me and the audience that Flash is the ideal production system for hand-drawn “cartoony” TV series. The biggest benefit of Flash, constantly stressed by the various panelists, is that it offers animation creators an unprecedented amount of control over their finished product and allows them to see their actual drawings reach the screen. Craig McCracken supported this theory in a recent ANIMATION MAGAZINE interview about his new Flash series for Cartoon Network: “You don’t have to worry about stuff being off-model. The animation is all going to look dead on, and you don’t have to worry about the layout process.” Another conclusion that we reached is that it’s financially feasible to produce a Flash series entirely in the United States. While in the first couple seasons, a Flash production may cost as much as a TV series produced overseas, each subsequent season will decrease in cost as libraries are built up in Flash. This is something that never happens in the traditional TV production process, even on a show like THE SIMPSONS which is now in its umpteenth season. Also, with libraries built up of designs, background art and basic movements, the tedious grunt work is already completed thus allowing the animators to focus on creating interesting performances with the main characters. Even in the scenario that a show is outsourced to other countries, the artists in LA still maintain an advantage because rather than having to go through the laborious process of calling for retakes, Flash animation files can be fixed from any location with a minimum of hassles. For example, MUCHA LUCHA has an in-house animation crew in Los Angeles devoted to tweaking and finessing the animation that comes back from overseas. It remains to be seen how widespread the use of Flash will become in the LA animation industry, but it’s undeniable that Flash is responsible for one of the biggest shake-ups in the TV animation industry in recent times and it’ll be fascinating to watch how the union of Flash and TV animation will play out over the next few years. Also I want to briefly mention how excited I was at the results of the 2D Expo, organized by ASIFA-Hollywood board member (and fellow Brew partner) Jerry Beck. I think the results went far and beyond anybody’s wildest expectations and I can see this event maturing into something truly special over the coming years. My immediate suggestions for next year are to create a larger exhibitor/networking area and to have more specific how-to panels and talks related to specialized aspects of animation production. All in all though, I thought it was a great success and it seems the majority of people who attended agree that it was a fine event. The most elegant and thoughtful write-up I’ve read about the event so far is courtesy of animation artist Ronnie del Carmen, who made the trek all the way from Pixar along with fellow filmmaker Jim Capobianco. No Comments » posted in Old Brew
June 27, 2004 9:04 am
If you live in Iowa, or are planning to drive through it during the next month – check this out: No Comments » posted in Old Brew
June 27, 2004 8:16 am
“I’ve been doing a lot of research on old piers lately – a friend of mine picked up a cache of photos taken by Warner Brothers as possible film locations back in the 30s & 40s – a few of these turned up this odd Felix game!” |
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