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POSTS FOR “August, 2007“Cartoon Brew's home for up-to-the-minute, unedited announcements and press releases direct from industry sources.
August 16, 2007 10:00 am
This music video, Ankle Injury by British alternative musicians Fujiya & Miyagi, was directed by Wade Shotter of UK’s Factory Films. CG — or stop-mo of actual dice? Discuss. 24 Comments » posted in Music Videos August 16, 2007 1:33 am
This cartoon series is a surprising and joyful discovery for me. From what I’ve read online though, it seems to be a well known classic among Czech viewers. Between 1965 and 1967, Czechoslovakian animator Bretislav Pojar made a series of six shorts called Hey Mister, Let’s Play. The mostly stop-motion cartoons star two bears—one smart, the other not so much. Pojar made five more episodes featuring the same bears in the early-1970s, this time calling it Who Threw That, Gentlemen?. Below is the first short—”Potkali se u Kolina” (“How They Met At Kolin”)—which introduces the characters. The cartoon is over forty years old yet it looks as fresh and vital as any cartoon being produced today. How did they ever manage to create something with so much charm and appeal? It’s not an easy thing to accomplish, and director Pojar and designer Miroslav Stepanek make it all look so effortless. The animation of the characters is particularly fun to watch with stylized movement and graphic inventiveness abound. For those who want to see more and can understand the following website, two dvds of these shorts can be purchased here. 17 Comments » posted in Classic, Shorts August 15, 2007 2:30 pm
Can animation exist in real time? Without film, without video, without digital tricks… this is the opening ceremony for football’s Asian Cup and these are apparently workers for Samsung in South Korea. Pretty amazing…
40 Comments » posted in Music Videos August 15, 2007 9:54 am
Be sure and check out this terrific article by animation veteran Floyd Norman about how Walt Disney offered creative latitude in his studio to artists with non-Disney styles like Ward Kimball, Tom Oreb and Walt Peregoy. Norman writes, “As much as he wanted things his way, Walt Disney recognized he needed people on his staff that would challenge, disagree and go against him in his own animation department. This is the stuff that breeds and nourishes creativity and keeps the medium alive and vital.” His closing thought is aimed at today’s Disney studio but is advice that all studios would do well to heed:
11 Comments » posted in Ideas/Commentary, Tom Oreb August 15, 2007 9:29 am
Fred Bastard is a pilot for an adult animated series that London-based Uli Meyer Animation produced in 2001. The content is crude—the show was a possible vehicle for English comedian Johnny Vegas—but it’s well animated. The inking style and designs remind me of French comics. 22 Comments » posted in Shorts, Uli Meyer August 14, 2007 6:00 pm
6 Comments » posted in Comics August 14, 2007 12:00 pm
Animator Mark Kausler (who has a great new blog, by the way) recently unearthed this 1955 article on Terrytoons, written for children, from Junior Scholastic magazine. This was written shortly before the studio was sold to CBS and Paul Terry himself retired. The piece explains the basics of how animated cartoons were produced in ‘55, with a great photo we hadn’t seen before of director Connie Rasinski and storyman/voice of Mighty Mouse Tom Morrison. Mr. Terry also has a great quote at the end: “My advice to a young artist is this: Always carry a pencil and pad with you. Draw anything and everything you see that may give someone a laugh. That’s what a good animator does. He makes people laugh,” Click on thumbnails below to see full size scans. 8 Comments » posted in Classic August 14, 2007 11:55 am
“Here we come, walking down the street, get the funniest looks from, everyone we meet…” Hey, Hey.. I may be comin’ to your town in the next few weeks. Here’s a list of public appearances I’ll be making soon, just so you can mark your calenders (and spread the word):
I’ll post more information about these events as we get closer to each date. I always love meeting our readers and I hope to see you there. |
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