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Peter Lord interviewed at Aardman Animations
Aardman Animations the plasticine puppeteers. Plasticine animators Peter Lord and David Sproxton gained their early experience animating Morph for a children’s television show. Nowadays their studio is in great demand for television commercial work but they still find time to … Continue reading
Peter Lord interviewed at Aardman Animations – Page 2
The brief called for something of a pliable nature with the ability to change shape, to metamorphosis, something the producer was very keen about, so Morph was born. “I’ve never liked it when he changes shape,” confesses Peter. “When he … Continue reading
Peter Lord interviewed at Aardman Animations – Page 3
I ask Peter how talented young people can train to become model animators. “Well, we do have students here but I couldn’t claim to be doing much training. It is easy to say I believe in it but it is … Continue reading
Peter Lord interviewed at Aardman Animations – Page 4
There is a deal of preparation before the animation can start. “On this particular job the model makers upstairs are contributing a great deal by making special inbetweens. The chaps head changes into a lion’s head so they have made … Continue reading
Peter Lord interviewed at Aardman Animations – Page 5
“I set it in a maze to make it claustrophobic. He eventually gets out of the maze through a window. I worked with two professional comics on the soundtrack. The sequence in the pub was a bit of their act. … Continue reading
Don Bluth on his search for classical excellence
The Secret of BLUTH Don Bluth talks with Brian Sibley. DON BLUTH: My personal history of animation goes back a long way. I saw my first animated film when I was four. It created a feeling in me I didn’t … Continue reading
The Sullivan Bluth Studios in Ireland
So the Tail goes on By Stephen Dunne The Sullivan Bluth Studio came to Ireland initially in 1985 and put the finishing touches to the cel painting of An American Tail. In November 1986 they set up permanently in Dublin, … Continue reading
The Sullivan Bluth Studios in Ireland – Page 2
The editorial department itself is equipped with multiple viewing and editorial facilities, including a two-channel Steinbeck, two preview (large screen) Moviolas and standard Moviola equipment. Additional services provided by the editorial department include ‘Close-up reading’ of narration for animation purposes, … Continue reading
The Sullivan Bluth Studios in Ireland – Page 3
The job of keeping a look-out for errors goes to the ‘Music Room’. This name stems from the early days of the Walt Disney studio when music was played here, more than likely to soothe the frayed nerves of the … Continue reading
The Sullivan Bluth Studios in Ireland – Page 4
In the animation department the story is divided up scene-by-scene and distributed among the character animators. The animators’ task is to bring movement, personality and life to the character he is drawing. Those of you who are mathematically inclined might … Continue reading