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Cracking Movie Lad! The Making of Wallace and Gromit reviewed
Director of Photography, Tristan Oliver, demonstrated the secrets behind Aardman’s animated Wallace and Gromit movie “The Curse of the Wererabbit” to a group of 11 year olds in a video clip on the BAFTA website. Continue reading
Posted in Animators, Plasticine animation, Technique, Topical
Tagged Plasticine animation, Technique, video
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Stop Motion Pro software animation tool reviewed
Having mentioned the Stop Motion Pro software in my previous post about plasticine animation I decided to test drive the free version that is available as a download from the Stop Motion Pro website. The latest Wallace and Gromit half hour special from Aardman, “A Matter of Loaf and Death” was filmed using Stop Motion Pro HD Studio. Continue reading
Posted in Computer animation, Plasticine animation, Topical
Tagged animation, software, Technique
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Plasticine animation – a beginner’s guide
Maybe you have been inspired by the adventures of Wallace and Gromit and would like to produce your own animated plasticine films. If you are wondering where to start here is a complete beginner’s guide to plasticine animation (also known as Claymation). Continue reading
Posted in Plasticine animation, Technique, Topical
Tagged Claymation, Plasticine animation, Technique
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Sheila Graber then and now
The films of Sheila Graber were featured in Animator’s newsletter number 5, summer 1983. At the time she had recently given up her post of Head of Creative Studies at King George Comprehensive School to pursue animation on a full-time professional basis. Continue reading
Michael Salkeld then and now
Animation by a Young Film Maker was an article written for Animator’s newsletter issue 2 autumn 1982 by Michael Salkeld. At the time he had just become the winner of the BBC Young Filmmakers competition. Continue reading
Joanna Quinn retrospective exhibition at National Media Museum
The National Media Museum, Bradford, England are staging an exhibition entitled Drawings that Move – The Art of Joanna Quinn’. It started on 16 October 2009 and runs to February 28th 2010. It features art and graphic work from films produced by Joanna over the last 25 years. Continue reading
International Animation Festival Hiroshima 2010 announced
Hiroshima City will host the 13th International Animation Festival HIROSHIMA 2010 from 7th to 11th August 2010. Continue reading
Classic cartoon animation techniques are timeless
The basics of classic film animation remain the same whether you are creating a flick book or computer animation. Much can be learned by studying cartoon films frame by frame. Things to look out for are: Continue reading
Animation from the web section
The ‘animation from the web’ section contains videos that I have found interesting, instructional and/or inspirational. Animation from the web