Summer 1982 Issue Number 1
# 1 Summer 1982
Editor’s Comment
Here it is folks, the first issue of the Animator’s Newsletter. Read and enjoy for it may be the last. Seriously though, keep those articles, letters and queries coming in […]
Reader’s Letters
NEWSLETTER A GOOD IDEA I was interested to read that it’s your intention to begin an animation newsletter. Really it’s a good idea because today you only have the choice […]
Reader’s Letters – page 2
BOOKS WANTED I am still a novice in the medium of animation – not having made a film. I am all for your idea of an animation newsletter. I receive […]
The Grasshopper Group – part 1
The Grasshopper Animators
KEN CLARK WAS A FOUNDER MEMBER OF THE WELL KNOWN AMATEUR ANIMATOR’S GROUP THE GRASSHOPPER GROUP. HE WAS A KEY ANIMATOR ON THEIR AWARD WINNING FILM ‘THE BATTLE OF WANGAPORE’. THE GROUP WAS WOUND UP EARLY THIS YEAR. KEN TELLS US OF IT’S BEGINNINGS IN THE 1950’S.
The Grasshopper Group – part 1
We decided we needed a President. Norman McLaren was approached and he readily agreed. A choice which influenced, the first two live-action films we made entitled TWO’S COMPANY and BRIDE AND GROOM. The stars of BRIDE AND GROOM were Bob Godfrey (KAMA SUTRA RIDES AGAIN and the TV series ROOBARB) and Gerry Potterton (who recently produced the professional feature length cartoon HEAVY METAL).
Tony Salmon’s The Devil Went Down to Georgia
How the devil got down to Georgia
TONY SALMON, WHO’S FILM “THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA” WON AN IAC AWARD THIS YEAR TELLS US HOW HE MADE THE FILM.
My film “The Devil went down to Georgia” was made almost by accident. The character of the Devil himself had been born out of an idea for a film I was working on at the time, when the country and western record “The Devil went down to Georgia” bounced into the hit parade.
Tony Salmon’s The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Model sheet from “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by Tony Salmon.
Building an Animation Rostrum – part 1 (page 1 of 2)
Diagrams of Brian Clare’s rostrum.
Building an Animation Rostrum – part 1 (page 2 of 2)
Making a Rostrum
By Brian Clare
Part One
“What’s that thing in your garage?” has become the catch phrase in our household over the past few months. “That thing”, I proudly reply to the butcher, the baker and the milkman, to name just a few, “is my animation stand.” “Cor Blimey! How does that work mate?”
I think a better question would be “How did you make it?”, and quite honestly it wasn’t too difficult, when you know exactly what you want and what you want it to do.
Making the film Nightmare
The Making of a Nightmare
By Neil Carstairs
NEIL CARSTAIRS, WINNER OF AN IAC INTERNATIONAL AWARD THIS YEAR WITH HIS FILM ‘NIGHTMARE’, TELLS US ABOUT HIS APPROACH TO CARTOON FILM MAKING.
I was brought up with painting, my grandfather was a commercial artist, and painting was my father’s main hobby. I had always felt vaguely that I would like to make cartoon films, and about four years ago I bought my first (and only) camera and started animating.
My Animation Experience So Far
By Syd Proudlock Because my present camera includes all the standard accessories such as the single frame release, I decided to make an animated title for a holiday film. Using […]
Animation as a training aid
By Alex Bickerstaffe Visual aid mediums are now being used by many sporting bodies, not the least by my own, the British Amateur Weight Lifters Association. (B.A.W.L.A.) In the making […]
Track Reading for Beginners
By David Jefferson I make all of my animated cartoons to a pre-recorded sound track because nothing brings the drawings to life as well as sound that fits the action. […]