Animator. Summer 1984. Issue number 9. Front cover illustration: A frame from a storyboard for 7UP by Speedy Cartoons. (See Using Storyboards for Cartoon Animation) Printed in Animator’s newsletter Issue […]
# 9 Summer 1984
TVC Animation Studio from the Beatles to the Snowman
By Frank Baker. TV Cartoons Limited are better known by their initials TVC. Formed in the summer of 1957 by George Dunning and John Coates, like all small animation studios […]
TVC Animation Studio from the Beatles to the Snowman
With the success of the Beatles cartoon series TVC went on to produce what is now considered a major landmark in the history of animated films. THE YELLOW SUBMARINE 1968 […]
TVC Animation Studio from the Beatles to the Snowman
In 1981 TVC were again chosen as one of the animation studios to produce sequences for HEAVY METAL THE MOVIE these being soft landing and the twenty minute DEN sequence. […]
TVC Animation Studio from the Beatles to the Snowman
THE SNOWMAN met with much critical acclaim and was nominated for an American Oscar and has won the British Academy Award for the best children’s film and more recently the […]
The Shadows Move – Part Six – the rise of TV animation
By Ken Clark. The feverish activity that went into the making of Britain’s first entertainment cartoon feature ANIMAL FARM ended, leaving in its wake the pertinent question: What now? Cinema […]
The Shadows Move – Part Six – the rise of TV animation
Much had to be accomplished in little time for scant returns. The TV figure was born; chunky little figures standing about 2—3 heads high. Entertainment series for children employed all […]
The Shadows Move – Part Six – the rise of TV animation
In the Fifties, United Productions of America (U.P.A.) had enjoyed a spectacular success with their new style of animation, typified by the Gerald McBoing Boing shorts. The style was distinctly […]
Walk-Run Cycles for Cartoon Animation
Sheila Graber is a well known professional animator whose work is often seen on television. She gives us some tips on getting our characters moving. These are not meant to […]
Walk-Run Cycles for Cartoon Animation
RUNNING TOWARDS CAMERA: can easily be done in as few as a dozen drawings. Use a vanishing point: and draw a few guide lines from it to establish the size […]
Films at the Cambridge animation Festival 1983
David Jefferson looks at the late night feature film programmes presented at the Cambridge Animation Festival held September 1983. A strong bunch of films were chosen for the feature section […]
Films at the Cambridge animation Festival 1983
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Feature Films at the Cambridge animation Festival 1983
TWICE UPON A TIME uses an animation process called ‘LUMGE’ animation. This is a development of cut out animation using backlit coloured tissue paper. It gives the colours a bright, […]
Computer Games in 1984
A comment by Ken Clark Computer games are limited in their ability to produce a graphic display by the K-factor. 16K cannot be expected to generate complicated pictures in full […]
The Vulture – Plasticine Animation Takes Off
David Coleman tells us about Animated Black Theatre and Camera movements. Most of you have seen live-action “black theatre” puppet shows, where the stage and the puppeteers are completely dressed […]
The Vulture – Plasticine Animation Takes Off
In one scene from “Vulture” in which each of the three characters is filmed on a separate exposure, we see in the far distance a man in red (i.e. an […]
Animated Sketch Book – getting good movement
By Ian Whitworth. Ian Whitworth is an animator with Cosgrove Hall Productions. He begins a series about getting good movement in animated drawings. Tips that I would like to pass […]
Animated Sketch Book – getting good movement
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The Donald Duck Story
Walt Disney Productions are celebrating Donald Duck’s 50th anniversary this year (1984). Chris Pearson looks at Donald’s long and eventful career. (Mickey Mouse is) so much of an institution that […]
The Donald Duck Story
The above statement, published in an issue of DISNEY NEWS, the studio magazine, remains as the most mythical of all the claims to Donalds creation but, judging by Donald’s irascible […]
The Donald Duck Story
Donald’s bombastic nature provided a welcome antidote to theatre audiences who up until then had only seen mindlessly cheerful characters like Mickey the Mouse, Flip the Frog and Bosko the […]
The Donald Duck Story
Daisy Duck first entered Donald’s life in MR. DUCK STEPS OUT (1940) in which our hero’s courageous attempts to impress the love of his life are totally ruined once again […]
Cartoon Storyboards – where do ideas come from?
By Ray Cowell. I see that getting ideas for cartoons is the biggest problem with most amateur animators. I find that I usually have an abundance of ideas but finishing […]
Using Storyboards for Cartoon Animation
David Jefferson tells of the advantages of using storyboards and looks at two professional storyboards done for TV adverts. It has been said that the storyboard was invented at the […]
Using Storyboards for Cartoon Animation
It shows the animator what the scriptwriter and the director have in mind. Again it is much better to get the interpretation of a scene sorted out at the start […]
Using Storyboards for Cartoon Animation
Babycham Party storyboard by Speedy Cartoons. page 1 | page 2 | page 3 Printed in Animator’s newsletter Issue 9 (Summer 1984)