Animator. Winter 1984. Issue number 11. Front cover illustrations: Top: Richard Williams at his London studio. The Oscar is for A Christmas Carol. Small insert: The hands of fate from […]
#11 Winter 1984
Animated Comment – Ken Clark chats with Richard Williams
Ken Clark: I think it fair to say that the long term commitment to your feature length cartoon extravaganza The Thief’ is the subject of much speculation. A short extract […]
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K.C.: You place great emphasis on acting. R.W.: Totally, totally! It is the main emphasis. Without it people would get bored after 20 minutes, as they so often do with […]
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K.C.: I think you proved that point with ‘A Christmas Carol”. R.W.: “Christmas Carol” we animated fully, but it was a race because we had just seven months. We went […]
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K.C.: Except, perhaps, at G.B. Animation, Cookham? R.W.: …whcre they tried to avoid the problem. From what I have heard of David Hand it would seem he was a ‘committee’ […]
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K.C.: What lessons did you learn from “Raggedy Ann”? R.W.: One big one. You know the Golden Rule? The person who has the gold makes the rules. Initially, when they […]
Animated cartoons televised in the USA 1946-1981
This is a brief history of Animated cartoons as televised programming in the United States 1946-1981. From small beginnings in Uncle Willie’s Cartoon Show to the big dollar earners of […]
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If in theatres the short cartoon was developed for a general audience, after the graphic films were leased for television programming the focus changed. By the early fifties, the film […]
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The ripple effects continue unabated. Since 1966, there has not been a cartoon series scheduled during a regular season after 7:30 PM on network television. (4) Instead, web programmers have […]
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Pressure groups act In the late sixties, the cartoon formats featuring fantastic super beings engaging grotesque monsters in colourful mayhem, aroused alarmed citizens groups. Also in their competitive zeal, Saturday […]
Pop goes Hierographics trace and paint service
David Jefferson talks to Steve Flack about the exciting new projects his company are getting involved in. Hierographics is a trace and paint service that is situated in a Wardour […]
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Bigger companies were using Hierographics for the odd two or three scenes that they needed to get finished by the end of the day. Then companies with four productions would […]
The kitchen as an puppet animation studio
The Burglar was voted the most popular film at the Animator’s Association (ANIMA) Festival held in September. Film maker Tina Fletcher tells how she progressed from puppet shows to puppet […]
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My son and I were the chief film enthusiasts. We filmed for the new play in the kitchen but since it was during the holidays and we needed space and […]
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16mm and Henry King I was over the moon. I bought an elderly second-hand Bolex; redheads replaced the old theatre lights; I found an out of work engineer camera lighting […]
Art Babbitt’s animation seminar
Ken Clark went along to Art Babbitt’s seminar on animation held in London and organized by the Richard Williams Studio. Dateline Tuesday August 28th 1984. I arrived outside the Richard […]
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“Everybody writes books about the history of animation, and the technicalities of the rostrum camera, but few tell you how to animate. Some call it Art – that’s wishful thinking. […]
Scratch and Tiger Trax Animation
David Jefferson went on safari down The Old Kent Road to find Britain’s smallest animation studio. Tiger Trax Animation is situated in a block of flats just off the Old […]
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An avid collector of animation memorabilia, Paul has off-cuts from Bob Godfrey’s editing bin, paper animations from “Rhubarb”, cels from various well known productions and a collection of posters issued […]
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Alastair Taylor’s Fridge D’or
Alastair Taylor tells how he made The Fridge D’or at Bath Academy of Art. The film was a big hit at the Cambridge Animation Festival 1983. “The Fridge D’or’ was […]
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I promptly decided to reduce the number of drawings in the walk cycle (to about 18) and shoot three frames per drawing. As for getting the drawings onto cels, I […]
Fans of Japanese animation
Frank Baker is a member of the USA based Cartoon/Fantasy organization. He tells us what it is all about. The Cartoon/Fantasy Organization is an association of tans of Japanese animated […]
Charles ‘Joe’ Noble. 1894 to 1984. A tribute.
Obituary by Ken Clark. Charles R Noble had just cause to be proud of his two Sons: George and Charles Jnr. When the younger son began to assert himself, he […]
Bob Privett. 19? to 1984. A tribute.
Obituary by Ken Clark. Bob Privett was not content just to practice his craft, he spent his latter years teaching the art to a succession of grateful students in the […]