Animator. Spring 1985. Issue number 12. Front cover illustrations: A sequence of pencil animations from a South African TV commercial animated by Harold Whitaker.
#12 Spring 1985
Highlights of British animation 1985
The Year of Animation was officially launched on 24th January 1985 at the National Film Theatre in London with a special showing of Highlights of British Animation 1899 – 1974. […]
Highlights of British animation 1985 – Page 2
So what of the films on the programme? It opened with the opening titles of Bob Godfrey’s film “Great”. What a rumbustious and colourful film this is with many of […]
Highlights of British animation 1985 – Page 3
“Dustbin Parade” – 1942 from Halas and Batchelor was made to encourage the right attitude in war time. As someone who hated the way Britain’s were roused to war fervour […]
Disney Animator Ollie Johnston
Ollie Johnston is one of the legendary Nine Old Men of the Disney studios. He has worked on all the Disney feature films from Snow White to Fox and the […]
Disney Animator Ollie Johnston – Page 2
MURPHY: Is part of that too that there were lots of people working on it? JOHNSTON: Yes, definitely. Back on Pinocchio there were four of us working on the character […]
Disney Animator Ollie Johnston – Page 3
MURPHY: What was the first picture you worked on? JOHNSTON: “Pluto’s Judgement Day” or “Mickey’s Garden”. The first animation I did was on “Mickey’s Elephant”. I did a few sequences […]
Disney Animator Ollie Johnston – Page 4
MURPHY: In your biography notes, special attention is given to how you could perceive a character or a story point and see it through. Any examples jump to mind where […]
Disney Animator Ollie Johnston – Page 5
MURPHY: And you do appreciate that! I can go back now and appreciate the finer qualities of a film I missed the first few times. John Tibbetts and I both […]
Harold Whitaker by John Halas
Introduction by Gary French-Powell: Some months ago I told John Halas I was compiling material for an article on Harold Whitaker, I asked him if he could help fill in […]
Harold Whitaker by John Halas – Page 2
A good number of other memorable productions followed with Harold Whitaker’s contribution. Here are just a few. The extremely expressive “Keystone Cops” chase in “History of the Cinema”. The brilliant […]
Harold Whitaker by John Halas – Page 3
3. When it comes to timing I know very few who can match Whitaker’s instinct of how to use just the right amount of frames to get the best out […]
Harold Whitaker by John Halas – Page 4
Since he started animating, naturally the styles and range of techniques have broadened considerably. No matter. He is able to adapt his skills on a wide range of styles as […]
Ken Clark chats with Dick and Elizabeth Horn
Richard and Elizabeth Horn have been in the animation business since the fifties and have seen a lot of changes in that time. Ken Clark chats to them about animation […]
Ken Clark chats with Dick and Elizabeth Horn – Page 2
CLARK: It’s an ill wind E.HORN: Actually, it blew some ‘good’ my way. I have been very happy at Biographic with Vera, Nancy Hanna and Keith Learner. CLARK: You were […]
Ken Clark chats with Dick and Elizabeth Horn – Page 3
By now the layouts were finished, Bill’s visits had become less frequent due to pressure of work in L.A. and so the onus was on Steve Melendez and me to […]
Ken Clark chats with Dick and Elizabeth Horn – Page 4
CLARK: Or an amusing character like Keehar in “Watership Down” would have done. D.HORN: Yes, you need a strong comic character. In “Deadeye” they all seemed to be the same […]
The making of Izzi Knott Cocky
John Guthrie started work painting cinema foyer displays and now designs labels for Scotch whisky bottles. Both jobs have set him in good stead when it comes to his hobby […]
Too much walking
Morris Lakin reports on the progress of his first cartoon film and he makes an interesting discovery about walk cycles. I had got as far as scene two in my […]
Too much walking – Page 2
Marked on the tunnel is the start of the motion – there seemed to be little point in doing the drawings before this because they would be too small to […]
Growing up with Hanna-Barbera
The first of a series of articles on peoples cartoon favourites put together by Mike Lewis begins with Dave Dursley’s opinion of TV’s biggest supplier of cartoon entertainment. Insofar as […]
Growing up with Hanna-Barbera – Page 2
The alley they lived in was a great setting for their urban adventures, beautifully rendered in early decay and immortalised in the unforgettable opening credits – some of H-B’s most […]
Trace and paint with Maggy Clark
Maggy Clark tells Animator what paint and trace is all about. It is based on a taped interview conducted by David Jefferson. I started at Halas and Batchelor, like a […]