Animator. Winter 1985. Issue number 14. Front cover illustrations: A Greek Tragedyby Nicole Van Goethem. Grand Prix winner at Annecy 1985.
#14 Winter 1985
George Pal Puppetoons – the early years
Ken Clark pieces together a portrait of George Pal – in his ealy days – as seen through the eyes of a number of star witnesses. The 1947/48 edition of […]
George Pal Puppetoons – the early years – Page 2
Our biggest problem with puppet film making was the lighting. This required a great deal more attention than live action filming because the little wooden figures were round, with painted […]
George Pal Puppetoons – the early years – Page 3
KC.: You were with J. Walter Thompson at that time, weren’t you? G.H.: That’s right. I never worked for George Pal. When we made the Horlicks films in Eindhoven I […]
Wolfgang Reitherman remembered
Brian Sibly recalls the veteran Disney animator, Wolfgang Reitherman, who died earlier this year (1985). It is a great many years ago now that I played truant from school and […]
Wolfgang Reitherman remembered – Page 2
Two years later saw the emergence of a very different style of animation in 101 Dalmations, co-directed by Reitherman with Hamilton Luske and Clyde Geronimi. Many of the elaborate techniques […]
Annecy Animation Festival 1985
Now in its 25th year and with the prestige of being the birthplace of ASIFA which is also 25 years old, the Annecy Animation Festival had something to celebrate, writes […]
Annecy Animation Festival 1985 – Page 2
The major Festival prizes were allocated by the international jury of six. The audience were also given a chance to vote for their favourite film. In the case of the […]
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Top left: Dalias Iook I Heroic Times. Jozsel Gdmes, Hongrie Middle left: The International Jury. Left to right: Stanislas Sokolov (USSR), Jan Svankmajer (Czech), Louise Beaudet (Canada), Michel Ciment (France), […]
Annecy Animation Festival 1985 – Page 4
Top left: Marie-Noëlle Provent, President of the International Animated Film Centre. Middle left: Phil Austin and Derek Hayes, Britain. Bottom left: An Annecy street scene. Top right: A Greek Tragedy […]
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The Special Jury Prize was shared by two seasoned filmmakers, Ishu Patel of Canada and Rein Raamat of the USSR. Patel’s film Paradise is the tale of a rather ordinary […]
Early Animated Adverts programme at the NFT
There was an air of incompleteness when the lights came up at the conclusion of the National Film Theatre’s programme of Animated Adverts on 8th July 1985 write Jane Henry […]
Computer animation at Lucasfilm
The Adventures of Andre and WaIIy B. recieved a Special Award from the 1985 Canadian International Animation Festival in Toronto. The whole film was generated by computer. David Jefferson reports […]
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Using this method the computer only animates the background. All the characters are done by conventional animation. There for there is no time saving involved. The chances of wanting to […]
Inbetweening by home computer
The general principles of inbetweening are given in a programme that can be adapted for most home micro computers. David Jefferson explains how it works. This programme will make inbetween […]
Arthur Humberstone senior animator
After 40 years in the animation business Arthur Humberstone is still going strong. He was involved with the feature films Animal Farm, The Yellow Submarine, Watership Down and The Plague […]
Arthur Humberstone senior animator – Page 2
Arthur went on to become a valued member of the G.B. Animation Unit and when the studio closed, ex-Disney animator, David Hand presented Arthur with a personally signed photograph of […]
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Top: The unit of Watership Down. Bottom: Watership Down model sheets. page 1 | page 2 | page 3| page 4 | page 5
Arthur Humberstone senior animator – Page 4
The Plague Dogs – a Martin Rosen Production. page 1 | page 2 | page 3| page 4 | page 5
Arthur Humberstone senior animator – Page 5
When Martin Rosen, the producer of Watership Down, set up The Plague Dogs Arthur was again called upon to work as a senior animator. (George Jackson and Tony Guy also […]
D.I.Y Rostrum
The Filmcraft 80 Rostrum is suitable for 8mm cameras and light 16mm cameras. David Jefferson tells you how you can build your own version of it. When I designed the […]
D.I.Y Rostrum – Page 2
The feet are attached in the same way. These are pre-drilled to take bolts but as I was standardizing on quarter inch whitworth bolts I found I had to drill […]
The housing that Jerry built
Cohn Pain tells how the film Animation My Way encouraged him to try his hand at cartoon animation. This led to his recent production about sub-standard housing. I bought my […]