Animator. Spring 1986. Issue number 15. Front cover illustrations: Instant Sex produced by Bob Godfrey.
#15 Spring 1986
Ken Clark chats with Bob Godfrey
Bob Godfrey asserted his independence when he left the comparatively safe haven of W.H. Larkins and became self-employed in company with Keith Learner. Although we did not know it then, […]
Ken Clark chats with Bob Godfrey – Page 2
A number of films which might have been made by Disney or Fleischer in the early days are now being made by people like Stephen Spielberg. Live-action films dominated by […]
Ken Clark chats with Bob Godfrey – Page 3
K.C.: You mean… the narration suffers in translation? B.G.: Yes! Especially puns and ‘English’ jokes. And even the English voices have proved to be a drawback. Richard Briers has a […]
A He-Man leads the U.S.A. $yndication War$
Syndication is the red hot TV cartoon trend of the 1980s says George W. Woolery. He tells us how big dollars are being made by the right packages. Brandishing his […]
A He-Man leads the U.S.A. $yndication War$ – Page 2
Although the policy guidelines were rescinded recently, the FCC insisting it was no longer necessary to force stations to provide children’s programming due to the proliferation of local and cable-TV […]
A He-Man leads the U.S.A. $yndication War$ – Page 3
Filling a vacuum with a brand new concept, two studios have produced new syndicated programming for Sunday morning this past fall. The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, distributed by Worldvision, contains […]
Newfeld seek new toys
David Jefferson visits a toy manufacturer who is looking for an idea for an animated film they can back. A clever concept could make a fortune in royalties. The headquarters […]
Disneyland – the greatest walk-thru cartoon ever drawn
Brian Sibley visited Disneyland in 1985, during its thirtieth year celebrations and discovered that the Magic Kingdom was created along the lines of a living animated film… PRE-TITLE SEQUENCE: The […]
Disneyland – the greatest walk-thru cartoon ever drawn – Page 2
Disneyland is like that too. Glancing at the upper storey windows on Main Street, I find them decorated with advertisements which incorporate the names of Disney artists and animators: ‘KEN […]
Disneyland – the greatest walk-thru cartoon ever drawn – Page 3
On the rides in Fantasyland you can clearly see how the Disney ‘Imagineers’ (as Walt called them) have utilized the lessons they learned in animating film. Take, for example, ‘Peter […]
Cambridge Animation Festival 1985
Report by Neil Carstairs The main theme? Publicity for this year’s Festival stated that a theme running through many programmes would be ‘the rather neglected question of narrative and story […]
Cambridge Animation Festival 1985 – Page 2
Report from David Jefferson The Cambridge Animation Festival ran from the Tuesday evening to the Sunday evening. I went along for the weekend shows. The 1985 festival has been billed […]
Animation stew from The Black Cauldron
As the hype dies down Brian Sibley steps back and takes an objective view of the latest feature cartoon to come out of the Disney Studio. By a cunning ruse […]
Animation stew from The Black Cauldron – Page 2
Not too surprisingly, the evil characters are far more interesting than the good ones, and the nasties in The Black Cauldron are the most gruesome to appear in any Disney […]
D.I.Y. Rostrum Part Two
The Filmcraft 80 Rostrum is suitable for 8mm cameras and light 16mm cameras. In issue 14 we described how to build the main framework. David Jefferson continues with the base. […]
D.I.Y. Rostrum Part Two – Page 2
Rostrum base – materials. All sizes are in inches. Chipboard (Contiplas) 1 at 24 x 15” 2 at 16 x 12” Alloy 2 x ½” round tube at 14” 1 […]
Beowulf in Plasticine – cameras might fly
David J.M. Coleman describes a way of adding visual interest to a Plasticine puppet film with camera movement. I wanted to make a film of a legend… and after rejecting […]
Beowulf in Plasticine – cameras might fly – Page 2
The next step in camera movement after this is to liberate the camera from its earthly existence altogether, and give it wings. This is achieved mind-bogglingly-well in the many adverts […]