Animator. Winter 1987. Issue number 21. Front cover illustration: A scene from the “Star Trekkin” pop video made by The Film Garage for the chart topping hit record by The […]
#21 Winter 1987
Studio report
Animation Stroud closes The Acre, Stroud, Gloucestershire, a studio once owned by Halas and Batchelor has been sold – thus ending a tradition, started by Anson Dyer at the commencement of […]
The animation cel story
Brian Clark of Film Sales Ltd directs our attention to a basic material many of us take for granted. Animators are only too familiar with cel even if, in common […]
Annecy Festival 1987
In part two David Jefferson reports on more of the film-makers who attended the biannual International Animated Film Festival held in Annecy, France. This year, two Selection Committees screened 695 […]
Annecy Festival 1987 – Page 2
Q: What do you think of the human characters in the present day Disney films? MD: Quite frankly, I haven’t seen that much of them. The last animation I did […]
Girl’s night out – Joanna Quinn
Girls Night Out won three awards at Annecy ‘87. Joanna Quinn tells the story behind the film. Girls Night Out took approximately three years to make and was started when […]
Girl’s night out – Joanna Quinn – Page 2
When I started to animate I made a conscious decision to keep the animation as loose and as simple as I could, to avoid too much laborious painting and colouring. […]
Girl’s night out – Joanna Quinn – Page 3
After work on this film is finished I will be concentrating on a sequel to Girls Night Out. The film is at the storyboard and scripting stage at the moment. […]
Fine Art Babbitt
Brian Sibley reviews Channel 4’s documentary about veteran Disney animator, Art Babbitt. For years his name languished in obscurity: official Disney historians ignored his existence, while those who wrote about […]
The fairest film of all – Snow White reassessed
Fifty years ago, this year, the cinema shifted course, slightly perhaps, but nevertheless shifted, because the first American animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, was produced in […]
The fairest film of all – Snow White reassessed – Page 2
Allied to the narrative economy is the strength of characterisation, in particular the dwarfs and the QueenlWitch, to a lesser extent Snow White. It is this ability to create convincing […]
The fairest film of all – Snow White reassessed – Page 3
I am also indebted to Brian Sibley who points out the similarity of the witch to Lionel Barrymore’s villain who disguises himself as an old woman pedlar, cloak and basket […]
The fairest film of all – Snow White reassessed – Page 4
Albert Hurter, a German artist in the tradition of European illustration, was the graphic genius behind much of the film’s detailing. Given a free hand by Disney to produce a […]
With a smile and a song – Adriana Caselotti
Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Snow White, talks to Brian Sibley. Once upon a time, long ago, a great and powerful Wizard of Hollywoodland decided to create something magical called […]
With a smile and a song – Adriana Caselotti – Page 2
Despite being the voice of the film’s central character, Adriana had no idea Snow White was going to be such an important film. She saw no rushes from the picture […]
An American Tail
Jeremy Clark has been to see An American Tail. He examines the plot structure and finds resonances from Shakespeare and Hitchcock to King Kong and Disney. When Don Bluth left […]
An American Tail – Page 2
Whilst it fits in with the idea of Fievel’s growing up while separated from his parents, there is insufficient dramatic material here to furnish a workable sub-plot. Mice plotting against […]
An American Tail – Page 3
If Bluth is good when he is borrowing from other film-makers, it must be said that he is easily their equal when exercising originality. His credits on the film include […]
What makes Brian Borthwick tick?
Animator Brian Borthwick is a rare combination of talents hiding behind a warm retiring personality, writes Ken Clark. After more than forty years in the business Brian Borthwick is an […]
What makes Brian Borthwick tick? – Page 2
“There are so many things I have worked on, and one is never really satisfied with one’s work. In some ways you may say I have been in a rut, […]
Snow White meets Giovanni Morelli
By Barry Salt. “But the study of drawings is not only indispensable to our knowledge of the different masters; it also serves to impress more sharply on our minds the […]
Snow White meets Giovanni Morelli – Page 2
6. In the story sketches and animation layouts the drawing styles of the different artists are quite evident. This artist draws Snow White as a tall, slim young woman, whose […]
Snow White meets Giovanni Morelli – Page 3
15. When her eyes are open, some artists drew them all the way across the lid, while others drew them only on the outer part of the lid, as here. […]