Animator. Summer 1989. Issue number 25. Front cover illustration: Loud Lucy from the Odd Bodd Family, a segment of the Round the Bend TV series animated by Catalyst Pictures Ltd. […]
#25 Summer 1989
News reports: Bristol Festival ’89 – ASIFA UK Board election
Animation Festival Bristol ’89 The world of animation will focus on Bristol for one week this year when The International Animation Festival takes place in the historic English shipping port […]
News reports: The Hippodrome Show – Miro Man
The Hippodrome Show Rubicon Studios were teamed up again with Bernard Allum of The Graphics Department to produce a title sequence for Thames TV’s variety show, recorded live from Peter […]
News reports: Bluth commercials – Huxley Pig
Bluth commercials Sullivan Bluth Studios, as part of its venture into TV commercials production, has recently completed three new Irish commissions: Hacks Lozenges (Wardell Roberts) through Hunter Advertising, Howards Flour […]
News reports: Charlie Chalk – M.E.D.I.A. 92
Charlie Chalk Charlie Chalk is a new series by Ivor Wood, creator of Postman Pat. There are thirteen episodes of stop-frame animation which are gentle and humorous, set to appeal […]
Tribute to Eric Larson
One of the Nine Old Men of Disney Animation, Eric Larson, died on 25th October 1988 at the age of 83. He joined the Studio in 1933 and worked there […]
Annecy Animation Festival 1989
For one week at the end of May the beautiful lakeside resort of Annecy in the Haute-Savoie region of France was taken over by a hoard of animators, animation enthusiasts […]
The USA scene – Report from John Cawley
Filmation has closed its doors for possibly the last time. The studio, known for such series as the first tv Superman cartoons, Fat Albert and He-Man, gave employees one hour […]
Animation Quiz
Set by Gary Timmons 1. Which character said, “I just thought I’d mention in passing, I’ve always wanted a sparkly of my very own.”? 2. Good, Truth and Beauty are […]
The Ballad of Dr Scratch
By Paul Thomas. Somewhere in the womb… Suddenly, somewhere, somehow, In the land of D.N.A. Within the egg, x and y, The chromosomes did play. A gene of animation, Began […]
Book reviews The Disney Studio Story
The Disney Studio Story By Richard Holliss and Brian Sibley. Octopus Books 1988. Review by Robin Allan. This is a welcome addition to the growing number of books on animation […]
Book reviews The Disney Studio Story & Animation
The Disney Studio Story By Richard Holliss and Brian Sibley. Octopus Books 1988. Review by David Williams. The standard pattern of the Octopus Studio Histories has been to have an […]
Book reviews Experimental Animation & Cartoons Il Cinema d’Animazione
Experimental Animation: Origins of a New Art Revised edition by Robert Russett and Cecile Starr, published by De Capo Press, New York Review by Pat Webb. Robert Russett and Cecile […]
Over my shoulder
By Ken Clark Publicity for the medium is welcomed whenever it promotes new work or adds to general public awareness, but I have never subscribed to the idea that tricks […]
Over my shoulder – Page 2
MOMI The Museum of the Moving Image received the Royal seal of approval when Prince Charles attended the opening ceremony on Thursday 15th September 1988. There was much to recommend, […]
Over my shoulder – Page 3
The point I am making is that animation suffers from a lack of exposure. As one man remarked after seeing Halas & Batchelor’s retrospective: “Why on earth haven’t we been […]
Paul Driessen Workshop
This article is based on a workshop talk given by Paul Driessen at the Stuttgart Animation Festival ‘88. When animators are engaged on commercial work or series work, they often […]
Paul Driessen Workshop – Page 2
They cover the West Coast of America all the way up to Vancouver and it seems to work there as well. They spend money on promotion but not so much […]
Paul Driessen Workshop – Page 3
A mistake some people make is to think they can do every aspect of film production on their own. They should realise some people are better at story writing rather […]
Animation and Art by John Halas
The world of animation has been severely handicapped because it has never been classified according to its nature, its character and its type as so many other art movements have. […]
Ray Fields workshop lecture
Ray Fields was principal lecturer in AV studies at Liverpool Polytechnic. He gave the following workshop lecture to a group of international students at the Stuttgart Animation Festival 1988. I […]
Ray Fields workshop lecture – Page 2
Students are quite naturally interested in how they are going to earn their money, so they need certain training. In the British educational system, government is now demanding that the […]
Nik Lever of Catalyst Pictures
Catalyst Pictures Ltd was formed in June 1985 by Nik Lever, Caroline Titley and Paul Miller to produce TV commercials and corporate films, particularly animation. Report by David Jefferson. All […]
Nik Lever of Catalyst Pictures – Page 2
DJ: Did you manage to hold the focus between the cutouts and the background? NL: On a wide shot, yes. On a tight shot, no, but that worked in our […]
Nik Lever of Catalyst Pictures – Page 3
DJ: Can you tell me about the Irish Bank Commercial. It looks to me as if you used a combination of 3D animation and cel animation. NL: The action was […]
Nik Lever of Catalyst Pictures – Page 4
DJ: How does the amount of work compare with a cel film? NL: The thing about cel is it can be used in so many ways. You can have limited […]
Nik Lever of Catalyst Pictures – Page 5
DJ: What do you take along to the dubbing studio in the way of pre-recorded sound? NL: In this particular instance they had all the music and all the voices […]
Nik Lever of Catalyst Pictures Page 6
DJ: What about transferring for the American market as their television runs at sixty-fields-per second whilst in Britain it is fifty? NL: The system used is called standards conversion. Every […]