Animator. Spring 1993. Issue number 30. Front cover illustration: Balloon directed by Ken Lidster. See National Film & TV School.
#30 Spring 1993
International Animation Festival Cardiff 1992
Rocking the Boat Cardiff is a major production centre for animation with many large and small studios producing TV series. These have grown with the help of the Welsh television […]
From Student to Professional Animation
The transition from the freedom of student animation to professional animation that earns money for its creators is a difficult one. This seminar at the Cardiff Animation Festival brought together […]
From Student to Professional Animation – Page 2
“The skills you learn at college will always be useful. Working on a commercial can improve those skills and make you better when you come to make your own films. […]
From Student to Professional Animation – Page 3
Learn about storytelling. When Sarah Kennedy left college she was determined to do her own work. ‘It is really difficult to get money when you are a student just out […]
Visual Effects on Terminator 2
Alex Seiden, a senior technical director and animator at Industrial Light & Magic gave a talk about Terminator 2 and its visual effects at the International Animation Festival Cardiff. Report […]
Visual Effects on Terminator 2 – Page 2
The next step is compositing. On the live action shot the actors are acting to nothing, that is the essence of special effects work. In Terminator 2 there were many […]
Visual Effects on Terminator 2 – Page 3
“Motion control existed before Star Wars but it really came alive with that film, it had much more use than it ever had before. Now it is used for completely […]
Meet Klasky Csupo
Klasky Csupo, Inc. have hit animated television series, The Simpsons and Rugrats, on their track record. Marketing Director, Larry Le Francis, introduced the company at the Cardiff International Animation Festival. […]
Don Bluth’s Animation Class
Don Bluth of Don Bluth Entertainment, Dublin, Ireland, has presented mini-seminars on animation for the benefit of his staff. The following article is based on a recording of one of […]
Barry Purves talks about Screenplay
Barry Purves talks to Sylvie Bosher about his film Screenplay and his future projects. Barry Purves won the Young Jury’s Best Film Award recently at the Bourges en Bresse Festival […]
Barry Purves talks about Screenplay – Page 2
Barry spent five months writing the script of Screenplay before signing a contract with Channel Four in October, 1991. He then spent nine months laying the groundwork for thirteen weeks […]
Computer Animation Studio from Disney
The Animation Studio is a computer software program from Disney for the IBM PC or Amiga computer. Review by David Jefferson. The Animation Studio from Disney is one of many […]
A Load Of Balls
Chris Shepherd is a degree student studying animation at West Surrey College of Art and Design. His 16mm film called A Load Of Balls was recently screened at the college’s […]
A Load Of Balls – Page 2
Secondly, I used cel animation to give the audience the impression the film was to be comic in nature. In Warner Brother’s cartoons, eel painted characters such as Daffy Duck […]
National Film and Television School
“The School’s task is to find and bring forward talent that will make its individual mark. For the cost of about two low budget features a year we are training […]
National Film and Television School – Page 2
During his three years with NFTS Ken Lidster worked for short attachments at Aardman’s where Nick Park was in residence and would you believe? Nick Park was also a graduate […]
National Film and Television School – Page 3
I accepted Danny Boon’s invitation to visit the School to see for myself the creative environment they have fashioned. There are two objectives: general training and advanced specialist training by […]
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Approximately two-thirds of their work is acceptable first time round. Whatever one might think of their method, the result would cost very much more to produce on mainland America, Britain […]
Designer dominated Disney books
It should be said at once that two books from Hyperion, the Disney company’s new publishing house, Disney’s Art of Animation by Bob Thomas and The Art of Mickey Mouse, […]
Animating a theme park ride
Computer animation is playing a major role in the production of a theme park rides. Charles Gibson, of Rhythm and Hues, addressed an audience on the subject at the Annecy […]
Animating a theme park ride – Page 2
Alternative techniques were proposed, such as building a physical model and flying a motion controlled camera through. However, it is not possible to build a model big enough for a […]