Arthur Humberstone senior animator – Page 4
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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 shared the same credit) This time he had to go to San Francisco. Says Arthur, ‘When we went to the States we thought we would … Read more
Alan Kitching and ANTICS computer animation
In spite of the incredible range of animation effects that can be produced by ANTICS it is described as a Stone Age Machine by it’s inventor Alan Kitching. Ken Clark talks to the man behind the machine and finds out why. When I first met Alan Kitching, I have to admit, I was taken aback. … Read more
Alan Kitching and ANTICS computer animation – Page 2
K.C.: So speaks the man who scratched designs on black 16mm film at the tender age of twelve. A.K.: Ah! Yes – but I spent a year in a professional animation studio run by Trevor Bond before going to university. That is how Trevor started. We had one desk and one rostrum camera. He sat … Read more
Alan Kitching and ANTICS computer animation – Page 3
K.C.: To be fair, British animation has always attempted to find its own style. Very little of the earlier surviving material exhibit signs of Disney’s influence. A.K.: Yes, that’s true. But I mentioned the United Nations just now – we made a slick promotional short for the U.N. University. Yes! – the U.N. actually has … Read more
From Mr Man to Bananaman – Flicks Films
Flicks Films Ltd and 101 Productions Ltd are London based animation companies that are owned and run under the same umbrella. Flicks Films produce commercials and 101 Productions make TV series. David Jefferson went along to meet the man behind them, Terry Ward. The headquarters of Flicks Films Ltd is a first floor office in … Read more
From Mr Man to Bananaman – Flicks Films – Page 2
Pre-production planning is considered very important. When a rough script has been prepared Bernie Kay and Terry Ward do a rough storyboard together. Changes are sometimes made to the script because a joke that is told in words may go over better in visuals only. Kay goes off with the rough storyboard and types up … Read more
From Mr Man to Bananaman – Flicks Films – Page 3
This was not always the case as Ward recalls when they were working on the Mr Men series ten years ago, “We financed the Mr Men ourselves, we went to the bank and borrowed the money. It took off and we have sold it around the world. In those days “The Wombles” was about the … Read more
From Mr Man to Bananaman – Flicks Films – Page 4
Flicks Films have produced five TV commercials for Harrods using graphics that were animated, traced and painted, shot on a rostrum camera with slit scan special effects enhancing the animation effects. That material was put onto video so that video effects could be added. “There are certain video effects that you can do in animation … Read more
From Mr Man to Bananaman – Flicks Films – Page 5
Doing series work is different because you have a lot more freedom as an animator or a director or a producer to do your own thing. The BBC have their own independent producers who will check out the script of a series before-hand. They don’t criticise to a large extent. They will criticise if they … Read more