Published between 1982 and 1995
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
The Filmcraft 80 Rostrum is suitable for 8mm cameras and light 16mm cameras. David Jefferson tells you how you can build your own version of it. When I designed the Filmcraft 80 Rostrum in 1979 I had three basic criteria apart from the obvious one of it doing the job well. 1: It had to … Read more
The feet are attached in the same way. These are pre-drilled to take bolts but as I was standardizing on quarter inch whitworth bolts I found I had to drill these again to enlarge them. The uprights were also drilled a few inches from the top to take the bolts for the lighting bar. The … Read more
Cohn Pain tells how the film Animation My Way encouraged him to try his hand at cartoon animation. This led to his recent production about sub-standard housing. I bought my first cine camera when my first son was born 27 years ago. It was not until I joined the Whitehall Cine Society that I really … Read more