Published between 1982 and 1995
“When you enter your film in a festival like this it is good to get the audience reaction,” continued Murakami. “The prizes are also important although some people may disagree. If you are a painter you might have a chance to sell because your painting is cheap enough but films are very time consuming to … Read more
Clare Kitson, a programme commissioner for Channel 4 television, was also optimistic. She maintained the future of personal animated films depended on three factors; whether there is public demand; whether there are animators who are up to it; and whether there is money. “Up to now we have not been sure about the public demand, … Read more
The students submit proposals and a panel chooses the best and most promising ideas. Each of the students spends three months in the glass fronted studio developing the project and shooting a small amount of footage. They work with a production consultant who helps them present their work to a television company. “This is an … Read more
Stained glass windows, gun cotton, incendiaries and Celluloid By Brian Clark of Film Sales Ltd. The West window of the Church of the House of Prayer, Newark, New Jersey bears a spiritual likeness and Latin inscription dedicated to the Reverend Hannibal Goodwin. The motivation for this stained glass dedication was not so much related to … Read more
At this level triacetate has shown itself to be in with more than a good chance. Film Sales’ search for an animation-copy-suitable triacetate cel concentrated on a formulation that provided the highest softening point to withstand that temperature, and one whose production ensures the absolute minimum of residual solvent. Removal of casting solvent could never … Read more
Karen Rosenberg reviews the work of professional flip-book-maker Ruth Hayes. These days the flip book is generally considered kiddie fare, if it is considered at all. What’s a flip book? Well, the Germans call it Daumenkino, thumb cinema, because it’s a form of animation: a series of sequential images on a bound stack of paper … Read more
From the California Institute of the Arts, where she is currently studying film, Hayes told me by phone how she came to concentrate on flip books. After graduating from Harvard in 1978, where she studied with George Griffin, Hayes put two of her short animated films on the festival circuit. They made the rounds and … Read more
In her unabashed exploration of the body, Hayes stands within a tradition of women animators in the USA that began in the 1970s. Susan Pill’s film Asparagus, with its clear reference to the smells of piss and the shapes of shit, the dancing penises in Mary Beams’ short film Seed reel, and Ruth Hayes’ own … Read more
David Jefferson tries his hand at computer animation with a software package for personal computers. DeluxPaint Animation is a comprehensive animation program for personal computers. It runs in 320 x 200 lines mode with 256 colours. This resolution is good enough for line testing animation, producing computer based business presentations or adding animated titles to … Read more
Backgrounds can be drawn and painted separately and then added to a sequence of animation once it is complete. The background can also be saved in an artwork file and used for other sequences. Several sequences with a common background can be linked at the player stage to form a longer sequence. A scanner may … Read more