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A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.
Well do I remember lining up for the line tester in Ballyfermot with my first ‘bouncing ball’ line test drawings. There’s something special and raw about line tests. We’re so used to seeing beautifully finished special effect enhanced pieces of work that it’s sometimes easy to forget there are real people behind those creations.
Watching a line test is as close as you can get to looking over the animators shoulder while they work without being there.
Check out Bill Plympton’s line tests for his production Cheatin’
While this blog is NOT about the Irish animation industry or intended to document the latest news in animation in Ireland or beyond, I think it would be remiss of me not to at least link out to news articles related to recent Irish animation successes.
Over the past 10 years the Irish animation industry has matured and become internationally recognised as a ‘safe pair of hands’ for companies who wish to outsource their animation production and creative development (creative mostly related to adverts I suspect). Recent Oscar nominations highlighted the vitality and high standards of the Irish animation sector. I’m not going to write a long article about this but rather I’ll provide links to recent news articles that do a far better job of covering the subject.
Perhaps the international coverage Ireland has gained from these successes will make our national broadcasters reconsider their strategy regarding finance of indigenous animation programming?
I updated the blog with some more links to interesting and useful websites, scroll down to the bottom of the page.
While we’re here, I want to draw your attention to the site of Gene Deitch. Gene has published his book ‘How To Succeed In Animation’ and there’s more than a few good pointers in the text for anyone thinking of making a move to animation (people like me…well I haven’t made up my mind yet, still enjoying the idea right now…).f
Enjoy.
Cordell Barker – The Cat Came Back [1988]
This is a fantastic short film animated by Cordell Barker. He doesn’t miss one opportunity to maximize the laughs and the pace and soundtrack are spot on. Very funny and so well done. Enjoy.
(Awards details here)
“Made in 1975 by genius Russian animation director Yuri Norstein.Multilayer technology used to create a fog,it is an actual smoke blown in between class frames.”
This is a stunning film! I’m not really sure what to make of it to be honest. There’s something dark and primeval about it that makes me feel uncomfortable watching it (particularly the ‘someone’ in the water scene who actually saves the hedgehog).
Getting a little tired of 3D Pixar animation style or just looking for something a little different? This ‘old school’ cartoon ‘Moonbird’ is worth looking at.
I always enjoy hearing and see how other people came up with their concepts and how the approach their work. Canadian animator Cordell Barker (The Cat Came Back) talks briefly about his latest production ‘Runaway’. Check out his site to find out more here: http://www.nfb.ca/runaway
Nice timing, simple but effective use of Flash. Where can I see the entire 6 minutes?
Find out more about this production here.
“A short clip from Emma Lazenby’s BAFTA nominated short film, Mother of Many.The most dangerous journey needs a helping hand. Directed by Emma Lazenby. Produced by Sally Arthur for ArthurCox as part of Digital Shorts 2009. Commissioned by UK Film Council, South West Screen and 4mations.”
If you’ve studied animation at all it’s likely you came across Richard Williams name at some point. The Little Island is far from the classical animation Williams later produced. That’s not a criticism and it does not take away from this timeless production. I love the character design and the simplicity of the animation.
“The BAFTA winning animated film by animator Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit’s animation director). This was his first film and is a wordless engima of philosophical musings. Reminiscent of the 1950s modern animation of UPA. Video source provided by Orange Cow Productions.”
This is the first 9 minutes, you can watch the entire movie at Google Videos (for some reason WordPress won’t accept the Google video embed code…)
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