As I write this, there are 44 hours left in Michael Sporns Indiegogo campaign to raise money for his proposed animated feature on the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe. I dont want to repeat mys...
Adam Hines and Andrew Murray, two Sheridan grads who have been doing an animation-related podcast for more than a year, once again had me on as a guest. Last time, the talk was about creator ri...
I’ve long been aware that Walt Disney knew Spencer Tracy. There’s a 1938 photo of them together with Tracy in polo togs and I knew that Disney also played polo. Having read the excellent ...
Katarina Antonic, a new graduate of Sheridans animation program, has started a Sheridan animation channel on Vimeo and it already has 58 films on it. Some are fourth year films, done by individ...
On May 8 at 7 p.m. at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, Sheridan Colleges animation program will present a retrospective of student films. Thirty six of the over 500 films created in the last 5 yea...
Deadline Hollywood reports that Brad Birds next project is another live action film and hes still developing his own live action film, 1906. I think that weve seen the last of Bird as an animat...
Michael Sporn is once again trying crowdfunding to help finance his animated feature based on the life and work of Edgar Allen Poe, this time using Indigogo.Readers of this blog will recall that Mich...
Its that time of year again. The Sheridan class of 2012 met the industry on April 26. Industry and faculty line up to registerSheridan President Jeff Zabudsky addresses the industry prior to the scre...
I find that many of the most interesting animated films these days are being made in the genre of animated documentaries. Paul and Sandra Fierlinger, The Rauch Brothers, and Marjane Satrapi gro...
The above animation is by Ron Zorman, who did it with TVPaint.Im including it here because it is a clear reminder of the expressive power of motion. These days, motion is either limited and cliched o...
Ive been working my way through the UPA Jolly Frolics DVD collection. I had never seen any of the Ham and Hattie shorts, so I was naturally curious about them. They are bad, but specifically bad in w...
The only way this book could be better is if the artists who worked at UPA were all still alive to be interviewed. Thankfully, many were interviewed before their deaths by animation historians such a...
Its almost that time of year again, where the students graduating from Sheridans animation program screen their films for industry guests. The above is a taste of whats coming.
The clock is ticking on Michael Sporns Kickstarter campaign to help finance his feature based on the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe. Donations as low as $5 are possible. If you are someone who supp...
TV Ontario ran two animated features, Perspepolis and Mary and Max, on Saturday Night at the Movies on March 17. As usual, between features, they ran interview footage relating to the films. This seg...
I never saw Brad Birds Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and I wont be seeing Andrew Stantons John Carter. The analyst in me is still interested in the contrast between the two.Brad BirdMade a seque...
Michael Sporn has been developing an animated feature about author Edgar Allan Poe and has decided to use Kickstarter to finance the project.One of the most encouraging things about the increased num...
Apparently, somebody complained about the above clip from Family Guy, and"The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council ruled on Thursday that the broadcaster did a good job warning viewers about sexu...
Today is traditionally the day when everyone complains how boring the telecast was, how awful the fashions were and how out of touch the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is.Ive stopped wat...
The DVD collection of UPA Jolly Frolics is now available for pre-order through both the TCM website as well as Movies Unlimited. The pre-release price is $34.99 U.S. For those of you ordering in Cana...
This year the Annie Awards are being streamed live, starting at 7 p.m. Pacific (10 p.m. Eastern) time on various websites, including Cartoon Brew, A. Film L.A, Canadian Animation Resources, Animazing...
The schedule for the Studio Ghibli retrospective at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto is now available here. Tickets can be ordered in advance on the same page.
UPDATEDBørge and his wife are unhurt, but they have suffered a major loss of their possessions and artwork due to a fire. Their daughter Anna-Mieke, has set up a website where the pictures above come...
Another copyright case from the comics world, but one that has implications for people working in animation.Writer Gary Friedrich created Marvels version of Ghost Rider. He sued Marvel claiming that ...
This blog seems to be tipping more and more into the business, as opposed to the art, of animation, but its hard to avoid when various media industries are conspiring against artists and the public.I...
The character of Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, has a long and complicated legal history. Jerry Siegels heirs have terminated their half of DC Comics copyright of the character an...
UPDATED BELOW.If I knew how to block out this site on Jan. 18 in protest against SOPA and PIPA, two bills currently in the U.S. Congress that claim to be against internet piracy, I would do it. I am ...
Last summer, I helped a friend develop a course outline for an animation history course. In looking for a textbook, I found that there wasnt a single volume that seemed appropriate. When The World Hi...
Turner Classic Movies will run We Learn About the Telephone (1965) early Saturday morning at 5:30 a.m. Eastern time. This film contains animation designed and directed by John Hubley and features voi...
Im writing this post for the benefit of Sheridan animation students and grads, but it may prove useful to others.If you are not on salary or working under a contract and somebody asks you to produce ...
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