ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society
Saturday, November 20, 2004
Urgent Call / Help Save Animation History
DICK HUEMER MURAL
Hi Everybody,
For those of you who may not be aware, I have been
working for the last couple of days to save these
murals, so that ASIFA-Hollywood may take possession of
them.
On Friday, it was determined that it would not be
possible to remove the artwork from the walls, as it
was hoped.
Therefore, I made arrangements with the demolition
contractor to have the both walls, with the murals
intact, detached from the structure. This work took
place today.
Since the contractor had estimated that the work could
be completed in a fairly short period of time, plans
had been made to move the walls into a storage space
today, as well.
Unfortunately, the demolition practically took the
entire day to complete. Therefore, it was not possible
to remove the walls off the property today, as
originally planned.
As a result of this unforeseen situation, we need to
secure the services of 4-6 volunteer, who would be
willing to show up at tomorrow morning, at 9am, to
help load these walls onto a truck, then unload them
into into a neighbors garage for temporary storage.
The job shouldn't take more than an hour.
If you know of anyone who might be willing to be of
assistance, please have them email Sivert Glarum, to
let him know that he/she will be coming to help.
Sivert's email is seivert@sbcglobal.net.
My apologies for the short notice about this. Thank
you in advance for your assistance.
Antran
Hi Everybody,
For those of you who may not be aware, I have been
working for the last couple of days to save these
murals, so that ASIFA-Hollywood may take possession of
them.
On Friday, it was determined that it would not be
possible to remove the artwork from the walls, as it
was hoped.
Therefore, I made arrangements with the demolition
contractor to have the both walls, with the murals
intact, detached from the structure. This work took
place today.
Since the contractor had estimated that the work could
be completed in a fairly short period of time, plans
had been made to move the walls into a storage space
today, as well.
Unfortunately, the demolition practically took the
entire day to complete. Therefore, it was not possible
to remove the walls off the property today, as
originally planned.
As a result of this unforeseen situation, we need to
secure the services of 4-6 volunteer, who would be
willing to show up at tomorrow morning, at 9am, to
help load these walls onto a truck, then unload them
into into a neighbors garage for temporary storage.
The job shouldn't take more than an hour.
If you know of anyone who might be willing to be of
assistance, please have them email Sivert Glarum, to
let him know that he/she will be coming to help.
Sivert's email is seivert@sbcglobal.net.
My apologies for the short notice about this. Thank
you in advance for your assistance.
Antran
So I tell Chuck's Grandson Craig that I think that this is my favorite drawing in the whole show (which it is) the angles, the shapes, the face coming out of the raw forms. So he tells me `thank you, that was me as a child`. Now if I was trying to kiss up I couldn't have thought of a better way.
Just back from the Laguna Beach Chuck Jones screening with Eric Goldberg run by Laguna College of Art and Design. Aubry Mintz, the animation chair at the Laguna College of Art introduced Chuck`s grandson who introed Eric. Eric got busy playing rare animations. A fun time, a flipbook and a Chuck Jones Center license plate holder where had by all.
I'm going to make a pizza, charge the battery on my digital camera, and get ready to go back for the 7:00 PM reception.
I'm going to make a pizza, charge the battery on my digital camera, and get ready to go back for the 7:00 PM reception.
Friday, November 19, 2004
Christmas cards for/from animators. Here is an idea. How about using Masters of Animation postcards for Christmas cards. Send your friends Ub Iwerks or Grim Natwick caricatures. Help support the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project. For more info: http://www.animationarchive.org/
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Several years back, when I was still running the Orange ROP Animation Program, Armando Camacho contacted me out of the blue. He lives in Mexicali, Mexico, a city that has no animation education. He found my program`s website and he asked me to help him.
Armando was hungry to learn animation and he asked me how he could go about it on his own without a school or teachers. I gave him what little help I could. Told him which books to buy. Told him what I could about software. I looked at his work and critiqued it. Nothing major, just passed e-mails now and then. Told him to keep working. If I told him anything of any use it might have been that the best way to learn to animate, is to animate.
He e-mailed me the other day just when I needed it, (mid-term wimp outs and whining) to tell me that he has just won the Premio Pantalla de Cristal (Cristal Screen Award) in the category of animation in a videoclip for his solo work in the videoclip Tuve Angeles.
Sometimes I get frustrated with some of the students that I get paid to teach.
I didn`t bring anything to work on to class today so can I go home early?I was just wonder what the heck am I doing it for. I should be working on my own projects instead of wiping the noses of kids with more money then drive. Then I get this e-mail and I know what it is all about.
Anyway, here is Armando`s flash animation. There doesn`t seem to be any sound attached to the file but then maybe I just can`t figure out the Spanish on the website well enough to work the controls.
It makes me proud to know someone like Armando is out there making it happen against the odds: http://www.esmas.com/correcaballocorre/pages/5.html
I saw a big chunk on the SpongeBob Squarepants movie last night and it was good. It surprised me just how good it was. The humor was hot, the delivery was timed well, the animation and the design worked.
If you are a member of ASIFA-Hollywood you can see this movie for yourself on:
Wednesday, November 24
6:00 PM
Writers Guikd of America Theatre
135 S. Doheny Dr.
Beverly HillsRSVP 323-956-1116
Monday, November 15, 2004
I never really played the Dragon`s Lair Laser Disk game that much. It was 50 cent a play. Double the price of the other games and I got creamed the first couple times I tried it. I have always been financially conservative/cheap. But I watched it a lot on other player`s 5 dimes. It was the only game in the arcade that drew a crowd of spectators. We were waiting for these outrageous animated cut screens.
Don Bluth is not an easy person to put in a pigeonhole. He is not an easy person to write about. He is controversial. He has always been a lightening rod. Bring up his name in a group of animators and you never know how they will react.
Maybe that is why he is so important? From his first days at Disney, to his infamous Bluth lead Disney revolt and walkout, to his pioneering video game work, Don has always been noticeable, out spoken, visible above the crowd. People love him, people hate him, some people have even brought out picket signs.
Sometimes his projects worked, like his glorious Secret of NIMH and his earth shaking Dragon's Lair, and sometime they didn't. That happens with every filmmaker. But it seemed to mean more with Don Bluth`s name attached. He has made waves, he has acted on his beliefs, he has fought the odds and made movies.
Some people in the animation community rejoiced in his triumphs and some rejoiced in his failures but nobody, nobody, ignores the work of Don Bluth. He has made an impact on the world of animation and for that ASIFA-Hollywood is honoring him on January 30th with the Winsor McCay Award for lifetime achievement.
Some will rejoice, some may not, some may even purposely schedule a premiere to compete with his award, but Don Bluth will not go unnoticed. Congratulation Don, long may you rock the boat, long may you make waves. And I for one would like to see another feature sometime soon.
