The Thursday schedule for Comic Con is posted at:http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci05_prog_thu.shtmlThanks to Jon Reeves of Internet Movie Database for the link.
Speaking about Thursday at Comic Con here are ASIFA`s offerings for the first day of the largest popular culture con in the continental United States.
11:00-12:30 Margaret Kerry: Voice Actor Tryouts - Margaret Kerry, the rotoscoop model for Disney`s Tinker Bell and the lips of Clutch Cargo, brings her years of voice acting skills to this unique voice acting training session. Here is a chance to learn the tricks of the voice acting trade. Room 6A
Our own Tinker Bell takes the stage to teach the skills of voice acting. This is a goody. Last year she had a giant room talking like Katharine Hepburn in under 5 minutes. She has lots of tricks of voice acting and she shares them freely with her audience. If you are an animator you are going to do voices, if you are an actor you need this, if you want to be a voice actor this one is definitely for you.
1:30-2:30 ASIFA Presents: Mark Kausler: It`s the Cat - Mark Kausler`s career has included work on Beauty and the Beast (animator:"Maurice"), Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (animation director), Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (animator) (storysketch), and The Lion King (story). Also a noted authority and collector of early animation, Mark is the creator of last year`s Annie Award nominated hand-drawn cel-animated short It`s the Cat. Join Mark Kausler for this screening and discussion of the making of this unique film. Mark will also be screening some of the rare films that inspired this film. Room 3
Those of you that know me should know of my love for Mark`s amazing cel animation
It`s the Cat. This is a type of animation that I love and is just not being made any more by anyone but Mark.
There is a very strong touch of classic Fleischers, early Van Beuren, and early Walter Lantz that is a joy to behold. All that crap about 2-D animation being dead is just that as long a Mark can still hold a pencil. Come see this filmed love letter to all that is good in hand drawn animation.
Mark will also be sharing from his extensive collection of classic animation. And from his impressive knowledge of the history of animation. Don`t miss this one.
3:00-4:00 ASIFA Presents: Martha Sigall: Living Within the Lines - Martha Sigall is a living legend in the world of animation. She started in ink and paint at the Leon Schlesinger studio (later renamed the Warner Bros. Animation Studio) in 1936. She worked with everybody at most of the majors during the Golden Age of animation, including Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, Tex Avery, Bill Melendez, and many more. She will be discussing her autobiography, Living Within the Lines, Room 4
I love Martha. Her book is a treasure trove of personal stories about her friends and her world. Here are insights into the golden age of animation that only Martha can tell. This is your chance to hear about the world of Termite Terrace, MGM cartoon studio, UPA, Bill Melendez Studios and many more from an insider that was there at the beginning of the golden age of animation.
4:00-5:30 Animation on a $hoe$tring Budget - Larry Loc is an animator, a teacher of animation, and a member of the executive board of ASIFA-Hollywood, the International Animated Film Society. His eBook, Animation on a ShoeString, Building a Low Cost Animation Studio with Your Home Computer, has helped hundreds of people assemble the tools they need to create their own animations. Larry will offer information on the latest, cheapest animation tools and where to find them. Room 1AB
I`m not going to miss this one. Here I share all of my low cost tricks for making your own animation. You need two things to animate; a passion to animate and the tools to film the results on to film, video, or DVD. This seminar is all about getting the tools to create animation.
NOTICE: We still very much need booth volunteers for Thursday 4 PM to 6 PM. If you are going to be at comic con of Thursday, we need your help. To see other times that we need booth volunteers and to find out what ASIFA is doing at comic con check this link http://www.agni-animation.com/blog/combinedschedule05b.pdf
