ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society
Saturday, February 26, 2005
SITO'S OSCAR BLOGG 2005 Part 1
Here is the first of the Tom Sito Oscar Reports. More will come sometime in the wee hours tomorrow depending on the parties that Tom goes to and how they effects his state of mind.
SATURDAY FEB 26th- DreamWorks threw it's tradigital? Errr-traditional Pre Oscar party at a fashionable eatery called Campanile on LaBrea Blvd. Down the road from the original 1925 Chaplin Studios. Charlie Chaplin had built the structure originally as a house in a Venetian Palazzo style. But Chaplin never got to enjoy it. Before he could live in it he had to sell it in one of his frequent messy divorces. That's Hollywood!
The party was attended by such ToonTown luminaries as Jeffrey Katzenberg, Mike Gabriel the director of the Oscar nominated short LORENZO, Bill Plympton the nominated director of GUARD DOG, Vicky Jenson and Bibo Bergeron the directors of the nominated feature SHARKTALE, Andrew Adamson who with Vicky were the directors of the 2001 Oscar winner SHREK I, Will Finn the co-director of HOME ON THE RANGE and many other luminaries, agents and producers. Antran Manoogian , Jerry Beck and the ASIFA/Hollywood crowd were well represented as well. The nominees looked as breathless and expectant as June Brides. Larry Loc brought his son Toby to witness the scene. What a cool dad! Growing up in Brooklyn I was lucky if my old man took me to the Pulaski Day Parade.
The other day the Canadian Consulate to Los Angeles held it's soiree' for the Canadian nominees at their beautiful Hancock Park residence. I was once at one of these parties when in the middle of a toast by comic Andrea Martin the grounds were rocked by a small earthquake. Let me tell you, there is no better place to experiences an earthquake than at a Hollywood party. Everyone is being much too cool to admit we want to scream and duck under the nearest table. You just stand nonchalant and watch your drink wiggle.
Driving home through Beverly Hills it was difficult negotiating through the traffic snarls caused by all the private valet services hosting private pre-Oscar parties. This day in Tinseltown a stray crab puff or glass of Pinot Noir could not be had for love of money! Hollywood Blvd is closed off and the red carpet being laid down. Tuxedos coming out of the drycleaners, hairdressers working overtime, all is in readiness for tomorrow!
TS
SATURDAY FEB 26th- DreamWorks threw it's tradigital? Errr-traditional Pre Oscar party at a fashionable eatery called Campanile on LaBrea Blvd. Down the road from the original 1925 Chaplin Studios. Charlie Chaplin had built the structure originally as a house in a Venetian Palazzo style. But Chaplin never got to enjoy it. Before he could live in it he had to sell it in one of his frequent messy divorces. That's Hollywood!
The party was attended by such ToonTown luminaries as Jeffrey Katzenberg, Mike Gabriel the director of the Oscar nominated short LORENZO, Bill Plympton the nominated director of GUARD DOG, Vicky Jenson and Bibo Bergeron the directors of the nominated feature SHARKTALE, Andrew Adamson who with Vicky were the directors of the 2001 Oscar winner SHREK I, Will Finn the co-director of HOME ON THE RANGE and many other luminaries, agents and producers. Antran Manoogian , Jerry Beck and the ASIFA/Hollywood crowd were well represented as well. The nominees looked as breathless and expectant as June Brides. Larry Loc brought his son Toby to witness the scene. What a cool dad! Growing up in Brooklyn I was lucky if my old man took me to the Pulaski Day Parade.
The other day the Canadian Consulate to Los Angeles held it's soiree' for the Canadian nominees at their beautiful Hancock Park residence. I was once at one of these parties when in the middle of a toast by comic Andrea Martin the grounds were rocked by a small earthquake. Let me tell you, there is no better place to experiences an earthquake than at a Hollywood party. Everyone is being much too cool to admit we want to scream and duck under the nearest table. You just stand nonchalant and watch your drink wiggle.
Driving home through Beverly Hills it was difficult negotiating through the traffic snarls caused by all the private valet services hosting private pre-Oscar parties. This day in Tinseltown a stray crab puff or glass of Pinot Noir could not be had for love of money! Hollywood Blvd is closed off and the red carpet being laid down. Tuxedos coming out of the drycleaners, hairdressers working overtime, all is in readiness for tomorrow!
TS
The Other Fantastic Four movie
Those that know me, know that I am a big Marvel Silver Age comic book junky. Gary Sassaman has a story of the first Fantastic Four movie (1993) over at his Innocent Bystander blog that jingles all of my comic book bells.
Having worked on Bob Schreck`s (now Senior Editor at DC) Incredible Hulk Meets the Ever Loving Blue Eyed Thing movie back in 1981 I always thought of this Roger Corman company turkey as a masterpiece of visual effects. innocentbystander
Having worked on Bob Schreck`s (now Senior Editor at DC) Incredible Hulk Meets the Ever Loving Blue Eyed Thing movie back in 1981 I always thought of this Roger Corman company turkey as a masterpiece of visual effects. innocentbystander
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Jack-Jack Attacks
Cool stuff at Animated News about the Incredibles DVD content including screen grabs of the short Jack-Jack Attacks Jack-Jack
Confusion About Robots Screening
I got a mailing about a screening about Robots today.
So the first thing I do is call the number and the message on the recording talks about a screening with Chris Wedge on Saturday the 5th. So what is going on here? Is Chris going to be at the showing on the 10th? Is there a showing on the 10th? Is there a showing on the 5th? More details when I get them.
Just called the RSVD number again and the message has been changed to reflect the March 10th ASIFA-Hollywood screening. Still do not know if Chris Wedge is going to be there for our screening. - Story Pending
I got a mailing about a screening about Robots today.
Thursday, March 10th
6:00 PM Reception
7:30 Screening
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
5220 Lankershim Blvd
North Hollywood, CA
RSVP 310-369-3116
So the first thing I do is call the number and the message on the recording talks about a screening with Chris Wedge on Saturday the 5th. So what is going on here? Is Chris going to be at the showing on the 10th? Is there a showing on the 10th? Is there a showing on the 5th? More details when I get them.
Just called the RSVD number again and the message has been changed to reflect the March 10th ASIFA-Hollywood screening. Still do not know if Chris Wedge is going to be there for our screening. - Story Pending
Silent Animation Screening
I`m not too sure about the design of this poster but I have a pretty good idea about the design of the screening since I put that together.
This silent animation event is taking place at:
Mission Viejo High School
25025 Chrisanta Dr.
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
March 5th
2 PM to 4 PM
Ticket Price $3
For info call 949-837-7722 ext 5536
It is to benefit my daughter`s Model United Nation program.
I love silent animation. I give a screening at San Diego Comic Con each year which has a good sized following. So when I set up this first school screening I decided to go silent.
I will be showing Humorous Phases of a Funny Face, Fantasmagouie, Little Nemo, How a Mosquito Operates, Gertie, Mutt and Jeff, Bobby Bump, Koko`s Earth Control, Feline Follies, and a whole lot more including some Virginia Davis Alice cartoons (She is such a doll and now that I`ve met her I am more smitten with her then ever)
Since this is a younger audience (Junior High and High School) I have had to edit out a few racist bites in Funny Faces and Slice Sleuths. (nothing too heavy but sign of the times stuff, racist times racist images in cartoons) I normally don`t like to go all PC and try and hide the past and pretend it didn`t happen but I can understand it in a younger audience in a social setting.
I`m not too sure about the design of this poster but I have a pretty good idea about the design of the screening since I put that together.
This silent animation event is taking place at:
Mission Viejo High School
25025 Chrisanta Dr.
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
March 5th
2 PM to 4 PM
Ticket Price $3
For info call 949-837-7722 ext 5536
It is to benefit my daughter`s Model United Nation program.
I love silent animation. I give a screening at San Diego Comic Con each year which has a good sized following. So when I set up this first school screening I decided to go silent.
I will be showing Humorous Phases of a Funny Face, Fantasmagouie, Little Nemo, How a Mosquito Operates, Gertie, Mutt and Jeff, Bobby Bump, Koko`s Earth Control, Feline Follies, and a whole lot more including some Virginia Davis Alice cartoons (She is such a doll and now that I`ve met her I am more smitten with her then ever)
Since this is a younger audience (Junior High and High School) I have had to edit out a few racist bites in Funny Faces and Slice Sleuths. (nothing too heavy but sign of the times stuff, racist times racist images in cartoons) I normally don`t like to go all PC and try and hide the past and pretend it didn`t happen but I can understand it in a younger audience in a social setting.
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
ASIFA-Hollywood and Triumph Films present
STEAMBOY
with Director KATSUHIRO OTOMO in person!
The latest film from the director of AKIRA is one part masterful traditional animation, two parts state of the art anime, a dose of steam-punk -- and 100% pure Otomo.
A retro science-fiction epic set in Victorian England, Steamboy features the invention of a new form of energy, capable of powering an entire nation. A young boy must use it to fight evil, redeem his family, and save London from destruction. With more than 180,000 drawings and 400 CG cuts, Steamboy is sure to be one of the most elaborate animated features of 2005.
A Q&A with Mr. Otomo follows the screening.
Tuesday March 8th * 7:00pm
LAEMMLE SUNSET 5
8000 Sunset Blvd.
(at Crescent Heights Blvd.)
West Hollywood, CA
Limited Seating! Asifa-Hollywood members only, RSVP by March 4th (323) 202-4024. Free Parking with validation at theatre. Official STEAMBOY website
Is This Brad`s Year?
Will Brad Bird take home the Oscar for best Animated Feature? Most people in the animation industry think so. But then this is the whole film industry talking not just the sub-industry of animation.
The real question is what about best screen play? Has he got a chance there? Or is this a case where getting the Oscar nod is all the honor he and we can hope for?
The fact that there is a animation screen play in the running shows just how far animation has come in the few short years since there has been a feature Oscar category.
A tip of the hat has got to go to June Foray and Art Leonardi and all of the others that fought so long and so hard to get the feature animation category on the ballot. Your work has paid off.
Will Brad Bird take home the Oscar for best Animated Feature? Most people in the animation industry think so. But then this is the whole film industry talking not just the sub-industry of animation.
The real question is what about best screen play? Has he got a chance there? Or is this a case where getting the Oscar nod is all the honor he and we can hope for?
The fact that there is a animation screen play in the running shows just how far animation has come in the few short years since there has been a feature Oscar category.
A tip of the hat has got to go to June Foray and Art Leonardi and all of the others that fought so long and so hard to get the feature animation category on the ballot. Your work has paid off.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Heck Freezes Over
Jim Hill Media reports the upcoming release of Song of the South
Song of the South
KAFI 2005 CALL FOR ENTRIES DEADLINE NEAR!
Animation as entertainment, education, employment and art will be in the spotlight when the third Kalamazoo Animation Festival International (KAFI) is staged the weekend of May 13-15, 2005, in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Call for Entries for 2005 is still open in Studio, Independent, Educational and Student Categories. There`ll be more than $15,000 in cash and awards! In the spirit of ASIFA, entry is free. Have your entries postmarked by March 1, 2005.
Professional-development seminars and events will feature John Fountain of Nickelodeon, Brian Tindall of PIXAR, Ed Newmann and Monica Kendall of Calabash, Ellen Besen and other special guests. Call for Entries is also open for the Cartoon Challenge - a four-day intercollegiate animation competition.
Nuts-and-bolts information about the KAFI events and activities, the Cartoon Challenge submission guidelines, deadlines, prizes and awards, and other details is available on the Web at kafi.kvcc.edu. The KAFI hotlineis
269-373-7883.
Song of the South
KAFI 2005 CALL FOR ENTRIES DEADLINE NEAR!
Animation as entertainment, education, employment and art will be in the spotlight when the third Kalamazoo Animation Festival International (KAFI) is staged the weekend of May 13-15, 2005, in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Call for Entries for 2005 is still open in Studio, Independent, Educational and Student Categories. There`ll be more than $15,000 in cash and awards! In the spirit of ASIFA, entry is free. Have your entries postmarked by March 1, 2005.
Professional-development seminars and events will feature John Fountain of Nickelodeon, Brian Tindall of PIXAR, Ed Newmann and Monica Kendall of Calabash, Ellen Besen and other special guests. Call for Entries is also open for the Cartoon Challenge - a four-day intercollegiate animation competition.
Nuts-and-bolts information about the KAFI events and activities, the Cartoon Challenge submission guidelines, deadlines, prizes and awards, and other details is available on the Web at kafi.kvcc.edu. The KAFI hotlineis
269-373-7883.
Monday, February 21, 2005
Monday, Monday
So here we are, coming up on Oscar like a run away train. I have an invite to the DreamWorks pre-Oscar brunch on Saturday, which I will report on sometime later.
Tom Sito has offered to give us an Oscar report on the event itself. So look for that something around Monday. It will be nice to get a report from an animation point of view, instead of the typical red carpet beautiful people magazine designer gown view.
Saturday is also the Jerry Beck AFI screening of Calvin and the Colonel.
This Wednesday is the Act of Membership Volunteer meeting. For all my animation students out there, 2 points of extra credit for any animation networking event.
Tom Sito has offered to give us an Oscar report on the event itself. So look for that something around Monday. It will be nice to get a report from an animation point of view, instead of the typical red carpet beautiful people magazine designer gown view.
Saturday is also the Jerry Beck AFI screening of Calvin and the Colonel.
Saturday February 26th at 3:00pm
The American Film Institute
TED ASHLEY/WARNER BROS. SCREENING ROOM
2021 N. Westen Ave.
Hollywood, CA
This Wednesday is the Act of Membership Volunteer meeting. For all my animation students out there, 2 points of extra credit for any animation networking event.
February 23rd, 2005 - 7:00pm - at our new improved location:We have got a lot of things to plan, 2D Expo, the Aladdin Reunion, and Comic Con. Come be a part of the action.
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Center
2114 Burbank Blvd.
Burbank (4 blocks east of Buena Vista on the South side of the street)
7:00pm
