ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society
Saturday, April 09, 2005
50 Years In Animation
Fifty years in one job (maybe not at the same place but at the same type of tasks) there are not many fields that anybody would or could do that in except Animation. Today is the local 839 Animation Guild`s Golden awards for 50 years in animation.
Someone told me a long time ago that artists live longer because even when we retire we don`t stop working. Tom Sito has promised us a report from this event. I will post it as soon as I get it.
Fifty years in one job (maybe not at the same place but at the same type of tasks) there are not many fields that anybody would or could do that in except Animation. Today is the local 839 Animation Guild`s Golden awards for 50 years in animation.
Someone told me a long time ago that artists live longer because even when we retire we don`t stop working. Tom Sito has promised us a report from this event. I will post it as soon as I get it.
Friday, April 08, 2005
I found a couple of boxes of these cool program books while moving around some stuff in the achrive. We are thinking of selling some of these at this year`s comic con.
Thursday, April 07, 2005
Good Huemer
A few months ago these pages were full of the rescue of the Dick Huemer Mural. We helped save the walls; we got them in temporary storage; we moved them over to the restorer; now we need to figure out a way to pay for the very expensive restoration.
Ray Pointer (animator, animation historian, and silent animation film buff) with Dr. Richard P. Huemer (son of Dick Huemer and noted authority of his father`s work) along with ASIFA-Hollywood are proud to announce a fundraiser to help defray the cost of saving this important piece of animation history.
Rare Huemer cartoons, Dick Huemer caricatures and memorabilia and insights into a career that started at Raoul Barre`s New York Studio (the very first animation studio) and ended at Disney during the golden age of feature animation.
Cool Huemer related raffle prizes and surprise guests
June 9th
Glendale Library
More information to follow:
Ray Pointer (animator, animation historian, and silent animation film buff) with Dr. Richard P. Huemer (son of Dick Huemer and noted authority of his father`s work) along with ASIFA-Hollywood are proud to announce a fundraiser to help defray the cost of saving this important piece of animation history.
Rare Huemer cartoons, Dick Huemer caricatures and memorabilia and insights into a career that started at Raoul Barre`s New York Studio (the very first animation studio) and ended at Disney during the golden age of feature animation.
Cool Huemer related raffle prizes and surprise guests
June 9th
Glendale Library
More information to follow:
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Up Date
Martha`s Book:
Living Life Inside the Lines finally showed up Monday afternoon. By Tuesday night I had finished my first reading. One or two of the stories I had heard before, but there were some gut busting, scare the cats out of eight lives, laugh out loud, funny stories that I had never heard before. The Ben Washam wants a raise story was killer.
But whether or not you know the stories is not the point of the book. This is a book that deals with a whole area of animation never covered before, the day to day life of the people that created the animations, not just the directors and stars.
People forget that we have never really seen the drawings of Chuck Jones or Tex Avery on the screen. What we see is the work of Martha and her friends who copied the animator`s work on to cels and then paint them.
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The book signing for Jean Ann Wright, author of Animation Writing and Development from Script Development to Pitch, is at:
The New ASIFA Center
2114 W. Burbank Blvd
Burbank, CA
7 PM
Tuesday April 26th
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The new ASIFA event flyers are posted at Flyers (Warning: 5 M file) NOTE: Martha made it clear to me that she is not the last living person to work at Termite Terrace. She may have the earliest hire date but there are still a few around. She doesn`t want anyone killing off her surviving friends, even in print.
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Board Meeting tonight - feel free to drop in:
The New ASIFA Center
2114 W. Burbank Blvd
Burbank, CA
7 PM
Living Life Inside the Lines finally showed up Monday afternoon. By Tuesday night I had finished my first reading. One or two of the stories I had heard before, but there were some gut busting, scare the cats out of eight lives, laugh out loud, funny stories that I had never heard before. The Ben Washam wants a raise story was killer.
But whether or not you know the stories is not the point of the book. This is a book that deals with a whole area of animation never covered before, the day to day life of the people that created the animations, not just the directors and stars.
People forget that we have never really seen the drawings of Chuck Jones or Tex Avery on the screen. What we see is the work of Martha and her friends who copied the animator`s work on to cels and then paint them.
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The book signing for Jean Ann Wright, author of Animation Writing and Development from Script Development to Pitch, is at:
The New ASIFA Center
2114 W. Burbank Blvd
Burbank, CA
7 PM
Tuesday April 26th
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The new ASIFA event flyers are posted at Flyers (Warning: 5 M file) NOTE: Martha made it clear to me that she is not the last living person to work at Termite Terrace. She may have the earliest hire date but there are still a few around. She doesn`t want anyone killing off her surviving friends, even in print.
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Board Meeting tonight - feel free to drop in:
The New ASIFA Center
2114 W. Burbank Blvd
Burbank, CA
7 PM
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Wright Writing
Just got a note from Jean Ann Wright, author of Animation Writing and Development from Script Development top Pitch, a book that I am currently reading for review both for these pages and for possible use in a college class that I teach.
So far, the book is very thorough in its dealings and set up and is therefore not a light disposable read, which is very good considering the subject. But that also means that it takes a long time to digest such a comprehensive work. And I want to do it justice in review. So it will be a little longer before I can get to the review. Please bear with me.
More details as I get them.
Just got a note from Jean Ann Wright, author of Animation Writing and Development from Script Development top Pitch, a book that I am currently reading for review both for these pages and for possible use in a college class that I teach.
Hi Larry,
Just looking at ASIFA-Hollywood's website and your blog, always informative! Just wanted to remind you of my book signing for Animation Writing and Development at the ASIFA-Hollywood office on Tuesday, April 26. I don't have much information myself, but David Derks or Antran would have that. David has been working on the flyer.
Best wishes,
Jean
So far, the book is very thorough in its dealings and set up and is therefore not a light disposable read, which is very good considering the subject. But that also means that it takes a long time to digest such a comprehensive work. And I want to do it justice in review. So it will be a little longer before I can get to the review. Please bear with me.
More details as I get them.
Mark Your Calendar:
I`m going to have to get another job just so that I can afford the gas to drive into LA so that I can see all these cool screenings and events. Of course, then I won`t have time to go to all of these events because I will be working all the time. Maybe if I got a job in LA?
If you live in LA then there is no excuse to miss all of this cool programming. I can remember when we only had screening coming up to the Annies. Now you get a chance to go inside Nickeloden, a chance to meet animation history, a chance to be part of a reunion of the creators of a classic animated movie, and a chance to dress up as Scrappy. All in one month. What more can you ask for?
If you live in LA then there is no excuse to miss all of this cool programming. I can remember when we only had screening coming up to the Annies. Now you get a chance to go inside Nickeloden, a chance to meet animation history, a chance to be part of a reunion of the creators of a classic animated movie, and a chance to dress up as Scrappy. All in one month. What more can you ask for?
Wednesday April 13th - 6:00pm
ASIFA-Hollywood presents
A SPOTLIGHT ON MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROBOT
Nicktoons and Frederator Studios invite you to a colorful Q&A with the creators of Nickelodeon`s hit series, MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROBOT. This special event will cover the how the show was created and sold, the artists inspirations and stories of behind the scenes mayhem. Rare episodes and new unaired episodes will be screened - and food will be served! More details and speakers to be announced - but mark your calendar now. Seating is limited.
Please RSVP by email to teenagerobot@yahoogroups.com by
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 at 6pm to reserve your seat(s). To guarantee your reservation, include your full name, contact information, and the full name of your guest(s) at the time you RSVP. For security purposes, everyone attending must have their name on the RSVP list, and you and your guest(s) will be asked to show a photo ID when arriving at Nickelodeon Studios to be allowed on the lot no exceptions. Parking is available on the street only. Seating is limited to 100 people. Due to limited seating, we cannot accept all requests. We ask that everyone on the guest list be in attendance at the event.
Wednesday
April 13th - 6:00pm
NICKELODEON STUDIOS
Gymnasium
231 West Olive Ave.
Burbank, CA
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April 17, 2005 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm
ASIFA-Hollywood cordially invites you a Book Signing & Birthday Party for MARTHA SIGALL
In honor of the publication of her biography
Martha`s book!
LIVING LIFE INSIDE THE LINES
Join us as we celebrate the publication of Martha Sigall`s book, "Living Life Inside The Lines: Tales From The Golden Age of Animation", and a special birthday celebration at the Van Eaton Animation Art Gallery in Sherman Oaks. Martha will be signing copies of her book, rare one-of-a-kind items will be on sale and raffled away - and they`ll be cake for all!
Martha is one of the last of those who worked (as a teenager) at the fabled Termite Terrace. Her stories of her career at Leon Schlesinger, MGM (alongside Hanna, Barbera and Tex Avery), with Bob Clampett, Chuck Jones, etc. are collected in her book - and here`s a rare chance to meet
her in person! Don`t miss this rare Asifa-Hollywood event!
April 17,
2005 • 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Van Eaton Gallery
13613 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA
http://www.vegalleries.com
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April 22nd, 2005 - 7:00pm
ASIFA-Hollywood cordially invites you an
Disney`s ALADDIN
REUNION
Cast & Crew Reunion
Join us as we celebrate Disney`s Aladdin with a cast & crew reunion on Friday Night April 22nd in the auditorium at the main branch Glendale Library. Confirmed Guests will be Andreas Deja- animator of Jafar, Eric Goldberg animator of the Genii, directors John Musker & Ron Clements and Will Finn-animator of Iago. Animator and Crazy Hakim the dung salesman, Tom Sito, will moderate. More details to be announced. Mark you calendar now!
April 22nd, 2005 - 7:00pm
GLENDALE CENTRAL LIBRARY
222 E. Harvard Street
Glendale, CA
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Saturday April 30th - 1:00pm
ASIFA-Hollywood presents
SCRAPPYLAND!
Restored 35mm
prints of lost 1930s classic cartoons!
A full day of fun.- a Scrappy-Fest!
At 1pm: Guest speakers, exhibits, and a special performance by the Scrappy Puppet Theatre Players who will enact, live, a classic scene from a Scrappy cartoon!
At 3pm: a rare screening of newly restored 35mm prints of classic Scrappy cartoons from the 1930s. Courtesy of Columbia Pictures.
More details on this special screening to be posted shortly...
Saturday April 30th - 1:00pm till 5:30pm
The American Film Institute
TED ASHLEY/WARNER BROS. SCREENING ROOM
2021 N. Western Ave.
Hollywood, CA
Come dressed as Scrappy, Oopie or Margie and win a prize!
Monday, April 04, 2005
ASIFA at San Diego
Each year ASIFA-Hollywood puts on numerous animation related presentations, screenings and seminars at the largest popular culture event in America. It is that time of year again folks. Time to get serious about the ASIFA presence at Comic Con International.
If you are interested in helping us out at San Diego Comic Con, stop over to ASIFA_Projects at Yahoo Groups.
Panelists for Last Year`s State of the Animation Industry Panel:
(from left) Kevin Koch (Dream Works/Animation Guild Pres.), Jason Kruse (Lead Animator Quicksilver Ent.), Aki Umemoto (Mattel - Creative Director), Bob Miller (ASIFA Board), Rita Street (then Editor Animation Mag. Currently Mg. Dir Radar Cartoons), Jim Hill (Pres. Jim Hill Media) and June Foray (Rocket J. Squirrel, Natasha, etc.)
If you are interested in helping us out at San Diego Comic Con, stop over to ASIFA_Projects at Yahoo Groups.
Panelists for Last Year`s State of the Animation Industry Panel:
(from left) Kevin Koch (Dream Works/Animation Guild Pres.), Jason Kruse (Lead Animator Quicksilver Ent.), Aki Umemoto (Mattel - Creative Director), Bob Miller (ASIFA Board), Rita Street (then Editor Animation Mag. Currently Mg. Dir Radar Cartoons), Jim Hill (Pres. Jim Hill Media) and June Foray (Rocket J. Squirrel, Natasha, etc.)
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Nicktoons - Call for Entries
I got this e-mail last week while I was putting a new roof on my home and just got around to posting it. I pass it on in the form that I got it.
Nicktoons Announces World Wide Call for Entries for Second Film Festival, Nextoons: The Nicktoons Film Festival
NY, NY - March
28, 2005 -- After a highly successful first season, with hundreds of entries received from around the world, Nicktoons joins forces again with Frederator Studios to showcase the diversity of independent animated filmmaking with the renamed Nextoons: The Nicktoons Film Festival. Animators from around the world can submit entries from March 28th through June 17th. Entry forms can be downloaded on www.nicktoons.com. Nextoons: The Nicktoons Film Festival is looking for a large selection of short films created in any style of animation which are 10-minutes in length or under.
"Since day one, the Nicktoons brand has been built on creator driven content and a commitment to animated filmmaking from around the world. So we`re excited to begin a new call for entries and bring back a second season of the Film Festival--which upholds the same spirit and goals as our channel," said Keith Dawkins, General Manager,
Nicktoons.
"Once again, we`re excited to be working with our partners at Nicktoons. We appreciate their dedication to the medium and the bandwidth they`re providing so that we can air this, seldom seen, yet amazing content from around the world," said Fred Seibert, Festival Executive Director and president of Frederator Studios.
Submitted shorts will be chosen by a pre-selection jury and will air on Nicktoons beginning in August. A grand jury will select a $10,000 grand prize winner from the top ten films chosen by the pre-selection jury. The Festival will include a new online component allowing viewers to log-on to the Nicktoons website (www.nicktoons.com) and vote for
their favorite films.
The winners of the first Nicktoons Film Festival, filmmakers Mark Simon and Travis Blaise of Orlando, Fla., were awarded the $10,000 Grand Prize for their short film, Timmy`s Lessons in Nature, a 2D-animated, comedic look at what not to do when venturing into the outdoors.
Presented with the 2004 Nicktoons Producers` Choice Award and a copy of Bauhaus Software`s Mirage was Elizabeth Ito for Welcome to My Life. The California Institute of the Arts student film uses black and white, hand-drawn images and a Creature Comforts approach to explore the daily lives of misunderstood monsters.
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Press Contact: Nicole Mazer
Nicktoons LA
(818) 736-3613
nicole.mazer@nick.com
