ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society
Saturday, July 30, 2005
Aki Improv:
My good friend Aki Umemoto is preforming tonight:
My good friend Aki Umemoto is preforming tonight:
Just to remind you that Aki is performing with "Splinter Cell" at the Creative Grounds at Atwater Village: 3042 Glendale Blvd., 90039. It's this Saturday night at 8pm and it's only $5 at the door. To get there, take the 5 fwy N. to Los Feliz and get off at Glendale Blvd, make a right and it's right there. Hope to see you there!
LAST NIGHT at the Motion Picture Academy`s The Art Of Animation:
We all had a great time at the Animation as Performance Show at the Motion Picture Academy in Beverly Hills. We saw rare footage of how they built the Gollum from The Lord of the Rings, The indomitable Brad Bird was there talking about the Incredibles.
Highlights from animated classics from Max Fleischer's Koko the Clown to Chris Wedges' Ice Age to Dumbo. All shown in crisp beautiful digital projection.
Eric Goldberg did a presentation of how he developed Phil the Satyr in Disney's Hercules and screened a rare 3D Genii from Aladdin done for Tokyo Disneyland.
Animators Kathy Zelinski and Randy Cartwright did a comparative documentary Tools of the Trade, describing the differences between traditional animation techniques and CGI.
Frankly, I was surprised we got it all in. I was concerned the evening would run really late. But it all went off without a hitch. I made new friends, Jan Pinkava the creator of the Oscar winning film Geri's Game, and Steven "Shaggy" Henley who did some wonderful Gollum scenes.
The evening was a sell-out. There was not a seat to be had in the thousand-plus Goldwyn Theater. They had to turn away a large crowd that still wanted in. Congratulations to Bill Kroyer and the Academy planning committee for a wonderful night!
- Tom Sito
Friday, July 29, 2005
The Links Go On:
JJ Sedelmaier, whose off beat humor and work I love, just sent me a group of links to his widely varied work located across a wide area of subjects and web sites.
Some of these links are serious and some are tongue in cheek. All are very well done and true to their theme. All have been added to my animation links lage.
JJ Sedelmaier, whose off beat humor and work I love, just sent me a group of links to his widely varied work located across a wide area of subjects and web sites.
jjsedelmaier
shards
cycling
tribune
mantropycontrol
Some of these links are serious and some are tongue in cheek. All are very well done and true to their theme. All have been added to my animation links lage.
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Another 99 Cent Review:
I have been back to the 99 Cent Only Store and there are good picking on the DVD shelves again but not as good as before.
East West Entertainment has hacked out a number of sub standard DVDs with title animations so poorly done that they are not even good enough for a Jerry Beck Worst Animation Screening when he is feeling very mean. The Boy that Cried Wolf is a dog which the disk forces you to watch by auto starting it as soon as you pop in the disk. But who cares. Hit the next button. The only reason to buy this DVD is the Bonus material.
They list:
Ant & the Grasshopper (which is no where on the disk)
Superman, the Bulleteers
You`re too Careless with Your Kisses (Rudy Ising 1932 - very Cob Web Hotel like)
All This and Rabbit Stew (bad print)
Bosko`s Party (it plays the end twice - very sloppy editing folks)
Daffy the Commando (Fritz 1943 - the reason I bought the disk)
Robin Hood Makes Good
To Duck or Not to Duck
Daffy the Commando is a jewel of war time propaganda animation that even has rotoscoped shots of Hitler getting clobbered by Daffy Duck. Good stuff. You`re too Careless with Your Kisses is another gem.
Too bad that these people have never heard of chapter breaks so it is real hard to get to the good stuff. The production is cheap and shoddy and down right careless. But still 99 cents for Commando and Kisses is a deal and if you don`t have Bosko`s Party this will do in a pinch.
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Righting a Link Wrong:
I just got this cool e-mail from Fred Seibert of Frederator Studios. The animation studio that feeds a lot of killer shows into Nick and also works on the Nicktoon Fest often reported on here.
Your right Fred, it was a big oversight on my part and I will add these links as soon as I get a change. But until then I hope that posting your links on this blog goes a little ways to right my oversight.
P.S. great development stuff on all of these but the teenageroblog site is really killer bees.
I just got this cool e-mail from Fred Seibert of Frederator Studios. The animation studio that feeds a lot of killer shows into Nick and also works on the Nicktoon Fest often reported on here.
Your right Fred, it was a big oversight on my part and I will add these links as soon as I get a change. But until then I hope that posting your links on this blog goes a little ways to right my oversight.
P.S. great development stuff on all of these but the teenageroblog site is really killer bees.
hi larry,
i notice that none of our sites are up on your link site, and, knowing it was merely an oversight, thought i'd send them over to you:
http://frederator.kz/
http://teenageroblog.blogspot.com/
http://wubby.typepad.com
http://frederator.kz/newtoons/
thanks,
Fred
Fred Seibert
Frederator Studios
419
Park Avenue South
Suite 1007
New York City 10016
212 779 4133 xx
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Saturday July 30th - 3:00 pm
ASIFA-Hollywood presents
PARAMOUNT CARTOONS
Rare prints in 35mm
This special screening of rare Paramount cartoons in 35mm Technicolor will feature ten classic cartoons - with all their original theatrical title cards - and a brief history of the studio (Famous Studios) that succeeded Max Fleischer in 1942-1967. Dismissed by most animation historians, this screening will show off Famous Studios full range - and original colors - in rare vintage prints, unseen in over 50 years. Casper, Herman & Katnip, Baby Huey and others will live again!
Hosted by Jerry Beck
Saturday July 30th - 3:00 pm
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE
Ted Ashley/ Warner Bros. Screening Room
2021 N. Western Ave.
Hollywood, CA
ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD MEMBERS FREE • GENERAL PUBLIC: $10 admission
ASIFA-Hollywood presents
PARAMOUNT CARTOONS
Rare prints in 35mm
This special screening of rare Paramount cartoons in 35mm Technicolor will feature ten classic cartoons - with all their original theatrical title cards - and a brief history of the studio (Famous Studios) that succeeded Max Fleischer in 1942-1967. Dismissed by most animation historians, this screening will show off Famous Studios full range - and original colors - in rare vintage prints, unseen in over 50 years. Casper, Herman & Katnip, Baby Huey and others will live again!
Hosted by Jerry Beck
Saturday July 30th - 3:00 pm
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE
Ted Ashley/ Warner Bros. Screening Room
2021 N. Western Ave.
Hollywood, CA
ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD MEMBERS FREE • GENERAL PUBLIC: $10 admission
Following the Bees:
I was talking to Mark Kausler yesterday and I am happy to report that his nitrate print of the 1938 Mexican film Las Abejas (The Bees) is at UCLA and in the process of being copied. It may be a while before it is in a form to be shown to the public but the elements will be safe and the restoration will no longer be under the ticking specter of deteriorate film stock. Here is a link to the original story: the bees.
Be sure that I will keep you informed on the steps of the process as it develops (no pun intended). This is the first time I have been this close to film preservation. I hear that there is a certain watching paint dry pace to the process but I am finding in riveting.
Monday, July 25, 2005
You know what is really sad? A personally autographed book in a book sale. Why would you ditch a book that you went to the trouble of getting signed? My wife picked this one up at a Library parking lot sale. So what is it Michael, don`t like Ziggy any more?
Want To Be An Active Member?
ASIFA-Hollywood cordially invites you to its monthly MEMBERSHIP MEETING!
July 27th 2005
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Center
2114 W. Burbank Blvd.
Burbank (4 blocks east of Buena Vista on the South side of the street)
7:00pm
This is the meeting where it all starts. Come be part of the work crew that makes events happen. This month we will be doing a post mortem on this year`s ASIFA programming and presence at San Diego Comic Con, we will be looking at the Animation Rescue Team and the Archive project and how you can be part of them, we will be planning upcoming events, networking with our peers, and eating pizza. This is where the heart of ASIFA lives, be part of the life blood of animation.
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Still Time to Get on the Ship:
I have been e-mailing back and forth to Bob (Porky`s voice) Bergen this week mostly to thank him for doing the end part of our State of the Animation Industry panel at Comic Con (a week ago yesterday).
He picked up a lot of reservations for his voice seminar / Ensenada cruise for this coming February but tells me there are still some berths available. If you would like to hone your voice acting skills and take a cruise to the Mexican Riviera then head on over to connection to cruise or Bob Bergen (dot) com
Animation Links:
I just updated my Animation Links page. I even checked it to make sure that all the links are active and none have become gateways to porn sites, a thing that happens when domain names are abandon. (when Animation Magazine changed their domain name a few years back the old one was snapped up as a porn portal to an Asian porn site where all the girls were half dressed as Disney characters)
I have just added a bunch of animation blogs to my links page. Everything is grouped by category for ease of use. I made the page for my own use then started sharing it with my students and now I am linking it to the ASIFA-Hollywood blog for your use. Look for the link toward the bottom of the right hand column just above the hit counter.
