ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society
Saturday, October 22, 2005
At The Archive: Coal Black
I posted some frame grabs from Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs on the Animation Archive Blog.
http://www.animationarchive.org
This is one of the greatest cartoons ever made, but you won't see it on home video. However, it is available for viewing at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive.
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
http://www.animationarchive.org
This is one of the greatest cartoons ever made, but you won't see it on home video. However, it is available for viewing at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive.
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
Saturday Update, the Annies, Volunteer Meeting, Krazy Kat:
Here we are on the weekend. Things are moving quickly in the headlong rush to the Annie Awards. Just scored a number on talented camera-men for the Annie video archive shoot. Have to call Ed Gonzalez today and start working out details.
Last night was the juried awards, the June Foray, Ub Iwerks, Winsor McCay awards. I personally am quite pleased with the group of people we will be honoring this year but of course I can not release those name just yet.
My Gaming and TV Production judges are all in line and I have the meeting for the Gaming judging all lined up.
In my last entry, blow, I included a question from an animation history test. The answer is the Flintstones, the first U.S. prime time television animation. Designing a test is a lot harder than most people think.
This question is one I no longer use. The problem with this question is that the student tends to not really read the question. They tend to skip the prime time part of the question and answer what is the first made for television animation. Which of course is Crusader Rabbit. I want to test knowledge of subject and how well I am getting that knowledge across to the students, not reading comprehension. Therefore that question is out.
This Wednesday, October 26th, is the ASIFA-Hollywood membership volunteer meeting. 7 PM at the Animation Center in Burbank. 2114 W. Burbank Blvd. Exciting things are happening with the Archive and this will be the first volunteer meeting dealing with Annie Volunteers. So make sure to make it to this meeting.
A week from today, October 29th, is Jarry Beck`s AFI screening of the Charles Mintz Krazy Kats. Don`t miss these. They are impossible to see anywhere. I would not miss this one for anything short of a major emergency impacting the universe as we know it.
Here we are on the weekend. Things are moving quickly in the headlong rush to the Annie Awards. Just scored a number on talented camera-men for the Annie video archive shoot. Have to call Ed Gonzalez today and start working out details.
Last night was the juried awards, the June Foray, Ub Iwerks, Winsor McCay awards. I personally am quite pleased with the group of people we will be honoring this year but of course I can not release those name just yet.
My Gaming and TV Production judges are all in line and I have the meeting for the Gaming judging all lined up.
In my last entry, blow, I included a question from an animation history test. The answer is the Flintstones, the first U.S. prime time television animation. Designing a test is a lot harder than most people think.
This question is one I no longer use. The problem with this question is that the student tends to not really read the question. They tend to skip the prime time part of the question and answer what is the first made for television animation. Which of course is Crusader Rabbit. I want to test knowledge of subject and how well I am getting that knowledge across to the students, not reading comprehension. Therefore that question is out.
This Wednesday, October 26th, is the ASIFA-Hollywood membership volunteer meeting. 7 PM at the Animation Center in Burbank. 2114 W. Burbank Blvd. Exciting things are happening with the Archive and this will be the first volunteer meeting dealing with Annie Volunteers. So make sure to make it to this meeting.
A week from today, October 29th, is Jarry Beck`s AFI screening of the Charles Mintz Krazy Kats. Don`t miss these. They are impossible to see anywhere. I would not miss this one for anything short of a major emergency impacting the universe as we know it.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Spent all day yesterday hunting up judges for the TV Production. Nailed it down about 4 PM yesterday. Now I have to get my test designed before 5 tonight. So I will just leave you with this:
16. In the U.S. the first prime time animation was:
a. Crusader Rabbit
b. Ruff and Reddy
c. Huckleberry Hound
d. The Flintstones
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Tuesday Update:
I have just inherited the Nominating Chairship (sic) of another Annie category, Television Production. Not an area that I really know a great deal about, but there it is. I am scrambling around for Judges that do know something about it. So this is going to be a short one today.
I`m listening to the radio on my way home form dropping my kids at school this morning and there is some kind of trivia contest going on. Mark and Brian, a Disney owned radio station and the question is Who is Stromboi? and people are saying 101 Dalmatians.
Okay, I know that animation isn`t everybody`s thing and I couldn`t tell you who played in the World Series the week it happens but Stromboli, Bill Tytla`s masterful character animation, how blind do you have to be to miss that? He gave me nightmares as a kid. These people were kids right? Everybody saw Pinocchio as a kid and then you take your own kids and how can you say 101 Dalmatians. Which reminds me, I have to design a test for my Monday night class. Who is Stromboi? don`t think so, too easy of a question.
I have just inherited the Nominating Chairship (sic) of another Annie category, Television Production. Not an area that I really know a great deal about, but there it is. I am scrambling around for Judges that do know something about it. So this is going to be a short one today.
I`m listening to the radio on my way home form dropping my kids at school this morning and there is some kind of trivia contest going on. Mark and Brian, a Disney owned radio station and the question is Who is Stromboi? and people are saying 101 Dalmatians.
Okay, I know that animation isn`t everybody`s thing and I couldn`t tell you who played in the World Series the week it happens but Stromboli, Bill Tytla`s masterful character animation, how blind do you have to be to miss that? He gave me nightmares as a kid. These people were kids right? Everybody saw Pinocchio as a kid and then you take your own kids and how can you say 101 Dalmatians. Which reminds me, I have to design a test for my Monday night class. Who is Stromboi? don`t think so, too easy of a question.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Animation Archive: Popeye And Li'l Swee Pea
Read today's report on the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive website...
Stephen Worth
DIrector
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
Stephen Worth
DIrector
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
Monday, October 17, 2005
Aki Umemoto, Creative Director at Mattel, is a good friend of ASIFA and a long time member. He uses a lot of animation and animators in his work at Mattel and he is the guy I call on when I want to talk about the other 80% of the industry that is not dealing with TV and feature animation. When he is not making toys he is involved with improv. Here is a posting of his next show.
Hi all! My next improv show is on 11/12, Saturday night at the Piero Dusa Promenade Playhouse in Santa Monica. 1404 3rd St. Promenade, SM, 90401. It's on the 3rd St. Promenade near Santa Monica Blvd. We have two shows: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, and guess what? I'm in both shows and co-directing the 9:30 show! This will be the last performance of April's Fools this year, so please attend if you can. Tickets are $12 for each show or for those who can take it, $20 for both shows!
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Kind of like an Aardman Lip Sync dialog track. You can`t pay someone to mis-write something like this. Offcourse (sic) you can try.
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Kind of like an Aardman Lip Sync dialog track. You can`t pay someone to mis-write something like this. Offcourse (sic) you can try.
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Sunday, October 16, 2005
Animation Archive: Natwick on Iwerks
I'm going to make you all visit the Animation Archive Blog for this particular treat... Craig Davison has contributed an audio interview with Grim Natwick to the Archive, and I have posted a short excerpt where Grim reminisces about Ub Iwerks. You won't want to miss this...
http://www.animationarchive.org
Thanks to Craig Davison and Reg Hartt for this important bit of history!
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
http://www.animationarchive.org
Thanks to Craig Davison and Reg Hartt for this important bit of history!
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
