ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society
Saturday, November 05, 2005
List Season Comes Early:
Very burned out this A.M. Thursday spent 14 hours working phones, emailing, graphic design, etc (Video crew for Annies, guest speakers at Fullerton this week and next, internships for my students, film preservation stuff). Then Friday (yesterday) spent all day sorting and watching all, yes all (okay, almost all) of the submissions for TV Production category of the Annies. (9 in the morning to 8 at night)
When my family got home they moved right into an area of the house where they could not hear and then at 8 they forced me to stop. I still have 6 more to view. Already Scotch taped over all of the tracking number labels so that they don`t fall off in handling (had that happen last year, never again) and removed all the record tabs from the video tapes. I just have to get everything in numerical order and they are ready for the judging.
I am at that list making stage, already. And I am just on the side of the Annies. Gretchen Dixon and Annette O`Neil and Antran and crew are right in the thick of it all. I remember when I was just at theouter edge of stuff, working tickets and greeting on the night of the event. And I was thinking it would be fun to get more involved and it is.
Today is my daughter`s birthday so I am taking the day off (after I post this) and taking a whole crew out to see Wallace and Gromit and then tomorrow it is back to grading term papers for Cal State Fullerton and getting ready for my Monday night class and my first guest speaker.
Tuesday is mid-term portfolio review for my internship classes at Brooks. Wednesday is the Annie Feature film meeting and Thursday is 40 years of Kimba. Fred talked me into taking one of the voice-acting crew guests back to her hotel after the event. Friday I am sleeping and maybe some work on my animation.
Very burned out this A.M. Thursday spent 14 hours working phones, emailing, graphic design, etc (Video crew for Annies, guest speakers at Fullerton this week and next, internships for my students, film preservation stuff). Then Friday (yesterday) spent all day sorting and watching all, yes all (okay, almost all) of the submissions for TV Production category of the Annies. (9 in the morning to 8 at night)
When my family got home they moved right into an area of the house where they could not hear and then at 8 they forced me to stop. I still have 6 more to view. Already Scotch taped over all of the tracking number labels so that they don`t fall off in handling (had that happen last year, never again) and removed all the record tabs from the video tapes. I just have to get everything in numerical order and they are ready for the judging.
I am at that list making stage, already. And I am just on the side of the Annies. Gretchen Dixon and Annette O`Neil and Antran and crew are right in the thick of it all. I remember when I was just at theouter edge of stuff, working tickets and greeting on the night of the event. And I was thinking it would be fun to get more involved and it is.
Today is my daughter`s birthday so I am taking the day off (after I post this) and taking a whole crew out to see Wallace and Gromit and then tomorrow it is back to grading term papers for Cal State Fullerton and getting ready for my Monday night class and my first guest speaker.
Tuesday is mid-term portfolio review for my internship classes at Brooks. Wednesday is the Annie Feature film meeting and Thursday is 40 years of Kimba. Fred talked me into taking one of the voice-acting crew guests back to her hotel after the event. Friday I am sleeping and maybe some work on my animation.
Friday, November 04, 2005
Animation Archive: More Ray Patin Art
Today, you may have noticed that the ASIFA websites have been responding slowly. The story on the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Film Preservation Program that I posted yesterday on the Archive site got picked up by several big links sites, and for a while there, the server was totally slammed. The word is getting out!
Today, I posted more drawings from the Ray Patin Studios...
Make sure to check them out on the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Website.
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
Today, I posted more drawings from the Ray Patin Studios...
Make sure to check them out on the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Website.
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
Members Discount Prices: Annie Tickets
Annie tickets will go on sale in the next couple of days for ASIFA-Hollywood members only. Just like last year Annies tickets will be available at a reduces members price for only a short time. In this case until the end of November. Then the prices go up to their normal price for both the membership and the general public. All ticket sales will be handled through the Alex Theater Boxoffice http://www.alextheatre.org. More details to follow.
Annie tickets will go on sale in the next couple of days for ASIFA-Hollywood members only. Just like last year Annies tickets will be available at a reduces members price for only a short time. In this case until the end of November. Then the prices go up to their normal price for both the membership and the general public. All ticket sales will be handled through the Alex Theater Boxoffice http://www.alextheatre.org. More details to follow.
Toward a More Perfect Truth:
Minor correction. The other day Steve thanked Jerry Beck in these pages for providing the Black and White Terrytoon cartoons for the ASIFA Archives. And in truth the cartoons in question did come from Jerry`s collection but before they came from Jerry`s collection they came from Mark Kausler`s collection.
These Terrytoons, just like so many other cartoons today, are here for us to enjoy only because Mark Kausler hunted them down one by one over the years, bought them with his own money, paid out of his own pocket for the film storage facilities for the past 35 plus years, lovingly maintained the films by hand, and then made them available to the public by freely lending them to Jerry and others like him to be copied.
So maybe it is not a minor correction, maybe it is a major correction. I for one thank the forgotten shades of Emile Cohl and J. Stuart Blackton for the likes of Mark Kausler and the thousands of cartoons he has saved.
Minor correction. The other day Steve thanked Jerry Beck in these pages for providing the Black and White Terrytoon cartoons for the ASIFA Archives. And in truth the cartoons in question did come from Jerry`s collection but before they came from Jerry`s collection they came from Mark Kausler`s collection.
These Terrytoons, just like so many other cartoons today, are here for us to enjoy only because Mark Kausler hunted them down one by one over the years, bought them with his own money, paid out of his own pocket for the film storage facilities for the past 35 plus years, lovingly maintained the films by hand, and then made them available to the public by freely lending them to Jerry and others like him to be copied.
So maybe it is not a minor correction, maybe it is a major correction. I for one thank the forgotten shades of Emile Cohl and J. Stuart Blackton for the likes of Mark Kausler and the thousands of cartoons he has saved.
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Could you please help us get the word out about this meeting to your members? Thanks!-Pamela Thompson, Recruiter, Ideas to Go
The Los Angeles Professional Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH Presents:
The Making of Chicken Little
Thursday, November 17, 2005
See a screening of "Chicken Little" in Disney Digital 3-D, a new 3-D technology using digital projection and passive polarized glasses. Following the screening, three speakers from Walt Disney Feature Animation will present the making of "Chicken Little", with a focus on animation, effects, and the process of bringing the film to theaters in 3-D.
Save the date and watch your email and our web site for updates on this meeting!
http://la.siggraph.org
Program
7:30 - 9:15 P.M. Screening.
9:15 - 10:15 P.M. Presentation. Speakers to be determined.
The Los Angeles Professional Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH Presents:
The Making of Chicken Little
Thursday, November 17, 2005
See a screening of "Chicken Little" in Disney Digital 3-D, a new 3-D technology using digital projection and passive polarized glasses. Following the screening, three speakers from Walt Disney Feature Animation will present the making of "Chicken Little", with a focus on animation, effects, and the process of bringing the film to theaters in 3-D.
Save the date and watch your email and our web site for updates on this meeting!
http://la.siggraph.org
Program
7:30 - 9:15 P.M. Screening.
9:15 - 10:15 P.M. Presentation. Speakers to be determined.
Swing You Sinners at the Archive
Today was a busy day at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. Marc Deckter and Marc Crisafulli were in to help scan and back up videos. Dan Goodsell was in with a new batch of amazing artwork from the Ray Patin studios to digitize. And we digitized an important Fleischer film for inclusion in our database...
Swing, You Sinners was the first of Fleischer's legendary series of cartoons dealing with surrealism, cartoony ghosts and goblins, and hot jazz. Ted Sears, Grim Natwick and Willard Bowsky animated it, and I guarantee after watching it, it'll be your new favorite cartoon.
The best thing is that the copy we have in the archive was preserved by ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Preservation Program.
Check it out...
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Blog
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
Swing, You Sinners was the first of Fleischer's legendary series of cartoons dealing with surrealism, cartoony ghosts and goblins, and hot jazz. Ted Sears, Grim Natwick and Willard Bowsky animated it, and I guarantee after watching it, it'll be your new favorite cartoon.
The best thing is that the copy we have in the archive was preserved by ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Preservation Program.
Check it out...
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Blog
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
Who?
Last night was the ASIFA-Hollywood Executive Board meeting. Lots of great things covered. Lots of great things happening. More about that later. Today I want to cover:
But that is not all, said Fred doing a dead on impression of a 80`s Ginsu knife infomercial. With the book comes a completely re-mastered copy of the original filmography that has not seen the light of day for 40 years. David Derks retyped all the text from the beat up photocopy of the original typewriter pages from the writer`s synopsis done for NBC 40 years ago when Kimba was young. David also did a great job of cleaning up the original frontpage artwork so that it looks brand new. All 52 episodes are here and it order just the way the writers wrote them after they finishing the adaptations.
But even that is not all continued Fred Ladd, the Stepfather of Anime. By this time the board is under his spell and rolling with it. no, that is not all. You also get a copy of the original voice cast photo in loving, authentic 8 by 10 inch black and white. The booklet has a very small copy of the photo right next to the Kimba model sheet but you just can`t see the cast at this size. Therefor a full size reproduction suitable for framing. also a great object for autographs.
And here is the cool part, when you pick these up at the Kimba Anniversary you will be able to get them autographed, right there at the event by the surviving cast members. There will never be another event like this. This is the only time that the surviving cast will be getting together in one place. I`m starting to sound like Fred. But it is true. We were contacted by a fan from Baltimore, who will be flying in just for this event. Don`t miss this one folk.
Tickets are $6 for ASIFA-Hollywood members, $8 for non-members. This event will be THE DEFINITIVE REVIEW of the famous KIMBA Series, and a frank look at charges made even today that Disney's "The Lion King" was inspired by Osamu Tezuka's "KIMBA, The White Lion,".seen on U.S. television 30 years earlier.
Exclusive merchandise will be sold! Come Early - Seating is limited!
Thursday November 10th • 7:00 pm
Glendale Central Library
222 E. Harvard Street
Glendale, CA
Last night was the ASIFA-Hollywood Executive Board meeting. Lots of great things covered. Lots of great things happening. More about that later. Today I want to cover:
Fred Ladd was in with a preview of the exclusive material that will be for sale at the November 10th Kimba 40th Anniversary. Looking hot! A 36 paper full color booklet with the definitive work How Kimba Came To Be by Robin Leyden and Fred Patten. Also a great inside cover beauty shot of Kimba, (perfect for autographs) shown here with Fred`s autograph already on my copy and I will be able to add other cast signatures at the Glendale Library show next Thursday night. Come to the show and buy the package and so can you.
Kimba (Kimba)
Kimba (Kimba)
Kimba (Kimba)
Kimba (Kimba)
Who lives down in deepest darkest Africa? (Africa)
Who`s the one who brought the jungle fame?
Who`s the king of Animals in Africa?
Kimba the white lion is his name!
But that is not all, said Fred doing a dead on impression of a 80`s Ginsu knife infomercial. With the book comes a completely re-mastered copy of the original filmography that has not seen the light of day for 40 years. David Derks retyped all the text from the beat up photocopy of the original typewriter pages from the writer`s synopsis done for NBC 40 years ago when Kimba was young. David also did a great job of cleaning up the original frontpage artwork so that it looks brand new. All 52 episodes are here and it order just the way the writers wrote them after they finishing the adaptations.
But even that is not all continued Fred Ladd, the Stepfather of Anime. By this time the board is under his spell and rolling with it. no, that is not all. You also get a copy of the original voice cast photo in loving, authentic 8 by 10 inch black and white. The booklet has a very small copy of the photo right next to the Kimba model sheet but you just can`t see the cast at this size. Therefor a full size reproduction suitable for framing. also a great object for autographs.
And here is the cool part, when you pick these up at the Kimba Anniversary you will be able to get them autographed, right there at the event by the surviving cast members. There will never be another event like this. This is the only time that the surviving cast will be getting together in one place. I`m starting to sound like Fred. But it is true. We were contacted by a fan from Baltimore, who will be flying in just for this event. Don`t miss this one folk.
Tickets are $6 for ASIFA-Hollywood members, $8 for non-members. This event will be THE DEFINITIVE REVIEW of the famous KIMBA Series, and a frank look at charges made even today that Disney's "The Lion King" was inspired by Osamu Tezuka's "KIMBA, The White Lion,".seen on U.S. television 30 years earlier.
Exclusive merchandise will be sold! Come Early - Seating is limited!
Thursday November 10th • 7:00 pm
Glendale Central Library
222 E. Harvard Street
Glendale, CA
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Continuing the great video tape sell off that is currently underway everywhere I scored some cool stuff the other day, Donovan Cook`s Three Musketeers the last great 2-D feature until Curious George comes out. Also got Joe`s Apartment and the find of the day was Yakety Yak a PSA tape with the Recycle Music Video, the making of, all the short versions of the live action/animation campaign and the star spots. We use to have all the cels for this at ASIFA and I lugged them back and forth to Comic Con for years until a dealer bought the whole lot.
Talked to Mark Kausler tonight about his guest speaker/screening at Cal State Fullerton next week. Man has he pulled some killer 16 mm stuff for my students. Stuff like Anderson / Ward Crusader Rabbit the first made for TV animation NBC TeleComics the second or third made for TV aniamtion if you want to call this animation (ASIFA had all the cels from this one too) UPA The Telltale Heart and many more.
Norman McLaren always gets a reaction. I showed my Fullerton students a whole lot of his stuff this last Monday night. We always get such nice discussions going about weather Begone Dull Care and Pas de deux are animations or special effects films. Here is a link to last years class discussion on this same set of films. Norman McLaren
At The Archive
Lots of new pictures to drool over at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive website...
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
Monday, October 31, 2005
I just got this email from some people that say that we met at San Diego Comic Con. I believe them I just don`t remember it for some reason. If you are in the North Country this sounds fun.
Hello!
If you are receiving this e-mail, then we had spoken to you about the Emerald City ComiCon at a convention during this past year, most likely in San Diego.
The Emerald City ComiCon is the largest comic book & pop culture convention in the Pacific Northwest. It is held at the Qwest Field Event Center (next door to Qwest Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks) in beautiful downtown Seattle, Washington. Our attendance last year was over 6,000 and we expect to well surpass that this year.
The show dates are April 1st & 2nd, 2006, and do not conflict with any other shows that weekend.
We have three types of setups available: dealer, exhibitor or artist alley.
For Exhibitor booths, please contact Brian Meredith -
brian@emeraldcitycomicon.com
For Dealer booths, please contact George Demonakos -
george@emeraldcitycomicon.com
For Artist Alley tables, please contact Chris Rangel -
chris@emeraldcitycomicon.com
General Inquiries, please contact info@emeraldcitycomicon.com
All the information is located on our website at
http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/
We look forward to hearing from you and please don't hesitate to contact
us with any questions!
Thanks very much,
The Emerald City
ComiCon Organizers
Drawing Lesson Animation:
Lynn Kubasek, good friend, former animation student, and censored Laguna banner designer, sent me this link to one of the best drawing lessons I`ve seen since John Totleben use to hang at my studio. drawing of a women
It looks like the drawing was done on a digital tablet and all the actions saved to a script and then played back as a Flash animation. Kind of like the J. Stuart Blackton single sheet animation in Humorous Phases of a Funny Face only with no politically incorrect images created from stereo type names. (It seems to be on a Russian site with lots of other script saved drawings)
Lynn Kubasek, good friend, former animation student, and censored Laguna banner designer, sent me this link to one of the best drawing lessons I`ve seen since John Totleben use to hang at my studio. drawing of a women
It looks like the drawing was done on a digital tablet and all the actions saved to a script and then played back as a Flash animation. Kind of like the J. Stuart Blackton single sheet animation in Humorous Phases of a Funny Face only with no politically incorrect images created from stereo type names. (It seems to be on a Russian site with lots of other script saved drawings)
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Very strange, I was in a room filled with a great many animation history heavy weight cartoon buffs and we were watching cartoons that none of us had seen. It was like some surreal dream in more ways than one.
I told you, you should have made a point of coming out to the AFI screening of the Mintz Karzy Kats. Rare, surreal, off the wall bazaar cartoons unseen in 70 years.
The place was packed with animation buffs, film people, amateur and professional animation and film historians. Leonard Maltin, Mark Kausler, Milton Gray, Joe Dante, Ray Pointer, Jerry Beck, the list goes on and on.
I only got there a half hour early and I had to park on the hill and walk down the funky blacktopped steps of death. Heaven knows when these films will see the light of projector again. Big thanks to Jerry Beck who put together a great show, Michael Schlesinger who lent the restored prints, and the folks at Sony that did the restoration.
There is some talk of a second showing of some of the other restored Karzy Kat cartoons. I truely hope that this will come to pass.
I told you, you should have made a point of coming out to the AFI screening of the Mintz Karzy Kats. Rare, surreal, off the wall bazaar cartoons unseen in 70 years.
The place was packed with animation buffs, film people, amateur and professional animation and film historians. Leonard Maltin, Mark Kausler, Milton Gray, Joe Dante, Ray Pointer, Jerry Beck, the list goes on and on.
I only got there a half hour early and I had to park on the hill and walk down the funky blacktopped steps of death. Heaven knows when these films will see the light of projector again. Big thanks to Jerry Beck who put together a great show, Michael Schlesinger who lent the restored prints, and the folks at Sony that did the restoration.
There is some talk of a second showing of some of the other restored Karzy Kat cartoons. I truely hope that this will come to pass.
