ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Never Say Never:
I went out to the movies yesterday. But that is not my topic. There was a preview for King Kong. I love Willis O`brian and what I like to think of as the real Kong. Not too fond of the Dino piece of S - - - from a few years back. Not looking forward to anybody remaking my RKO classic. But damn, this looks good. It has the feel of the real Kong, it is set in the time period of the real Kong and I am going to go see it. Something I swore I would not do.
I went out to the movies yesterday. But that is not my topic. There was a preview for King Kong. I love Willis O`brian and what I like to think of as the real Kong. Not too fond of the Dino piece of S - - - from a few years back. Not looking forward to anybody remaking my RKO classic. But damn, this looks good. It has the feel of the real Kong, it is set in the time period of the real Kong and I am going to go see it. Something I swore I would not do.
Friday, November 25, 2005
Annie Tickets on Sale:
Tickets for the 33rd Annual Annie Awards are now available to all members of ASIFA-Hollywood at the special price of $65 (2 ticket maximum) through December 4, 2005. On December 5, tickets will be available to members of ASIFA-Hollywood and the general public at $75.
Tickets can be purchased by calling the Alex Theatre Box Office at (818) 243-2539 daily between noon and 6 p.m. A per ticket fee applies if purchasing over the phone. Please contact the box office for more details.
Tradition:
So here it is the day after Thanksgiving, traditionally the day that stores start putting up Christmas decorations. Man has that tradition been gone a lone time. This last week, if we put aside all the computer related stuff I have been fighting, has mostly about job referrals.
That also is an old tradition in the animation field, and thankfully one that hasn`t changed much over the years. It happens when animation people get together. I got together with a lot of people last weekend with the Annie judging for Gaming and TV Production categories. Job referrals for seven people and two animation programs (entry level jobs) passed through my hands in the course of the week.
Network, I always tell my students. You want to be where the jobs are floating around because that ups the chances that one of them is going to be just right for you, for me.
This next week sees the start of the early planning phase of the Afternoon of Remembrance. This most meaningful event is put on in January each year by the Animation Guild, Women in Animation, and ASIFA-Hollywood.
Now I need to be part of another volunteer project like I need another major computer disaster (gods forbid) but this truly beautiful and meaningful remembrance of all of the Animation People who have passed from our ranks within the year is something I have always felt strongly about. And the people who put it on each year are some of my favorite people in the world.
Now back to the grind. I have four class databases to rebuilt and another one to update. I have a number of programs and lots of data to reinstall and I have a syllabus to rewrite for a new school I am really looking forward to teaching at come January. Life goes on. And I some how have to get my email working again.
So here it is the day after Thanksgiving, traditionally the day that stores start putting up Christmas decorations. Man has that tradition been gone a lone time. This last week, if we put aside all the computer related stuff I have been fighting, has mostly about job referrals.
That also is an old tradition in the animation field, and thankfully one that hasn`t changed much over the years. It happens when animation people get together. I got together with a lot of people last weekend with the Annie judging for Gaming and TV Production categories. Job referrals for seven people and two animation programs (entry level jobs) passed through my hands in the course of the week.
Network, I always tell my students. You want to be where the jobs are floating around because that ups the chances that one of them is going to be just right for you, for me.
This next week sees the start of the early planning phase of the Afternoon of Remembrance. This most meaningful event is put on in January each year by the Animation Guild, Women in Animation, and ASIFA-Hollywood.
Now I need to be part of another volunteer project like I need another major computer disaster (gods forbid) but this truly beautiful and meaningful remembrance of all of the Animation People who have passed from our ranks within the year is something I have always felt strongly about. And the people who put it on each year are some of my favorite people in the world.
Now back to the grind. I have four class databases to rebuilt and another one to update. I have a number of programs and lots of data to reinstall and I have a syllabus to rewrite for a new school I am really looking forward to teaching at come January. Life goes on. And I some how have to get my email working again.
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Here it is Thanksgiving and I am grateful to be back in these pages. I am updating my virus detection software even as we speak. I want to give a big thank you to Steve Worth who keep these pages updated while I was fight the binary demons. I am behind on a lot of stuff and will be playing catch up for the next couple of weeks.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Archive: Tenggren's Little Trapper
Happy Thanksgiving!
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive will be closed Thursday in honor of Thanksgiving. We will be back at work, digitizing artwork on Tuesday. In the meantime, I posted a batch of scans of one of Gustaf Tenggren's best Golden Books... The Little Trapper.
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive will be closed Thursday in honor of Thanksgiving. We will be back at work, digitizing artwork on Tuesday. In the meantime, I posted a batch of scans of one of Gustaf Tenggren's best Golden Books... The Little Trapper.
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival
We received this email today...
The Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival is Dec. 9-11 at the Autry National Center. We are showing more than 80 short films from around the world made for children.
Two programs we have for children on Saturday night Dec. 10 showcase the most creative animation we received for children ages 4 and older. Program #3 is at 7:15 p.m. and Program #4 is at 8:15 p.m. The 8:15 p.m. program includes "Moongirl," the new animated short from filmmaker Henry Selick ("James and the Giant Peach").
We would like to offer $1 off each ticket purchased to your members if they mention your association at the door. Regular ticket prices are $5 adults; $4 ages 17 and younger. As seating is limited, your members may want to purchase in advance at www.presaleticketing.com then ask for a $1 refund at the door (though there is a small ticket charge for the online service).
We also have numerous animated shorts throughout the weekend. See our Web site at www.lachildrensfilm.org
Thanks!
Dan
Dan Bennett
Executive Director
Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival
www.lachildrensfilm.org
The Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival is Dec. 9-11 at the Autry National Center. We are showing more than 80 short films from around the world made for children.
Two programs we have for children on Saturday night Dec. 10 showcase the most creative animation we received for children ages 4 and older. Program #3 is at 7:15 p.m. and Program #4 is at 8:15 p.m. The 8:15 p.m. program includes "Moongirl," the new animated short from filmmaker Henry Selick ("James and the Giant Peach").
We would like to offer $1 off each ticket purchased to your members if they mention your association at the door. Regular ticket prices are $5 adults; $4 ages 17 and younger. As seating is limited, your members may want to purchase in advance at www.presaleticketing.com then ask for a $1 refund at the door (though there is a small ticket charge for the online service).
We also have numerous animated shorts throughout the weekend. See our Web site at www.lachildrensfilm.org
Thanks!
Dan
Dan Bennett
Executive Director
Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival
www.lachildrensfilm.org
Archive: Tin Pan Alley Cats
Today we posted images from Bob Clampett's classic, Tin Pan Alley Cats.
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog
Thanks
Stephen Worth
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog
Thanks
Stephen Worth
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
Wendy Jackson Hall
This article is taken in part from the notice posted in Animation World Network and is reproduced with their permission.
Independent animator/educator/writer Wendy Jackson Hall passed away Nov. 14, 2005, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was hospitalized over the past weekend for blood clots in her lungs and was trying to get stabilized enough undergo biopsies for cancer when she died of complications. She was 32.
An alumnus of the Rhode Island School of Design, she was part of the early core of AWN & Animation World Network, which she joined in 1996 as a sales rep and advanced to associate editor of the magazine. She departed the online publication at the end of 1999 and went on to write about animation for many publications such as the ANIMATION JOURNAL, ANIMATION MAGAZINE, ASIFA NEWS, AWN, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, VARIETY and WIRED MAGAZINE.
While a busy freelance journalist specializing in animation, she taught animation production courses at Santa Monica College as well as schools in California and Massachusetts before getting married to Porter Hall and soon moved up to Washington where she continued to teach, write, animate and consult to animation clients that included AtomFilms and Nicktoons. Jackson Hall served the Ottawa 00 International Jury.
But prior to all that she was general manager of our office here at ASIFA-Hollywood. In those years Wendy helped coordinate events such as the 1995 Annie Awards and the 1996 Animation Opportunities Expo. She was a great asset in those years, whose cheerful smile and demeanor set a pleasant tone around the ASIFA office.
Wendy was a young woman, with family and career who was taken much too soon. Our hearts go out to her family.
Board of Directors
ASIFA-Hollywood
Independent animator/educator/writer Wendy Jackson Hall passed away Nov. 14, 2005, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was hospitalized over the past weekend for blood clots in her lungs and was trying to get stabilized enough undergo biopsies for cancer when she died of complications. She was 32.
An alumnus of the Rhode Island School of Design, she was part of the early core of AWN & Animation World Network, which she joined in 1996 as a sales rep and advanced to associate editor of the magazine. She departed the online publication at the end of 1999 and went on to write about animation for many publications such as the ANIMATION JOURNAL, ANIMATION MAGAZINE, ASIFA NEWS, AWN, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, VARIETY and WIRED MAGAZINE.
While a busy freelance journalist specializing in animation, she taught animation production courses at Santa Monica College as well as schools in California and Massachusetts before getting married to Porter Hall and soon moved up to Washington where she continued to teach, write, animate and consult to animation clients that included AtomFilms and Nicktoons. Jackson Hall served the Ottawa 00 International Jury.
But prior to all that she was general manager of our office here at ASIFA-Hollywood. In those years Wendy helped coordinate events such as the 1995 Annie Awards and the 1996 Animation Opportunities Expo. She was a great asset in those years, whose cheerful smile and demeanor set a pleasant tone around the ASIFA office.
Wendy was a young woman, with family and career who was taken much too soon. Our hearts go out to her family.
Board of Directors
ASIFA-Hollywood
Here I am in the teacher`s workroom at the college I teach at on Tuesdays this semester. I am still fighting the good fight on the computer crash front. Got back on the internet yesterday but had to disable my virus protection to do so, so I am still not on.
Finished judging for the Gaming Annies Saturday and did the TV Production on Sunday. A big thanks to my judges. Both teams came up with very good slates. They will be announced on Dec 5th. when all the others are announced.
Also on Dec. 5th. the cut off date for members to buy Annie tickets at reduced prices. After the 5th. members will have to pay full price. Here is a link to the Alex Theater box office but they do not seem to have them listed http://www.alextheatre.org/boxoffice.html Maybe give them a call.
Finished judging for the Gaming Annies Saturday and did the TV Production on Sunday. A big thanks to my judges. Both teams came up with very good slates. They will be announced on Dec 5th. when all the others are announced.
Also on Dec. 5th. the cut off date for members to buy Annie tickets at reduced prices. After the 5th. members will have to pay full price. Here is a link to the Alex Theater box office but they do not seem to have them listed http://www.alextheatre.org/boxoffice.html Maybe give them a call.
