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02-18-03: Well,
someone at Ain't It Cool News has already spilled the beans
about Tim Burton's possible stop motion project, Corpse
Bride that is suppose to be now underway in
England. I had some inside info but was keeping a low
profile. The tip I got is, that Will Vinton
Studios is involved with Corpse Bride because
they have a high concentration of stop motion specialty
equipment, cameras, lighting gear, etc.. Also Mckinnon
& Saunders in the UK will be handling the
puppet construction. Because of labor laws that exist in
many countries, only a few USA people would be hired
(example stop mo animators), as England hires their own
first, so Corpse Bride will primarily be an overseas
production. Too bad, I just wonder why it was not going
to be done here in the USA to maybe slightly re-energize
stop motion. Hmmmm .....the "politics" of the
mainstream movie biz, and also, we now know this is CGI
Country. 02-13-03: When
I worked on projects I usually did not have a chance to
photograph armatures or other behind the scenes. Also, I
make enough human type armatures and they all start
looking somewhat the same to me which is another reason I
did not take pictures of some of my work. Anyway,
recently someone who worked on The PJ's emailed
me some photos of the Thurgood armature
which I originally designed for the production in additon
to designing armatures for the other characters. Go here
to Gallery, then scroll near bottom and you will see
The PJ's . 02-06-03: This
pertains to local news ....ASFIA-SF which is an animation
association covering the San Francisco Bay Area,
apparently has been sponsoring yearly open screenings for
professional animators and production companies. I live
here and I did not know about this!? It says,
"Surprise us with your professional reel", so I
assume they do not want to look at strictly amateur work
but an actual demo reel you put together for studio's to
see. I am not clear if you have to live in SF Bay Area to
be able to show your reel. Get this ... it is FREE ....
no fees, no forms, no registration .... just show up with
your work. Also, FREE for public to attend. Also, ILM,
PDI, Tippett Studio & others will be
representing and showing some stuff. The event
will be on 02-21-03, 7:30PM .... Annual ASIFA-SF Open Screening 02-04-03: The Future of the Cartoon Feature
Film....Compute,Model or Draw? Good treatise that mentions much about stop
motion and the affect CGI has had on it. I have
differring perspectives. The article seems almost like a
"scientific paper" and going by "the facts
only". Author does not delve into the
"checkered" history of stop motion ..... it
really never had any kind of sustained success in
mainstream movie business. Does not explore other future
possible outlets for stop motion. Also no mention of the
"politics & ego" factor about stop motion.
Directors just hate the process primarily because
"animator has a more key role" in bringing
characters to life. Then there is that obsessive thing
about CG-holics ... they are sucked-up in an endless
Black Hole that "The Technology will Mature"
(when?) as though more techincal toys and automation will
be that magical Silver Bullet that will supposedly create
better animated products or special effects? Audiences do
not really care about digital bells & whistles. Just
entertain them with good story/characters. I do not
believe the pundits when saying that audiences supposedly
want CGI and/or Visual Complexity
..... but I think, there is kind of an Unspoken
Monopoly going on, to Shut-Out
alternative Visual and Animation-Special Effects Styles.
Obviously, I have different observations than the author,
but as I stated before .... he did a good presentation.. |
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