In this BBC clip from 1974, Terry Gilliam shows viewers how he creates cut-out animations, a technique he used to hilarious effect on Monty Python’s Flying Circus. The clip is from the Do-It-Yourself Animation Show, a children’s educational series about animation that was hosted by British animator Bob Godfrey. As seen on Laughing Squid blog, […]
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Interactive Media: Flash, pt 4 – Getting Started with Animation
Once you get to the point where you can draw in Flash with some competency you need to learn how to animate. For those of you who are AU students, the best place to go for this type of training is Lynda.com. But, if you’re not or you just want to learn how to do […]
Continue readingInteractive Media: Flash, pt. 1 – Introduction
If you’ve been on the internet at all in the past five years, you’ve used flash. Most of the time it manifests itself as the Flash Player, a plugin for your browser which allows you to view Flash content online. But what if you’re not just interested in viewing Flash content, what if you’re interested […]
Continue readingA Zombie History by Eileen Keegan
Check out this cool video created by Media Services alum, Eileen Keegan. A Zombie History by Eileen Keegan A Zombie History from Eileen Keegan on Vimeo.
Continue readingNow if it was a Disney movie that was being ripped off…
You can bet a big dollar lawsuit would have been in the works, real quick. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4GR0DconsU&feature=player_embedded Kimba The White Lionvs. The Lion King
Continue readingWatch Logorama now – before it disappears
The 2010 Academy Award winner for animated short is kind of a mix of Pulp Fiction, Die Hard, and Dark Knight all animated with corporate logos. Brilliant but stay away if you would take offense at Big Boy, Ronald McDonald, and the Michelin Man cussing and shooting things up. Logorama at Vimeo
Continue readingTime Out’s 50 greatest animated films, with added commentary by Terry Gilliam…
An interesting list worth checking out: http://www.timeout.com/film/features/show-feature/8835/time-outs-50-greatest-animated-films-curated-by-terry-gilliam.html Media Services own 9 out of the top 10 listed: My Neighbor Totoro (1988)DVD 4709 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)DVD 6329 The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)VHS 4136 Fantasia (1940)DVD 4691 Toy Story (1995)DVD 7768 Spirited Away (2001)DVD 586 Yellow Submarine (1968)VHS 5100 Belleville Rendez-vouz (2003)DVD […]
Continue readingA bad idea gets worse…
Disney to remove all extras from rental DVDs as well Following in Fox’s footsteps, Disney has announced that it will become the second studio to release two different “classes” of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, a “premium” version, and a bare-bones rental version. Starting in June with the movies Morning Light, Confessions of a Shopaholic and […]
Continue readingDisney is okay with plagerizing…
…itself. Check out this collection of Disney films that have reused images in different films.
Continue readingOrigins of American Animation @ Library of Congress American Memory site
This is pretty cool. Streaming video of 21 shorts from 1900 to 1921. From a variety of producers including Edison, Gaumont, Essanay, and International Film Service. link
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