Who's Afraid of ASCAP? Popular Songs in the Silly Symphonies
From 1929 to 1939, Disney's Silly Symphonies united animation with a rich array of music, including such songs as "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf." J.B. Kaufman reports.
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The Dream of Color Music, And Machines That Made it Possible
William Moritz gives a quick and dazzling historical overview attempts to create visual music using "color organs."
The Influence of Religion on Early European Animation
P. Pluie-Toile expounds on the mysteries and surprising richness of religious imagery found in the fledgling works of various European animation industries.
KLIC's Online Animated Musical: Real-Time Animation on the Web?
Kids' Light Intertainment Channel (KLIC) has produced the first animated musical for children on the Internet, using Enliven Viewer, one of the hottest new technologies available for creating interactive content on the Web. With Enliven, a plug-in application for Web browsers like Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape, the animation begins to run right away, using a streaming technology to play the first segment, while the other segments download in the background.The Body Shop.Hardly a traditional musical, KLIC's site features Swampland of Gross, Snitchragula, and Alien Body Shop, animated...
Trees for Life: Making Life Better Through Fruit Trees and Animation
Heather Kenyon reports how Balbir Mathur and his organization, Trees for Life, with help from Frick Back, are using animation in to help people in the third world plant trees.
Going on Their Own in Vancouver
With animation booming in Vancouver, Sean Maclennan Murch explains how and why studios there are trying to sashay out of contract work and into their own properties.
Children's Animation, a Universal Language?
The BBC's Theresa Plummer-Andrews provides a light-hearted look at the problems and peccadilloes of producing animated children's programming for the international marketplace.
UNICEF Draws on Talent to Advance Children's Rights
Deborah Reber provides a look on how almost 80 studios around the world joined forces to form UNICEF's International Animation Consortium for Child Rights.
The Making of Child Soldiers
John W. Rice relates how he and his fellow artists at Fil-Cartoons in the Philippines created a public service announcement for UNICEF's International Animation Consortium for Child Rights.
The Lyon Conference
Jean-Luc Ballester talks how a 1983 government proposal changed the French animation industry and how the major entertainment union used it to improve working conditions for animation artists.
Les Assises de Lyon
Jean-Luc Ballester talks how a 1983 government proposal changed the French animation industry and how the major entertainment union used it to improve working conditions for animation artists.
Louise Beaudet: une passion pour l'animation
The Career Coach reflects on the events of September 11, 2001 and calls for us to work toward our goals and dreams today.
Where the Action Is
Harvey Deneroff sums up the current state of America's animation industry, with an emphasis on recent mergia mania, feature films and prime time shows..
Animation in Singapore
Gigi Hu reports on the current attempt by the island nation to bolster its fledgling animation industry.
The Changing Winds of Korean Animation
Chung-bae Park explains why South Korea is turning its attention to animation as part of its economic strategy for the 21st century.
Animation Festivals: A Brief History
Bruno Edera probes the history of international animation festivals, showing their origin goes back further than most people think.
Festivals de Films d'Animation
Bruno Edera probes the history of international animation festivals, showing their origin goes back further than most people think.
The Changing Face of Festivals
Tom Knott, the former director of the Ottawa Festival, takes a look at how festivals have changed over the past few years, in terms of quality, independent filmmaking, and as a venue for the major studios.
Festival Reasonings
A international selection of filmmakers, executives and others share their thoughts about why animators should consider sending their works to festivals.
Lettuce Entertain You: A Visit to Sierra On-Line
Judith Shane reports on what goes on behind the scenes at one of the leading video game producers and of the latest escapades of Leisure Suit Larry and Jolly Al.
Interactive Trendlines
A sampling of what some of the leading lights in interactive animation have to say about what the future has in store.
Visioneering: Interactive Animation at Creative Capers
Creative Capers had a happy existence doing animation for Hollywood feature films until the CD-ROM revolution came along. Harvey Deneroff takes a peek at what's doing there animation-wise.
La Cambre, an Animation School in Brussels
Philippe Moins takes a look at one of the oldest and most respected animation schools in continental European.
Une école d'animation à Bruxelles: la Cambre
Philippe Moins takes a look at one of the oldest and most respected animation schools in continental European.
Disneyland and Europe: Walt Disney's First Magic Kingdom
Robin Allan examines how Disneyland, the progenitor of today's theme parks, came into being and the role animation had in it.
