Yvette Kaplan On the Beavis and Butt-head Watch
Janet Benn provides a case study of the role played by Animation Director Yvette Kaplan on Beavis and Butt-head Do America, while saying more than a little about who Yvette is.
Category: Production
Festival Reasonings
A international selection of filmmakers, executives and others share their thoughts about why animators should consider sending their works to festivals.
Something's Wrong With Our Ship: Animated Motion-Simulator Films in Theme Parks
Judith Rubin surveys what's going on in animated ridefilms at theme parks and other venues around the world and who's making them.
Reynard the Fox and the Jew Animal
The Dutch film industry's most ambitious production during World War II was an anti-Semitic sequel to Reynard the Fox. Egbert Barten and Gerard Groeneveld detail the fascinating story behind the film's production.
The Great Adventures of Izzy--An Olympic Hero for Kids
A look at the making of the first TV special based on an Olympic games mascot.
Shifting Realities: The Brothers Quay--Between Live Action and Animation
The Brothers Quay, those enigmatic masters of stop motion, have now come forth with The Institute Benjamenta, their first "live-action" feature. Suzanne Buchan takes a look at the film and their career.
Peaches N' Dreams: Henry Selick's James and the Giant Peach
Before being adapted to the screen, Roald Dahl's children's book, Jamesand the Giant Peach captured the imagination of several generations of readers since it was first published in 1961.
Splendid Artists: Central and East European Women Animators
Although women did not play the most prominent roles in the policy making bodies, they were particularly visible in all kinds of artistic activities blossoming in the years after the Revolution...
3-D Animation in France
It has been said that four countries have provided leadership in 3-D computer animation: the United States, Japan, Canada and France. One could expand that list to include other countries, such as England; but in any case,France is certainly one of the leaders.
Europe - A Storyboard Success
European animation is on the move -- though whether the confidence ofproducers and studios is fully justified remains to be seen. Iain Harvey,an independent producer who has worked with such studios as TV Cartoons,Hibbert Ralph and Animation City, as well as his own production company,The Illuminated Film Company, discusses the progress of European animationover the last decade.
The Emperor's New Clothes
I know I must be alone in this, and I know that there is nothing I can do about it except eventually accept it and go with it, but I do feel that I am waving at a computer-generated Emperor and politely telling him that he is wearing no clothes...
