Thought it would be interesting and informative to explore how a friend, Kent Butterworth set about to make his own animated film and to see not only how he did it but to share in all the fun he had on the way....
Cable television has opened the door to many an animated hit that wouldn't have made it onto broadcast television in the past. Take a look at my top ten picks for Prime Time Animated shows.
Ranking classic animation series is like making a list of your ten favorite things to eat - the outcome may depend on what time of day you make the list.
I knew this was going to be a difficult list to settle on as there have been so many really good series made for this audience. Selecting just ten guaranties that a number of very worth shows will be excluded. Most of the shows I've selected have run for years and have become classics by virtue of their popularity and length of production run.
Always be careful about projects that needed to be stitched together like Frankenstein's monster. Like the monster, they may be animated but they will never be pretty!
Take a read and tell me where I've gone wrong. Girls' shows have changed but perhaps not enough.
If you like 2-D animation action series and think you know which ones are the best, take a look at my list so you can tell me how wrong I am.
What's the best 2-D Kids series ever made for and run on U.S. television.. What is your favorite Prime Time 2-D animation series of all time? I'll show you my selections and you're welcome to agree, disagree or offer a set of your own...
I just wish the Oscar's were not so important financially to the winners and runner-ups. I think the awards would mean just as much to the actors and production staff without knowing that millions of dollars could be riding on the votes of their fellow Academy members. I know you can't go back but one can wish...
Mobile Media Platforms (media phones and other hand held devices) have proven to be a good launching pad for animation in Asia - Why not here?
Went to see Avatar in IMAX and got in for eleven dollars - felt like I robbed poor James Cameron. Even liked the movie.
If you love animation and award shows than the Annies are your cup of tea.
Bidding on work or services - Science or Art?
Animation and VSX work going abroad? Nothing new unfortunately.
Conservatives can't have it both ways. If Hollywood doesn't speak to the majority, why is this liberal message film setting box ofice records?
Don't worry, no one get's anything done over the holidays.
Taking a look at the new Disney "The Princess and the Frog" film and what its early box office could mean.
Like in poker it's best to know when to hold-em and when to fold-em. Don't make your creative children your real children because the time will likely come that you really should move on. Time, energy and money can be thrown out the window on unsellable properties, just because like your kids, you love them.....
Tata Elxsi VCL open new digital studio in Santa Monica and hires a strong team of locals to run and operate the business.
A muse about friendship, talent and loss. When you lose a friend like Marty Murphy it makes you want not to take things for granted.
