My trip to CCAD inpsired me to animate.
This is just the beginning. It was done with no registration whatsoever.
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
CCAD Women in Animation: Part 6
Links and notes from Sari Gennis: 4:30 PM, 4/14/07
Among her influences, Sari Gennis counts her friend, John Kricfalusi (whose blog is a great wealth of animation knowledge and wisdom). She also counts among her influences Winsor McKay and Muybridge. (I forget if she was the lecturer that also mentioned R. Crumb.)
She mentioned the term Trackback, for which I can find no definition, and that is probably why I wrote it down.
She mentioned Tom Sito's Book, Drawing The Line
Sari worked on The Thief and The Cobbler.
I think she was the one that mentioned Studio Artist.
She had two handouts, one was of inspirational quotes (rather smartly done in varying typefaces to provide contrast for easy reading).
She calls herself an animatrix instead of an animator. She also gave out a list of 30 animation notes from Ollie Johnston. These notes can be found by clicking here.
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Links and notes from Rebecca Allen: 1:00 PM, 4/15/07
She studied at RISD and was a member of the NYIT Computer Graphics Laboratory and MIT's Architecture Machine Group (predecessor to the awesomely cool MIT Media Lab.) She worked with NYIT Computer Graphics Lab founder and general captain of the computer animation industry Ed Catmull.
She showed a still or two from The Works (~1980), which was started at NYIT. It was to be the first computer animated feature, but it was never finished.
She won the first Emmy for a computer animated piece.
She mentioned the vintage computer graphics book Creative Computer Graphics. I think she had something to do with the CG head on the cover. My memory is really bad and my notes are even worse (if you can belive that).
She worked on the Kraftwerk music video, "Musique Non Stop".
She talked about and showed some video captures from Bush Soul, an interactive CG installation.
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Links and notes from Vita Berezina-Blackburn: 3:30 PM, 4/15/07
Vita Blackburn, OSU computer graphics professor, filled in for Jinko Gotoh who was not able to make it to CCAD.
She talked about Bebe Miller and Landing Place, which combines dance and computer graphics.
She also talked about other performing art/CG combinations, like VJing.
I had never heard of a scrim, so I looked it up. It is that fabric used in performing arts that, when lit from certain angles, is opaque. When not lit or lit at other angles, it is transparent.
I think she was the one that showed a lot of cool motion capture stuff, like how motion capture data can be used in very creative ways.
Links:
http://openendedgroup.com/
http://animationcoop.org/
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There was some time left after Vita Blackburn's lecture, there was some time left over so there was a screening of the Dan Lund documentary Dream On Silly Dreamer, about the demise of classic animation produced by Disney Feature Animation.
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Links and notes from Recruiter Presentations: 1:00 PM, 4/15/07
Animation and VFX talent agent Rachelle Lewis talked about jobs in animation. She gave a handout of the various job types available. One of her clients that she mentioned in particular was John (Jack) Kasprzack.
I think it was her that mentioned Peter de Sève and his cool sketchbook for sale.
The next speaker was Blue Sky storyboard artist Karen Disher. She was an original character designer and director for the TV series Daria. She talked about acting, gags, and plusing the script. She mentioned how the singing vultures in Ice Age: The Meltdown replaced a scene with talking reptiles (the bad guys), because that scene was not working. I think it was a change for the better. She showed lots of story boards and styles from Blue Sky artists. She said that in boards and concepts, you have to draw clear, not clean. You have to get the point across. She mentioned Patrick Smith, and independent film maker. She also mentioned that there are summer internships at Blue Sky for PAs.
Among her influences, Sari Gennis counts her friend, John Kricfalusi (whose blog is a great wealth of animation knowledge and wisdom). She also counts among her influences Winsor McKay and Muybridge. (I forget if she was the lecturer that also mentioned R. Crumb.)
She mentioned the term Trackback, for which I can find no definition, and that is probably why I wrote it down.
She mentioned Tom Sito's Book, Drawing The Line
Sari worked on The Thief and The Cobbler.
I think she was the one that mentioned Studio Artist.
She had two handouts, one was of inspirational quotes (rather smartly done in varying typefaces to provide contrast for easy reading).
She calls herself an animatrix instead of an animator. She also gave out a list of 30 animation notes from Ollie Johnston. These notes can be found by clicking here.
===========
Links and notes from Rebecca Allen: 1:00 PM, 4/15/07
She studied at RISD and was a member of the NYIT Computer Graphics Laboratory and MIT's Architecture Machine Group (predecessor to the awesomely cool MIT Media Lab.) She worked with NYIT Computer Graphics Lab founder and general captain of the computer animation industry Ed Catmull.
She showed a still or two from The Works (~1980), which was started at NYIT. It was to be the first computer animated feature, but it was never finished.
She won the first Emmy for a computer animated piece.
She mentioned the vintage computer graphics book Creative Computer Graphics. I think she had something to do with the CG head on the cover. My memory is really bad and my notes are even worse (if you can belive that).
She worked on the Kraftwerk music video, "Musique Non Stop".
She talked about and showed some video captures from Bush Soul, an interactive CG installation.
===========
Links and notes from Vita Berezina-Blackburn: 3:30 PM, 4/15/07
Vita Blackburn, OSU computer graphics professor, filled in for Jinko Gotoh who was not able to make it to CCAD.
She talked about Bebe Miller and Landing Place, which combines dance and computer graphics.
She also talked about other performing art/CG combinations, like VJing.
I had never heard of a scrim, so I looked it up. It is that fabric used in performing arts that, when lit from certain angles, is opaque. When not lit or lit at other angles, it is transparent.
I think she was the one that showed a lot of cool motion capture stuff, like how motion capture data can be used in very creative ways.
Links:
http://openendedgroup.com/
http://animationcoop.org/
===========
There was some time left after Vita Blackburn's lecture, there was some time left over so there was a screening of the Dan Lund documentary Dream On Silly Dreamer, about the demise of classic animation produced by Disney Feature Animation.
===========
Links and notes from Recruiter Presentations: 1:00 PM, 4/15/07
Animation and VFX talent agent Rachelle Lewis talked about jobs in animation. She gave a handout of the various job types available. One of her clients that she mentioned in particular was John (Jack) Kasprzack.
I think it was her that mentioned Peter de Sève and his cool sketchbook for sale.
The next speaker was Blue Sky storyboard artist Karen Disher. She was an original character designer and director for the TV series Daria. She talked about acting, gags, and plusing the script. She mentioned how the singing vultures in Ice Age: The Meltdown replaced a scene with talking reptiles (the bad guys), because that scene was not working. I think it was a change for the better. She showed lots of story boards and styles from Blue Sky artists. She said that in boards and concepts, you have to draw clear, not clean. You have to get the point across. She mentioned Patrick Smith, and independent film maker. She also mentioned that there are summer internships at Blue Sky for PAs.
Labels: CCAD WIA
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
CCAD Women in Animation: Part 5
Links and notes from Claire Kitson: 2 PM, 4/14/07
Claire Kitson gave an overview of the history of British Animation. Before this whole conference, I had never realized how different the climate is in Britain for experimental animators.
She talked about and screened some of the following:
Animal Farm (1954) - Directed by John Halas and Joy Batchelor
- This was the first British animated feature to be released worldwide
(clips of the feature can be found in popular video search engines)
Door (1990) - by Russell Hoban and David Anderson
Click here to watch.
Many Happy Returns (1997) - Marjut Rimminen
A Is for Autism (1992) - Tim Webb
I remember this as being a good film.
Silence (1998) - Orly Yadin & Sylvie Bringas
Click here to watch
Feeling My Way (1997) - Jonathan Hodgson
Click here for a clip
Love Is All (1999) - Oliver Harrison
Alternative Fringe (2005) - Candy Guard
I remember really liking this one, but I don't remember much more.
Bob's Birthday (1993) - Alison Snowden and David Fine
This lead to the animated TV series, Bob and Margaret. This is a great short!
Crapston Villas (1998) - Sarah Ann Kennedy and Peter Boyd Maclean
Are We Still Married (1992) - The Quay Brothers
I think she said that junk food advertising cannot be lawfully aired during children's programming in the UK. Although, I might not have heard completely what she said.
She briefly mentioned something about the CIA putting money into arts, specifically the expressionist movement.
Links I wrote down:
http://www.chaletfilms.com/
http://www.heeza.fr/
Claire Kitson gave an overview of the history of British Animation. Before this whole conference, I had never realized how different the climate is in Britain for experimental animators.
She talked about and screened some of the following:
Animal Farm (1954) - Directed by John Halas and Joy Batchelor
- This was the first British animated feature to be released worldwide
(clips of the feature can be found in popular video search engines)
Door (1990) - by Russell Hoban and David Anderson
Click here to watch.
Many Happy Returns (1997) - Marjut Rimminen
A Is for Autism (1992) - Tim Webb
I remember this as being a good film.
Silence (1998) - Orly Yadin & Sylvie Bringas
Click here to watch
Feeling My Way (1997) - Jonathan Hodgson
Click here for a clip
Love Is All (1999) - Oliver Harrison
Alternative Fringe (2005) - Candy Guard
I remember really liking this one, but I don't remember much more.
Bob's Birthday (1993) - Alison Snowden and David Fine
This lead to the animated TV series, Bob and Margaret. This is a great short!
Crapston Villas (1998) - Sarah Ann Kennedy and Peter Boyd Maclean
Are We Still Married (1992) - The Quay Brothers
I think she said that junk food advertising cannot be lawfully aired during children's programming in the UK. Although, I might not have heard completely what she said.
She briefly mentioned something about the CIA putting money into arts, specifically the expressionist movement.
Links I wrote down:
http://www.chaletfilms.com/
http://www.heeza.fr/
Labels: CCAD WIA
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
CCAD Women in Animation: Part 4
I should tell you that it has been a busy week, so some of my own notes don't even make sense anymore.
The last presentation on Friday the 13th, other than the 7:30 screening, was one of our favorites. Animator Joanna Quinn showed many of her commercial and creative endeavors in animation. Her work is amazing and defies description. It is an amalgamation of incredible artwork and witty story telling. What is even more amazing is (from what I understand) that the drawings in the finished animations are actually her roughs, and (for at least some of her pieces from what I remember) she does it strait on paper, including backgrounds (in every frame? how exhausting!). That could be why her Charmin commercials (which you have seen on TV unless you live under a rock) have no or very simple backgrounds. She was a great presenter; very enthusiastic and funny. I recommend that you see as much of her stuff as you can get your hands on. If you ever have the opportunity to see her lecture or give a presentation, go!
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Links and notes from Tamara Lusher Stocker: 10 AM, 4/14/07
The first presenter on Saturday was Tamara Lusher Stocker, an alumnus of CCAD (class of 1990). She has worked for Diseny Feature Animation and Lucas Film.
She mentioned CAPS (Computer Animation Production System)
She mentioned Bruce Block, and his book The Visual Story. I attended a lecture by Bruce Block when I went to Promax/BDA last year.
[Click here] to see the graphs I drew which demonstrate his lesson on contrast and affinity.
She mentioned that the Disney softball team (probably of Disney Feature Animation, and which coast I don't know) is/was called the Slugs, their logo being a slug with a bat.
She said that story boards are done on a Cintiq nowadays.
She is currently consulting on her own project with Wild Brain in San Francisco.
She mentioned Art and Fear by David Bayles & Ted Orland
She mentioned these 3 Steps:
1) Research: Read, look at images
2) Observe the real world
3) Incorporate (into animation?)
I don't remember (and didn't write down) what they were steps for, but they seem like sound advice.
She talked about pitches a lot. A pitch stick is used to point to boards while pitching.
She said that when you pin your story boards up:
1 pin means you are careless
2 pins mean you are willing to change
4 pins mean you are not going to compromise
It was funnier when she said it than when I wrote it. And that was horrible grammer, but I foolishly assume that you know what I mean.
The last presentation on Friday the 13th, other than the 7:30 screening, was one of our favorites. Animator Joanna Quinn showed many of her commercial and creative endeavors in animation. Her work is amazing and defies description. It is an amalgamation of incredible artwork and witty story telling. What is even more amazing is (from what I understand) that the drawings in the finished animations are actually her roughs, and (for at least some of her pieces from what I remember) she does it strait on paper, including backgrounds (in every frame? how exhausting!). That could be why her Charmin commercials (which you have seen on TV unless you live under a rock) have no or very simple backgrounds. She was a great presenter; very enthusiastic and funny. I recommend that you see as much of her stuff as you can get your hands on. If you ever have the opportunity to see her lecture or give a presentation, go!
===========
Links and notes from Tamara Lusher Stocker: 10 AM, 4/14/07
The first presenter on Saturday was Tamara Lusher Stocker, an alumnus of CCAD (class of 1990). She has worked for Diseny Feature Animation and Lucas Film.
She mentioned CAPS (Computer Animation Production System)
She mentioned Bruce Block, and his book The Visual Story. I attended a lecture by Bruce Block when I went to Promax/BDA last year.
[Click here] to see the graphs I drew which demonstrate his lesson on contrast and affinity.
She mentioned that the Disney softball team (probably of Disney Feature Animation, and which coast I don't know) is/was called the Slugs, their logo being a slug with a bat.
She said that story boards are done on a Cintiq nowadays.
She is currently consulting on her own project with Wild Brain in San Francisco.
She mentioned Art and Fear by David Bayles & Ted Orland
She mentioned these 3 Steps:
1) Research: Read, look at images
2) Observe the real world
3) Incorporate (into animation?)
I don't remember (and didn't write down) what they were steps for, but they seem like sound advice.
She talked about pitches a lot. A pitch stick is used to point to boards while pitching.
She said that when you pin your story boards up:
1 pin means you are careless
2 pins mean you are willing to change
4 pins mean you are not going to compromise
It was funnier when she said it than when I wrote it. And that was horrible grammer, but I foolishly assume that you know what I mean.
Labels: CCAD WIA
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
CCAD Women in Animation: Part 3
Links and notes from talk and panel discussion: 10 AM, 4/13/07
An event sponsor in the form of a representative of the local CW affiliate had a Disney trivia quiz with non-Diseny prizes. I won some DVDs.
Ron Saks gave a speech, defining animation as a medium presented in real time but not created in real time. He mentioned Jayne Pilling's A Reader In Animation Studies. I also wrote down these links:
animationstudies.org
asifa.net
awn.com
womeninanimation.org
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Links and notes from the Welcome Address: 1:30 PM, 4/13/07
For some reason, Ron Saks gave the same speech he had given earlier in the day.
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Links and notes from Jayne Pilling: 2 PM, 4/13/07
Gender Issues in and around Animated Films
Films Screened:
Triangle (1994) 8' - Erica Russel
Watch Now!
How Mermaids Breed - Joan Ashworth
Fish Never Sleep - Gaelle Denis
Watch Now!
City Paradise (2004) 6' - Gaelle Denis
Watch Now!
Forever & Forever - Michaela Pavlatova
A Feather Tale - Michèle Cournoyer
The Stain
Second Class Mail - Alison Snowden
Watch Now!
To Have & To Hold - Emily Mantell
An event sponsor in the form of a representative of the local CW affiliate had a Disney trivia quiz with non-Diseny prizes. I won some DVDs.
Ron Saks gave a speech, defining animation as a medium presented in real time but not created in real time. He mentioned Jayne Pilling's A Reader In Animation Studies. I also wrote down these links:
animationstudies.org
asifa.net
awn.com
womeninanimation.org
===========
Links and notes from the Welcome Address: 1:30 PM, 4/13/07
For some reason, Ron Saks gave the same speech he had given earlier in the day.
===========
Links and notes from Jayne Pilling: 2 PM, 4/13/07
Gender Issues in and around Animated Films
Films Screened:
Triangle (1994) 8' - Erica Russel
Watch Now!
How Mermaids Breed - Joan Ashworth
Fish Never Sleep - Gaelle Denis
Watch Now!
City Paradise (2004) 6' - Gaelle Denis
Watch Now!
Forever & Forever - Michaela Pavlatova
A Feather Tale - Michèle Cournoyer
The Stain
Second Class Mail - Alison Snowden
Watch Now!
To Have & To Hold - Emily Mantell
Labels: CCAD WIA
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CCAD Women in Animation: Part 2
We missed this entire screening. We were at dinner with friends.
Sunday April 15th, 2007
7:30 pm Screening of animated films by women
Flamenco Rhino (2006) 1' - Debbie Deas
Watch Now (longer version? I think this is it).
Indefinable Moods (2007) 7' - Kathy Smith
Islands 25th Anniversary opening (1987) 1' - Susan Young
Death And The Mother (1998) 10' - Ruth Lingford
Watch Now!
Henry's Garden (2002) 8' - Moon Seun
Watch Now!
United Airlines advertisement (1991) 1' - Joan Gratz
Watch Now! (To watch, click on 'Directors' near the top of the page and then click 'Joan Gratz', it is the first clip in her section.)
Quasi at the Quackadero (1975) 10' - Sally Cruishank
Watch Now!
M Pascal (1979) 7' - Alison De Vere
Watch Now!
Seren (2007) 2' - Jessica Entis
Watch Now!
Gutter Sharks (2004) 5' - Liz Chincarini
Triangle (1994) 8' - Erica Russel
Watch Now!
Dog (2001) 5' - Suzie Templeton
Watch Now!
Vase of Sunflowers (2006) 3' - Bruna Menezes
Watch Now!
N Loops (1989) 7' - Vibeke Sorensen
Watch An Excerpt!
Wife of Bath's Tale (1998) 6' - Joanna Quinn
Paper House (1990) 5' - Su Kwan Meyers
The Girl and The Horse (2003) 3' - Rebecca Manley
Marguerite (1971) 3' - Betty Chin
Tall Time Tales (1992) 8' - Faith Hubley
Pas A Deux (1988) 6' - Monique Renault and Van Dijk
Silence (1998) 10' - Orly Yadin and Sylvie Bringas
Watch Now!
Sunday April 15th, 2007
7:30 pm Screening of animated films by women
Flamenco Rhino (2006) 1' - Debbie Deas
Watch Now (longer version? I think this is it).
Indefinable Moods (2007) 7' - Kathy Smith
Islands 25th Anniversary opening (1987) 1' - Susan Young
Death And The Mother (1998) 10' - Ruth Lingford
Watch Now!
Henry's Garden (2002) 8' - Moon Seun
Watch Now!
United Airlines advertisement (1991) 1' - Joan Gratz
Watch Now! (To watch, click on 'Directors' near the top of the page and then click 'Joan Gratz', it is the first clip in her section.)
Quasi at the Quackadero (1975) 10' - Sally Cruishank
Watch Now!
M Pascal (1979) 7' - Alison De Vere
Watch Now!
Seren (2007) 2' - Jessica Entis
Watch Now!
Gutter Sharks (2004) 5' - Liz Chincarini
Triangle (1994) 8' - Erica Russel
Watch Now!
Dog (2001) 5' - Suzie Templeton
Watch Now!
Vase of Sunflowers (2006) 3' - Bruna Menezes
Watch Now!
N Loops (1989) 7' - Vibeke Sorensen
Watch An Excerpt!
Wife of Bath's Tale (1998) 6' - Joanna Quinn
Paper House (1990) 5' - Su Kwan Meyers
The Girl and The Horse (2003) 3' - Rebecca Manley
Marguerite (1971) 3' - Betty Chin
Tall Time Tales (1992) 8' - Faith Hubley
Pas A Deux (1988) 6' - Monique Renault and Van Dijk
Silence (1998) 10' - Orly Yadin and Sylvie Bringas
Watch Now!
Labels: CCAD WIA
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
CCAD Women In Animation: Part 1
I went to Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio to attend their Media Studies Symposium on Women in Animation. This first post is a list of films screened on Friday night. Some have links where you can watch the films. I'll be posting a lot more about the event later on.
Friday April 13th, 2007
7:30 pm Screening of animated films by women
Seafari (1993) 5' - Sherry McKenna
The Street (1976) 10' - Caroline Leaf
Watch Now!
Death Cab for Cutie "Your Heart is An Empty Room" (2005) 4' - Eliza Kinkz
Watch Now!
Dreams and Desires: Family Ties (2006) 10' - Joanna Quinn
Find a excerpt here (the last small icon on the right) - A Second clip
Survivors (1997) 16' - Shelia Sofian
Upside Downed (2004) 1' - Valerie LaPointe
Furies (1977) 3' - Sarah Petty
Pets (1996) 3' - Valerie Mih
Nightime Fears and Fantasies; A Bedtime Tale for a Young Girl (1984) 6' - Christine Panushka
Begone Dull Care (1949) 3' - Evelyn Lambert
Watch Now!
City Paradise (2004) 6' - Gaelle Denis
Watch Now!
Windy Day (1967) 9' - Faith Hubley
Candy Jam (1988) 7' - Joan Gratz & Joanna Priestly
Jumping Joan (1994) 8' - Petra Freeman
Peka (2006) 5' - Elda The & Theresa Zysk
The Blog
Café Bar (1974) 5' - Alison De Vere
Watch Now!
Aqualibrae (2006) 2' - Chanya Hetayothin
Face like a Frog (1987) 5' - Sally Cruikshank
Watch Now!
I highly recommend (if you can find it):
The Danish Poet (2006) 15' - Torill Kove
Watch a short clip that doesn't do it justice!
Friday April 13th, 2007
7:30 pm Screening of animated films by women
Seafari (1993) 5' - Sherry McKenna
The Street (1976) 10' - Caroline Leaf
Watch Now!
Death Cab for Cutie "Your Heart is An Empty Room" (2005) 4' - Eliza Kinkz
Watch Now!
Dreams and Desires: Family Ties (2006) 10' - Joanna Quinn
Find a excerpt here (the last small icon on the right) - A Second clip
Survivors (1997) 16' - Shelia Sofian
Upside Downed (2004) 1' - Valerie LaPointe
Furies (1977) 3' - Sarah Petty
Pets (1996) 3' - Valerie Mih
Nightime Fears and Fantasies; A Bedtime Tale for a Young Girl (1984) 6' - Christine Panushka
Begone Dull Care (1949) 3' - Evelyn Lambert
Watch Now!
City Paradise (2004) 6' - Gaelle Denis
Watch Now!
Windy Day (1967) 9' - Faith Hubley
Candy Jam (1988) 7' - Joan Gratz & Joanna Priestly
Jumping Joan (1994) 8' - Petra Freeman
Peka (2006) 5' - Elda The & Theresa Zysk
The Blog
Café Bar (1974) 5' - Alison De Vere
Watch Now!
Aqualibrae (2006) 2' - Chanya Hetayothin
Face like a Frog (1987) 5' - Sally Cruikshank
Watch Now!
I highly recommend (if you can find it):
The Danish Poet (2006) 15' - Torill Kove
Watch a short clip that doesn't do it justice!
Labels: CCAD WIA
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