Published between 1982 and 1995
International Animation Festival Cardiff 1992 The theme of the festival was “Rocking the Boat”, planned to tap into young adult taste. Read more… From Student to Professional Animation The transition from the freedom of student animation to professional animation that earns money for its creators is a difficult one. This seminar at the Cardiff Animation … Read more
Animator. Spring 1993. Issue number 30. Front cover illustration: Balloon directed by Ken Lidster. See National Film & TV School.
Rocking the Boat Cardiff is a major production centre for animation with many large and small studios producing TV series. These have grown with the help of the Welsh television channel SIC which was established in Cardiff in 1982. Rather like its London based counterpart Channel 4. SIC has been very keen to promote animation, … Read more
The transition from the freedom of student animation to professional animation that earns money for its creators is a difficult one. This seminar at the Cardiff Animation Festival brought together a panel of recent graduates, employers and a Channel 4 representative. Report by David Jefferson. An enthusiastic audience of students assembled to learn more about … Read more
“The skills you learn at college will always be useful. Working on a commercial can improve those skills and make you better when you come to make your own films. There is a discipline in commercial films that you do not get with your own films. You may find you avoid difficult scenes in your … Read more
Learn about storytelling. When Sarah Kennedy left college she was determined to do her own work. ‘It is really difficult to get money when you are a student just out of college,” affirmed Sarah. “I knew I would hate working on commercials so I was lucky to get a job as a researcher working on … Read more
Alex Seiden, a senior technical director and animator at Industrial Light & Magic gave a talk about Terminator 2 and its visual effects at the International Animation Festival Cardiff. Report by David Jefferson. “Behind all magic there is a trick, and it is certainly true in the case of visual effects. It is not really … Read more
The next step is compositing. On the live action shot the actors are acting to nothing, that is the essence of special effects work. In Terminator 2 there were many shots of Arnold Schwarzenegger twisting his fist in mid-air where he was supposed to be hitting the 11000. These are called the background plates. “Nowadays … Read more
“Motion control existed before Star Wars but it really came alive with that film, it had much more use than it ever had before. Now it is used for completely non-computer graphics things such as models and spaceships.” A wacky fight scene. When Seiden read the description of the following sequence he did not think … Read more
Klasky Csupo, Inc. have hit animated television series, The Simpsons and Rugrats, on their track record. Marketing Director, Larry Le Francis, introduced the company at the Cardiff International Animation Festival. David Jefferson reports. Klaskv Csupo, Inc. was started by husband and wife team Gabor Csupo (pronounced Chewpo) and Arlene Klasky, literally out of their living … Read more