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Citrus Cel Animation Festival 2013

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Ace

ShareOur film, “Christmas Day” played in Jacksonville at the Citrus Cel Animation Festival last week. Kelsey Stark flew down for the weekend.  This is her report.   The Florida Theater where they held the screening was a really awesome, old … Continue reading →

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Walter Benjamin on Mickey Mouse

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Ace

ShareLast week I picked up a new edition of Walter Benjamin.  This volume, dedicated solely to his writing on media, figures to stay in the studio.  The centerpiece is The Work of Art in the Age of Technological Reproducibility (my … Continue reading →

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The Life of an Underwear Model

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Ace

ShareOr modeling for underwear, more appropriately. Actor Taylor Negron sat down with Richard Belzer for a wide ranging conversation which included a bit out being a model for the Hanna Barbera cartoon “Devlin” based on Evel Knievel.   The full … Continue reading →

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Book Report

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Ace

ShareI knew John Moynihan a little. I worked with him a handful of times at The Ink Tank in the 90s. He did storyboards on “Troubles The Cat” for The Children’s Television Workshop -I remember that clearly, and I think … Continue reading →

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Arcane Knowledge

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Ace

ShareLast week Molly Bernstein gave us a last minute call to help her get “DECEPTIVE PRACTICE: THE MYSTERIES AND MENTORS OF RICKY JAY”, a documentary she’d been working on with Alan Edelstein for a decade or so in shape for … Continue reading →

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Back to the Drawing Board

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Ace

ShareA film will generally work if there is a philosophy behind. If there’s a set ideas which define the approach. If the execution of those ideas corroborates the surface content. I’m generally looking for methods of creating tactile work without … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 25, 2012 by Ace

ShareOttawa. Capitol City. Surrounded by wilderness, even when full of animators.

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Ottawa International Animation Festival – Day Five

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Ace

ShareThe festival felt like a lot of work this year. It’s always more than a little laborious to attend half a dozen compilations of short films and two or three features in less than a week in addition to a … Continue reading →

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Ottawa International Animation Festival – Day Four

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Ace

ShareStarted at 9 AM by interviewing Elliot Cowan about his feature film production. I’d prefer to attend the Meet the Filmmaker sessions, but there are only so many slots in the day and they scheduled us first thing -leaving the … Continue reading →

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Ottawa International Animation Festival – Day Three

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Ace

ShareThe morning was spent (by me) trying to upload files to a client. The connection at the hotel must be dial up or something and the Festival hotspots are awfully slow. So I missed the Meet the Filmmakers session and … Continue reading →

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