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Citrus Cel Animation Festival 2013

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

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

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

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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Back to the Drawing Board

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

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Ottawa International Animation Festival – Day Five

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

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

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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Ottawa Schedule

ShareNext week we’ll be in Capital City, Canada for the Ottawa International Animation Festival. Our film, “Sympathy for the Fish”, will be playing in the International Showcase and I’ll be presenting various things. Here’s a schedule, if you’re there try … Continue reading

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