Archive for the ‘rant’ Category
john k: wheat from chaff
Posted by dermot on April 25, 2009 at 2:46 pmIn my previous post, I cited some excellent posts by John Kricfalusi on the subject of writing in animation. The problem with JK’s posts is separating the wheat from the chaff. In the comments to that piece, I mentioned the issue of “signal to noise” on his blog.
Here’s an exampe. John makes the assertion that [...]
animators vs. “producers” & “writers”
Posted by dermot on April 20, 2009 at 2:40 pmOver the years, animators have increasingly come to be seen as “wrists”. Monkeys chained to their desks, tap tap tapping away for their superiors - the writers and producers who deem themselves the true “creatives”.
Newsflash: holding a bag of money or a position of power on the greasy pole makes you many things. Creative, alas, [...]
an etiquette guide for animation clients
Posted by dermot on April 14, 2009 at 10:01 pmOK; you need to hire an animation studio to bring your animated property to life. Before you start, there are some basic suggestions that you may need to consider:
1. If you’re going to design fully realistic detailed human characters for a Flash project, don’t be surprised when the final animation doesn’t look like the Esurance [...]
the chinese are coming!
Posted by dermot on March 18, 2009 at 12:35 pmOK kiddos, here’s a word of warning…
One of the long running trends in animation since the 1980s has been the out-sourcing of work to Asia and other cheaper sources. In general, this has resulted in an appalling lack of quality - but the suits and bean-counters haven’t cared about quality for decades.
In the 80s there [...]
animation in hard times
Posted by dermot on January 23, 2009 at 1:18 pmIn addition to this site, I also manage a blog dedicated to tracking the ongoing financial/ecological crisis. I don’t want to allow too much of that content to bleed over into angryanimator, but it’s relevant to this post - which will contain some suggestions on how to ride out a downturn. Now that even the [...]
nina paley vs. copyright insanity
Posted by dermot on January 6, 2009 at 10:36 pmNina Paley was (I believe) the first animator to make a short film using Flash - several years ago. Her latest piece is “Sita Sings the Blues”.
She set the film to music recorded in the 1920s. Although the song recording is in the public domain, it turns out that the song is STILL under copyright. [...]