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Frank Hursh: Painting backgrounds for Rocky & Bullwinkle in Mexico, Part 1
What was it like working on Rocky & Bullwinkle in Mexico City in the early 1960s?Darrell Van Citters tells you on his blog The Art of Jay Ward in the fist of a multi part series.
From the site:
During the writing process on The Art of Jay Ward Productions, I put out an all points bulletin on the Internet looking for a few artists who had either worked directly for Jay Ward in Hollywood or for Val-Mar/Gamma Productions in Mexico, the subcontractor for all animation production on the Jay Ward series. One of those artists was Frank Hursh, an American painter who had headed up the background department at the Mexican studio in the early 1960s, a crucial period in the history of the Ward studio.
Admittedly, my request was a long shot and I had low expectations for any kind of response. However, while the book was at the printer’s, I received a phone call from Frank’s daughter, Holly, responding to my posting which she had just discovered while searching on the Internet. She was calling from Mexico with her father standing right next to her. While it was too late to include any new information or art from Frank, it wasn’t too late for me to ask questions or to find out that his memoirs had been published in a bilingual book in Mexico. Later I found out that Frank had photos of the personnel and studio from it’s heyday along with a few pieces of original art.  It’s unlikely there will be a second edition of The Art of Jay Ward Productions so I’ve decided to highlight Frank Hursh and his time at the Gamma studio with a multi-part blog post.
You can read the whole post here.
A Prank Time-Must see!
Some truly fluid and unusual animation here. Clever, quirky and very odd! You must check it out! Very inspiring!
Fat kid pulls a clever trick over his old man, with wacky results. Total hilarity as the fat kid crosses the Rubicon into disaster.
Former lead Disney artist helps shape future animators
Veteran Disney animator Tom Bancroft known for his work on Disney greats such as “Beauty and the Beast,†“The Lion King,†“Aladdin,†“Pocahontas,†“Mulan†and “Brother Bearâ€Â is teaching a Lipscomb University and today the school published and interview with him about his career and his classes there.
The undergraduate animation program developed by Bancroft is only in its second semester of existence. He has taught Character Design I and Character Design II and plans on teaching additional classes as the program progresses into its second year. Bancroft says he has also been excited to bring in industry experts as adjunct professors, including John Hill and John Pomeroy, who teach Animation History and 2D Animation, respectively.
You can read the entire article here.
Funimation launches its all-in-one anime destination site
Engadget is posting that Funimation Entertainment announced today that its FunimationNow platform is now live.
The site, which we first saw back at CES, will make the studio’s expansive archive of shows — including DBZ, Attack on Titan and Assassination Classroom — available to subscribers without ads or viewing restrictions. The new service will initially be available on iOS, Android, Kindle and Windows 10 devices while support for PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Roku devices is expected by May.
Pricing for the service will be tiered. Free accounts will have to deal with ads and have access to a limited portion of the archives. For $5 a month, viewers will get full access to the entire HD library of shows but they’ll all be subtitled (which is how they’re best viewed anyway). The $8/month tier gives you everything from the lower tiers plus access to dubbed versions of shows and bonus content.
“Coda” by And Maps and Plans
A lost soul stumbles drunken through the city. In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things.
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Director: Alan Holly – qlqn.ie
Producer: Ciaran Deeney – elzorrerofilms.ie
Writers: Alan Holly and Rory Byrne – rorybyrne.ie
Art direction & backgrounds: Ronan McMeel – ronanmcmeel.blogspot.ie
Music: Shane Holly – shaneholly.ie
Animation: Alan Holly, Rory Byrne and Eoghan Dalton – studiopowwow.com
Colouring and shadows: Eimhin McNamara – paperpanther.ie
Backrgounds: Ãine McGuinness – ainemcguinness.ie
Starring: Brian Gleeson, Orla Fitgerald, Donie Ryan and Joseph Dermody
Music recording: Paul Finan
Voice recording: Tony Kiernan
Sound design: Michelle Fingleton
Sound editing: Andy Kirwan
Sound mixing: Garret Farrell – screenscene.ie
Musicians: Shane Holly, Aoife Dowdall, Katie O’Connor, Larissa O’Grady, Jenny Dowdall
Emma Scott: Production Executive for the Irish Film Board
Pauline McNamara: Executive Producer – RTE
Fionnuala Sweeney: Film Specialist – Arts Council
Jill McGregor: Schemes & Applications Co-ordinator for the Irish Film Board
Thanks to Sean McCarron & Jennifer Evans
Funded under the Irish FIlm Board’s Frameworks scheme
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AWARDS
Shortlisted for the 87th Academy Awards
Nominated for the 42nd Annual Annie Awards
Great Animation Award – Mecal 17th Festival International of Short Film & Animation of Barcelona, Spain, Mar 2015
Bronze Statue for the third animation – 9th Tehran International Animation Festival, Iran, Mar 2015
Jury special mention Р6th Roanne animation film festival Cin̩ Court Anim̩, France, Mar 2015
Best Animated Film – Fargo Film Festival, Fargo, USA, Dec 2014
Young Peoples Jury – Marcin Prize for best short film for young people, at Inernational Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! PoznaÅ„, Poland, Dec 2014
International Special Jury Prize at Animpact Animation Festival 2014, Seoul, South Korea, Nov 2014
KuanDog Prize: International Short Film Special Mention at KDIAF, Taipei, Taiwan 2014
Jury’s Special Award at Cinanima 2014
Best Animation & Best of Fest at Aesthetica Short Film Fest 2014
Silver Hugo for Best Animated Short at 50th Chicago International Film Festival 2014
2nd Place for the Audience Choice Award at the 3rd Annual Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Invitational, Baltimore 2014
Joint Best Irish Short Film prize with ‘The Ledge End of Phil’ at the Dublin Animation Film Festival 2014
Winner Best Short Animation at SXSW – Austin, USA 2014
Best Animation at Kino Fest – Bucharest, Romania 2014
Audience Choice SICAF – Seoul, South Korea 2014
Best in Show at Animation Block Party – New York 2014
Joint Best Animated Film Award with ‘Pandas’ at Kratkofil Plus – Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina 2014
Winner of the AnÄa Award, Fest AnÄa – Zilina, Slovakia 2014
Most Creative Short Award, Edinburgh Short Film Festival – Edinburgh, Scotland 2014
FICC Don Quijote Prize +Special Mention Best Animation, Galway Film Fleadh – Galway, Ireland 2013
