NZ Animation History Notes
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If you didn't have it, you built it.
Animators: Wackos, it's great 'i've found my family'
What makes an great animator? Don't know... keep your pencil sharp.
Frustrated actors, who get their frustration out on the page.
Len Lye, scatched directly into film stock. Made a film with sound prewar. International Artist, pushed fowards and showed things that wouldn't become mainstream until much later.
Fred O'neil. Stop motion pioneer for new zealand.
Flare on the Sun
Sam Harvey, wanted to add competition to the animation in auckland. Harve Productions. Animated Commercials.
John Ewing, a disney animator, with a hankering to see the world. Moved to New Zealand.
Dick Frizzel
Plob Morow
Murray Freeth, no animation being done in christurch, after training under british animators. Came home to new zealand to make Cumie the Cloud. Pulled animators from all over the country.
Euan Frizzel, the Wizard of Wallaby Wallow.
Hairy MacLary
Blue Pencil, predates animator, news paper cartoonist's background. Blue Pencil = doesn't copy when plated for printing, turns up white.
Computers
Bob Senhouse, 1986, the Frog, the Dog and the Devil.
Pat Cox, producer of Foot Rot Flats, a Dog's Tail. Murry Ball's news paper comic.
John Sheils, 3D animation, and Brother Michael, Red Scream, CG Film.
Fane Flaws, the Under Water Melon man.
George Port, making software for Euan Frizzel. Prototype of Meet the Feebles. Helped work on Heavenly Creatures, just him and a single workstation. Ran the digital side of Weta Workshop.
Richard Taylor, running Weta Workshop, practical effects with 3d animatoin.
Motion Capture, Andy Serkis, a performer guiding the digital performance.
Andrew Adamson, directed shrek. Started in NZ. Broke alot of the rules because he didn't know the rules. DIdn't come from disney, did things out of instinct.
John Ewing, sort out for work wth Steven Speilberg. Said no, 'we can't possibly handle that'. Barry Pierce 'look, why not?".
Brent Chambers.
John Ewing, Barry Chambers, Freelance Art School
'I think we've reached the stage, where if you can dream something, you can do it" Ian Taylor
'dont worry about the limitatoins of technology... ...write software that's your vision"
Dean Lyon, relative clean industry, pushes what the government wants, creativity, technology, in some ways, the bio field. 'Just as good for education, as entertainment'
Jamie Canard 'Soup' stop motion movie. Beyond Woolie Valley.
Capper Brothers (guy), the Pen, Jermaine Clement. New Zealand Flavour animation.
Mario Wynands, video games, Sidhe Interactive.
Greg Page, 'crapmation' try capture hte energy for something. Just go for it.
Animators: Wackos, it's great 'i've found my family'
What makes an great animator? Don't know... keep your pencil sharp.
Frustrated actors, who get their frustration out on the page.
Len Lye, scatched directly into film stock. Made a film with sound prewar. International Artist, pushed fowards and showed things that wouldn't become mainstream until much later.
Fred O'neil. Stop motion pioneer for new zealand.
Flare on the Sun
Sam Harvey, wanted to add competition to the animation in auckland. Harve Productions. Animated Commercials.
John Ewing, a disney animator, with a hankering to see the world. Moved to New Zealand.
Dick Frizzel
Plob Morow
Murray Freeth, no animation being done in christurch, after training under british animators. Came home to new zealand to make Cumie the Cloud. Pulled animators from all over the country.
Euan Frizzel, the Wizard of Wallaby Wallow.
Hairy MacLary
Blue Pencil, predates animator, news paper cartoonist's background. Blue Pencil = doesn't copy when plated for printing, turns up white.
Computers
Bob Senhouse, 1986, the Frog, the Dog and the Devil.
Pat Cox, producer of Foot Rot Flats, a Dog's Tail. Murry Ball's news paper comic.
John Sheils, 3D animation, and Brother Michael, Red Scream, CG Film.
Fane Flaws, the Under Water Melon man.
George Port, making software for Euan Frizzel. Prototype of Meet the Feebles. Helped work on Heavenly Creatures, just him and a single workstation. Ran the digital side of Weta Workshop.
Richard Taylor, running Weta Workshop, practical effects with 3d animatoin.
Motion Capture, Andy Serkis, a performer guiding the digital performance.
Andrew Adamson, directed shrek. Started in NZ. Broke alot of the rules because he didn't know the rules. DIdn't come from disney, did things out of instinct.
John Ewing, sort out for work wth Steven Speilberg. Said no, 'we can't possibly handle that'. Barry Pierce 'look, why not?".
Brent Chambers.
John Ewing, Barry Chambers, Freelance Art School
'I think we've reached the stage, where if you can dream something, you can do it" Ian Taylor
'dont worry about the limitatoins of technology... ...write software that's your vision"
Dean Lyon, relative clean industry, pushes what the government wants, creativity, technology, in some ways, the bio field. 'Just as good for education, as entertainment'
Jamie Canard 'Soup' stop motion movie. Beyond Woolie Valley.
Capper Brothers (guy), the Pen, Jermaine Clement. New Zealand Flavour animation.
Mario Wynands, video games, Sidhe Interactive.
Greg Page, 'crapmation' try capture hte energy for something. Just go for it.
