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Roachford
04-03-2006, 07:08 PM
....courtesy of the NY Daily News:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/402680p-341052c.html
AnimWatch
04-03-2006, 07:27 PM
Thanks, Roachford. Great article...
While computer animation dominates the field, it's not the only medium. None of last year's Oscar nominees were computer-animated. The Oscar winner, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit," and Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" were done with models and stop-motion. The third nominee, Hayao Miyazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle," was traditional hand-drawn cell animation.
You know, I sort of knew this intellectually, but to have it spelled out like this is phenomenal.
...as virtually everyone interviewed for this story agrees, the medium is not the message - the message is.
Sing it, brother.
TeviH
04-03-2006, 08:42 PM
Yea, it's really exciting times for animation!

I fear for the future, though. We used to make great films in The Golden Age, but then the system became a system, a single entity run by a bunch of suits. The storytellers are all gone. They say the streets to hell are paved with good intentions and I'm seeing a similar trend with animation.
jemel
04-04-2006, 03:18 PM
From Tevi:
but then the system became a system, a single entity run by a bunch of suits. The storytellers are all gone.

But wait. Isn't that what AnimWatch is here for, to fight that? You guys & girls are all awesome! You make magic, and you are definitely storytellers. I am not an animator, I am just an animation consumer, but I, for one, am pinning my hopes on the kind of independence and creativity I see on this site. I am optimistic about the future of animation.
AnimWatch
04-04-2006, 04:00 PM
Yes, yes. To Jemel you listen.

It's the same in movies, music, computer games... Big Studios and Corporations are so conservative right now, it's hard to get them to take a risk on anything. The greatest chance for creativity and innovation is in independent endeavor.

I'd love to see some of you AnimWatchers prove this point. Go make a film. Something good.

The world is waiting for you!