Monday, February 29, 2016

BSA206, animation history,NZ, 29 February

NZ film and animation directors
From Len Lye to Gollum:  The story of NZ animators
Len Lye made Tusalava in England
Rainbow dance- blend of live action and pictures
Fred O'Neil claymation for the National Film Unit
Plastiphobia
Bob Morrow, Sam Harvey and
Morrow Productions, Bob and Mike Walker
Trees
Flare on the Sun 1958

Harvey Productions
Story of Ice Cream? ad

John Ewing
immigrated to NZ, trained at Disney animation for ten years

Dick Frizzell worked for Harvey Productions for awhile

Sam Harvey animated Good Night Kiwi

Murray Freeth worked in England and came home to Christchurch
Cumie the Cloud

Euan Frizzell
The Wizard of Wallaby Wallow  and Hairy MacLary
Hairy first to use computers in the 1980s

Bob Stanhouse, Wellington,
The Frog, the Dog and the Devil  1986
used computers to amplify the effects on pencil drawn animation

Pat Cox, producer Footrot Flat's- A Dog's Tail
made in Sydney because there weren't enough animators in NZ
computers changed that

John Sheils used computers to make dancing figure on Countdown
first 3D computer generated film Red Scream

most animation done for advertising
Fane? the Under Water melon Man the Hide and Seeky Bird
(First NZ animation that I think looks good)

George Port worked on Meet the Feebles and started working with Peter Jackson on 3D in films
birth of Weta Digital/Workshop
Sir Richard Taylor
massive armies and Gollum (synthesis of 3D and mo-cap acting)

Andrew Adamson Shrek 2
started doing graphics and commercials in NZ before moving to US

Brent Chambers studied with John Ewing
first animation school

Ian Taylor, Dunedin, Animation Research, Squirt (Dear LORD! Never type "squirt" into youtube's search engine)
Dean Lyon, Wellington, Oktobor Animation, animation for medical research

Jamie Canard  Soup and Beyond Woolly Valley

Tim and Guy Capper, Jemaine Clement The Shed claymation

Mario Wynands, video game company SHE?
John Sheils also working in video games
Greg Page "crapmation" claymation put his effects into The Locals feature film

Kaleidoscope documentary from the 80s
John O'Shea- 3 films in the 50s


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