While sorting through some papers recently, I discovered a few internal memos from the Richard Williams studio in the 1970’s. These were circulated among staff and freelancers (like me) with the aim of setting the highest standards, team building and flying the flag.
The first of these - the Memo To All Artists - was distributed in April 1976, and set out to define not only the precise nature of the roles of Animator, Assistant Animator and Inbetweener, but also, in no uncertain terms, the high standards expected of staff. In today’s horrid HR jargon, they would be called the “Person Specification”.
The copy I own was a copy of a copy (albeit on good quality paper), and had been slightly rotated on the photocopier at some stage. I’ve corrected the rotation and cleaned most of the dirt off the pages, so don’t expect an archivist’s white glove presentation. The other thing not to expect is any nod towards sex equality in the language used, even though there were several women animators and artists employed in the studio at the time.
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Here’s the link to the .pdf file
