Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published.
This chapter deals with Michael Relph. (1915 – 2004)
His designs are made in crayon and wash, and as designs show a distinct theatrical influence but when built in the studio become essentially cinematic. [...]
Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published.
This chapter deals with David Rawnsley (1909 – 1977) 1
One of those luxurious bohemians whom one usually associates with that period in history when Casanova and Carlo Gozzi flourished. He always works on a [...]
Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published.
This chapter deals with Fred Pusey (1909 – 1983)
Pusey went over to Brazil and up the River Amazon to collect data for a film entitled ‘End of the River’; then turned to a [...]
If there’s any truth in the slugline of this blog: “The Art that feeds animation“, then I think these images of historic wallpapers are excellent examples of the aesthetic river that has flowed uninterrupted into the deep pool of animation art.
Paper Panoramas
This post focuses on a small but important product of the wallpaper [...]
Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published.
This chapter deals with C.P.Norman, also known as Norman Delany.
CP. NORMAN approaches film decor as a scenic artist with the knowledge of the photographer – he is lucky in knowing how far ‘make-believe’ can [...]
Déja vu, anyone?
As well as using live action reference as guides for animation moves, it seems that the Walt Disney Feature Animation artists weren’t above re-using old sequences in new films.
A low res mix of two almost identical frames from two different films.
A French animation fan has cut together this video with frame accurate comparisons [...]
Here’s the second post arising from the discovery of a group of documents published by the animator Richard Williams sometime in the late 1970’s.
He’s making a strong bid for the high ground in this document, elevating himself (and his studio staff) to being the natural successors to the skills and craft base of the Walt [...]
A short film about an art form that flourished in the 20th Century, that now faces an uncertain future.
Full of arcane references for those who know their history
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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 – [...]
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