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Mayerson on Animation: Human Resources
Updated below. There was a time when companies owned the resources they used to produce their products. A company was its factories. Howev...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2008/09/101-dalmatians-part-17.html
Mayerson on Animation: 101 Dalmatians: Part 17
Reflections on the art and business of animation.
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Mayerson on Animation: More Freleng
In Tom Sito's entry for August 28 , he mentions that when he applied for work at DePatie-Freleng in 1977, he was interviewed by Friz himself...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2010/04/hollywood-economist.html
Mayerson on Animation: The Hollywood Economist
( Updated at the bottom.) If you are someone who wonders why movies are the way they are today, this book is essential reading. Edward Ja...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2010/12/walt-el-grupo.html?showComment=1292191387331
Mayerson on Animation: Walt & El Grupo
This is an excellent documentary chronicling the three month tour of South America by Walt Disney and assorted artists at the request of the...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2006/12/importance-of-sympathy.html?showComment=1166539440000
Mayerson on Animation: The Importance of Sympathy
This was written in 2003 for Apatoons . I'm posting it because I think it's interesting and it relates to something I'm going to write abo...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2011/12/artist-perception-and-animation.html?showComment=1325077095302
Mayerson on Animation: The Artist, Perception and Animation
Can this film tell us something about animation? I recently saw The Artist , the new silent film that has been picking up awards at festival...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2006/08/plutopia-part-2.html?showComment=1155739260000
Mayerson on Animation: Plutopia Part 2
There's always been a streak of outrageousness in animation. It goes back at least as far as the 1920's, when N.Y. animators from different ...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2010/06/dumbo-part-9.html
Mayerson on Animation: Dumbo Part 9
This really is Woolie Reitherman's section. He animates practically everything. Ed Brophy, the voice of Timothy, gives an excellent readin...
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Mayerson on Animation: 9
(There are spoilers below.) 9 is a post-apocalyptic fantasy that suffers from huge huge logic holes and underdeveloped characters. This is ...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2008/06/
Mayerson on Animation: June 2008
Reflections on the art and business of animation.
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2009/12/revised-survival-kit.html?showComment=1261976431510
Mayerson on Animation: A Revised Survival Kit
I got an email from Amazon, informing me that there is now an expanded edition of The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams. The co...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2018/02/trailer-for-sheridan-colleges-2018.html
Mayerson on Animation: Trailer for Sheridan College's 2018 Industry Day
Reflections on the art and business of animation.
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Mayerson on Animation: Walt & El Grupo
This is an excellent documentary chronicling the three month tour of South America by Walt Disney and assorted artists at the request of the...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2008/02/gordan-sheehan-part-2.html
Mayerson on Animation: Gordan Sheehan Part 2
(This is the continuation of an interview with Gordon Sheehan conducted by Harry Arnold and Dave Daruszka and printed around 1976 in Zoetrop...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2012/10/disney-buys-lucas.html?showComment=1351648046959
Mayerson on Animation: Disney Buys Lucas
You can read the details everywhere, so I won't bother with them here. I have no doubt that Wall Street and investors will see this as a g...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2008/01/animator-as-actor.html
Mayerson on Animation: The Animator As Actor
In 1979, as part of the Los Angeles International Film Exposition, there was a program called The Animator as Actor, coordinated by Steven P...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2008/10/mosaics-listed-in-sidebar.html?showComment=1223848980000
Mayerson on Animation: Mosaics Listed in the Sidebar
A commenter named Holger suggested that I list the mosaics in the sidebar so that they'd be easier to find. It's an excellent suggestion an...
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Mayerson on Animation: The Genius That Was Pocoyo
If you've ever worked on a TV series, you know the limitations. The budgets are tight and the schedules are short. There is always the dan...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2013/08/cartoonist-evan-dorkin-on-rejection.html?showComment=1375841268381
Mayerson on Animation: Cartoonist Evan Dorkin on Rejection
Good advice for anyone doing creative work from Evan Dorkin , who has worked in comics and animation.
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2006/06/preston-blair-and-honeymooners.html
Mayerson on Animation: Preston Blair and The Honeymooners
The Honeymooners inspired several animated cartoons. Bob McKimson did a couple with the characters as mice at Warner's in the '50's ( The ...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2009/03/academy-of-art-animation-notes.html
Mayerson on Animation: Academy of Art Animation Notes
I've had a link to David Nethery's blog listed here for a long time, but he has a second blog done for the Academy of Art in San Francisco ...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2009/09/gaggle-of-guests.html?showComment=1253365386489
Mayerson on Animation: A Gaggle of Guests
(Updated at the bottom.) Paul Fierlinger It's only the second week of classes at Sheridan College, but due to a variety of circumstances, we...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2007/09/cintiq-or-not-cintiq.html
Mayerson on Animation: Cintiq or Not Cintiq
There's an interesting discussion going on over at the Animation Guild blog about the use of Cintiq tablets in the various stages of animat...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2006/08/posting-slowdown.html?showComment=1156298400000
Mayerson on Animation: Posting Slowdown
I'm back at Sheridan College this week and have a bunch of personal deadlines that must be met. As a result, I will continue posting, but t...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2011/11/discussion-of-kirby-copyright-decision.html?showComment=1320767566139
Mayerson on Animation: A Discussion of the Kirby Copyright Decision
I'm sure some of you have your eyes glaze over every time I bring up Jack Kirby or copyright. However, I keep mentioning it as intellectual...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2012/04/ham-and-hattie-are-ho-hum.html
Mayerson on Animation: Ham and Hattie are Ho-hum
I've been working my way through the UPA Jolly Frolics DVD collection. I had never seen any of the Ham and Hattie shorts, so I was natura...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2010/05/dumbo-part-1.html
Mayerson on Animation: Dumbo Part 1
(Click any image to enlarge.) Here we go again. I'm hoping to complete this mosaic by September, before my teaching load increases. For me,...
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Mayerson on Animation: Walt & El Grupo
This is an excellent documentary chronicling the three month tour of South America by Walt Disney and assorted artists at the request of the...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2010/10/illusionist.html?showComment=1288035087173
Mayerson on Animation: The Illusionist
I saw Sylvain Chomet's The Illusionist at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. I found it so remarkable that I returned to see it ...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2007/03/clash-of-morons.html?showComment=1173943440000
Mayerson on Animation: Clash of the Morons
Viacom is suing YouTube for $1 billion dollars for copyright infringement. This lawsuit demonstrates stupidity on both sides. YouTube is no...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2007/07/which-way-do-we-go-george-which-way-do.html
Mayerson on Animation: Which Way Do We Go, George? Which Way Do We Go?
Keith Lango comments on the conclusion to my MRP and Peter Hon adds some very good thoughts about the time and effort it takes to do an ind...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2009/02/watch-sita-sings-blues-online.html
Mayerson on Animation: Watch Sita Sings the Blues Online
Nancy Beiman and Michael Sporn have posted that the complete Sita Sings the Blues can be watched online at the WNET site. I don't know...
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Mayerson on Animation: 9
(There are spoilers below.) 9 is a post-apocalyptic fantasy that suffers from huge huge logic holes and underdeveloped characters. This is ...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-birthday-buster.html?showComment=1223186460000
Mayerson on Animation: Happy Birthday Buster
October 4 is Buster Keaton's 113th birthday. I admire many film makers and artists, though for some reason, Buster's birthday sticks in my ...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2007/07/animated-man.html
Mayerson on Animation: The Animated Man
Biographies of Walt Disney tend to fall into two camps. There are the hagiographies that tend to deal with Disney's life in mythological te...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2014/08/guys-with-pencils-down-to-stubs.html
Mayerson on Animation: Guys with Pencils Down to Stubs
Andrew (left) and Adam Andrew Murray and Adam Hines, the hosts of the Guys with Pencils podcast, have decided to pack it in after a few...
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Mayerson on Animation: The Genius That Was Pocoyo
If you've ever worked on a TV series, you know the limitations. The budgets are tight and the schedules are short. There is always the dan...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2007/06/willard-bowsky.html?showComment=1180825320000
Mayerson on Animation: Willard Bowsky
Willard Bowsky was a Fleischer animator whose Popeye cartoons were among the most attractive and entertaining of that series. He was also o...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2008/04/attention-bob-clampett-fans.html
Mayerson on Animation: Attention Bob Clampett Fans
Barrier: Just when did you become a director at Warners? Clampett: At the end of 1936. Leon gave me a color cartoo...
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Mayerson on Animation: Plutopia Part 2
There's always been a streak of outrageousness in animation. It goes back at least as far as the 1920's, when N.Y. animators from different ...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-long-sally.html?showComment=1258240479315
Mayerson on Animation: So Long Sally
Thanks to my friend, the noted animation historian Jim Korkis, I was alerted to this page . Sally Holmes was a Disney employee and when she...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2007/12/financial-and-emotional-investments.html
Mayerson on Animation: Financial and Emotional Investments
There was a time when U.S. networks would buy programming from independent producers. Then they got greedy and had the rules changed so tha...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2008/09/bacher-is-back.html
Mayerson on Animation: Bacher is Back
Designer Hans Bacher ( Mulan , The Lion King ), the author of Dream Worlds , is back again with another blog dedicated to reconstructing t...
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Mayerson on Animation: Alimation
Alimation - Annecy Festival 2011 from Alexandre DUBOSC on Vimeo . Here is Alexandre Dubosc's edible animation done for the upcoming Annecy...
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https://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2008/03/beauty-of-simplicity.html?showComment=1205935920000
Mayerson on Animation: The Beauty of Simplicity
I came across this article by Chris Baker at Slate.com about a videogame called Crayon Physics Deluxe. I was very taken with the video bel...
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Mayerson on Animation: Barbera Tom and Jerry Boards
No, I'm not repenting for my comment on Harry McCracken's blog. But I'm always interested in behind the scenes material. C. Martin Croker...
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Mayerson on Animation: Where Studios are Located
I've recently learned of two very interesting interactive maps. One locates computer animation studios and the other gaming studios . The...
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Mayerson on Animation: Human Resources
Updated below. There was a time when companies owned the resources they used to produce their products. A company was its factories. Howev...
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