Category Archives: Animation Business

The CalArts Story

Posted on July 26, 2010 by John Frost

Patricia Zohn, author of the recent Vanity Fair profile of Disney’s Ink & Paint women, has dug up another gem. This video produced by the Walt Disney Studios to promote CalArts has rarely been seen. CalArts, of course, was given … Continue reading →

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Walt Disney’s Secret Sauce – How to Train an Animator

Posted on June 17, 2010 by John Frost

In December of 1935 Walt Disney sent an 8-page memo to Don Graham, a Chouinard Art Institute animation instructor, with suggestions on how to train animators to be prepared for the intensive Walt Disney Studios animation process. This missive helped … Continue reading →

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Retro Disney: Amiga – Disney Animation Studio (1990)

Posted on April 9, 2010 by John Frost

Check out the Computer Chronicles archive video from 1990 with Sam Palahnuk from Disney Software demoing the “Disney Animation Studio” for the Amiga. How cool was that. I wonder how many of today’s animators got their start with this software.

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Ed Catmull on How Pixar Succeeds

Posted on March 26, 2010 by John Frost

Mashable was at a conference where Ed Catmull, the president for Pixar and Disney Animation, spoke on how Pixar is able to find success in innovation. He believes in the old saying “It’s better to ask for forgiveness than to … Continue reading →

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Disney to end Zemeckis style Motion Capture Animation?

Posted on March 16, 2010 by John Frost

The LA Times reports that Disney has decided to shut down the ImageMovers Digital studio, which Robert Zemeckis uses for most of his Motion Capture style of film making. That’s sad news for the 450 employees of IMD, but I … Continue reading →

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