Once a very popular format getting your song or showcasing your band out to the masses, the music video. Here is a classic which still holds up today, "Take on Me" by A-Ha. I saved this article from HOW magazine back when it came out to understand how they made it. Here is a very dated article with lots of reference to ancient animation techniques used before CG animation was even around. Frame by frame using a 35mm animation stand, dealing with film and optical techniques that you can do on your phone these days.
Please enjoy this HOW article from the animation past!
Can you believe how much work it took to make this animation back in the day?If you would like an easier version to read, send me an email to animateducated@gmail.com and I'll send you a pdf file.
Well, here we are beginning 2025, another new year and I'm still working on projects from the last one.
Over the Summer of 2024, my family and I flew over to Ireland to drive around and brush up on our driving skills. We visited Dublin first and then drove out to visit Kilkenny the home of Cartoon Saloon and where I got to meet and interview Fabian Erlinghauser, one of the directors there and creator of "Dorg Van Dango".
At the time, he was busy finishing up work on "Silly Sundays" and working on a new project. Here is a quick promo to the upcoming interview I will be posting soon.
There is another upcoming interview I am currently editing with Animation Director Iain Gardner who I met while we were visiting Edinburgh, Scotland.
He had completed his animated film, "A Bear named Wojtek" which has a very similiar animation look to the films of Frédéric Back (The man who planted trees and Krak).
I visited Iain at his studio space called Animation Garden during this year's Fringe. And later, we met again when he was in LA for the Animation Summit. I am happy to report that "Wojtek" has made the shortlist for this year's upcoming Academy Awards.
Below is a short look at some of the people who visit the "Wojtek" statue in Edinburgh.
And finally, an interview I had with one of my animation heroes, Paul Driessen. He recently publish his autobiography called "My Life in Cartoons". I was amazed to find out that he worked on the first Beatles cartoons which eventually lead to an animation job on "The Yellow Submarine". This was his animation school for learning what he liked to do and eventually making his own films.
I hoping to get these all finished up before February or so. Until then...
Every year close to Halloween, when the veil between the living and the dead is quite thin, I take advantage of this by contact a well known person in the past of Animation.
This year, I contacted the Leonardo Da Vinci who I contacted through the OUIJAZooM app. Enjoy the interview below.
I have contacted other people which you can find on the Animateducated YouTube channel.
