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Mayerson on Animation: Don't Pitch a Buyer, Pitch the Audience Video

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Reflections on the art and business of animation. Thursday, May 07, 2015. Don't Pitch a Buyer, Pitch the Audience Video. In March of 2014, I had the pleasure of giving a talk at Animatic T.O. An informal lecture series founded by Barry Sanders and continued by Andrew Murray when Barry took a job in Halifax. Grayden Laing of the Canadian Animation Blog. Videotaped the presentation and now it's available online, courtesy of Grayden and John Righton. I developed the talk into a series. Success for you .

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Mayerson on Animation: R. O. Blechman Interview

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Reflections on the art and business of animation. Thursday, May 26, 2011. R O Blechman Interview. Over at The Comics Journal. Website, Jeet Heer interviews designer, illustrator and animation director R. O. Blechman. Blechman talks a bit about the production of The Juggler of Our Lady. At Terrytoons and his disappointment at never getting to direct a feature. Labels: R. O. Blechman. I remember talking to Blechman about the Juggler short and his feelings to it. May 26, 2011 11:08 PM. May 28, 2011 11:44 AM.

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Mayerson on Animation: July 2015

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Reflections on the art and business of animation. Sunday, July 26, 2015. The Legend of Korra. Having watched and admired Avatar: The Last Airbender. I have now watched all of its semi-sequel, The Legend of Korra. While there are aspects of Korra. That are superior to Avatar. I don't think the series reaches the same high level, and I think that the reason has to do with the nature of television. As I understand it, when Avatar. To the best of my knowledge, Korra. Suffered from the same problem, where the...

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Mayerson on Animation: December 2014

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Reflections on the art and business of animation. Friday, December 26, 2014. Song of the Sea. Song of the Sea. Is director Tomm Moore's follow-up to his first feature, The Secret of Kells. Once again, he delves into Irish culture for his subject, this time with the legends of Selkies, humans who are able to turn into seals. Song of the Sea. Is worthy of framing. The story resembles The Tale of Princess Kaguya. Or Kung Fu Panda. Which appropriates other people's roots. And Moore and art director Adrie...

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Mayerson on Animation: The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki

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Reflections on the art and business of animation. Saturday, August 01, 2015. The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki. Amazon.com will release a package. Of 11 Miyazaki features in Blu-ray for $224.99 on November 17, 2015. No listing yet on Amazon.ca. Apparently, versions of this box have already been released in Japan, Europe and Australia. The link has more details. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Toronto, Ontario, Canada. View my complete profile. A Film L.A. Academy of Art Animation Notes.

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Mayerson on Animation: June 2015

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Reflections on the art and business of animation. Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Avatar: The Last Airbender. Yes, I know. I'm 10 years late. I backed into this series due to my interest in the work of comics writer/artist Gene Luen Yang. Having read his books American Born Chinese. I discovered that he had written several graphic novels based on the Avatar. TV series. I read them and was extremely impressed with the political sophistication of the stories. The Promise. Which is very attractive. I can no longer ...

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Walsh-O-Matic: July 2012

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Move On Over To MAD LAB! This, dead reader, is the final entry for this blog. It's been quite a ride, hasn't it? It all started with a massive tome of an entry, about Barnaby. Way back in 2008. And who can forget all the puppet making postings I did, like THIS. And of course, there was a call to arms to resist the continued decline of film making, which can be read here. Yes, we have a lot of memories- you, me, and walsh-o-matic. We have a production blog, that can be found here.

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Mayerson on Animation: May 2015

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Reflections on the art and business of animation. Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Amazing Video Interview Collection. Courtesy of Mark Evanier. Here is a link. Evanier has some background about Paul Maher, the person responsible for the interviews, here. Links to this post. Sunday, May 24, 2015. There are great animators just as there are great actors. Brad Bird is everywhere right now, promoting Tomorrowland. Has a fair amount to say about animation. Links to this post. Thursday, May 07, 2015. I've worked as a...

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Mayerson on Animation: November 2014

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Reflections on the art and business of animation. Sunday, November 16, 2014. I'll be at CTN on behalf of Sheridan College's animation program. Fellow faculty member James Caswell and I will be at the Sheridan table for the duration. If you're going to be there, stop by and say hello. Links to this post. Tuesday, November 04, 2014. 25 Years of Ghibli Music. Castle in the Sky. And My Neighbor Totoro. If you want links to specific selections in the video, go here. Link via Boing Boing. Links to this post.

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Walsh-O-Matic: Move On Over To MAD LAB!

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Move On Over To MAD LAB! This, dead reader, is the final entry for this blog. It's been quite a ride, hasn't it? It all started with a massive tome of an entry, about Barnaby. Way back in 2008. And who can forget all the puppet making postings I did, like THIS. And of course, there was a call to arms to resist the continued decline of film making, which can be read here. Yes, we have a lot of memories- you, me, and walsh-o-matic. We have a production blog, that can be found here.