Today At The Archive: CGI Animators Should THINK Like Artists

WHAT CAN AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK THAT IS NEARLY A CENTURY OLD TEACH SOMEONE WORKING IN COMPUTER ANIMATION?

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Screening: TMNT TIME CHANGE

Warner Bros. Pictures, Imagi Animation Studios
and ASIFA-Hollywood Invite Members And A Guest
To A Special Screening Of

TMNT
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
1 p.m.
AMC Burbank 16
125 East Palm Avenue
Burbank, California

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.

See your email for RSVP instructions. If you did not receive the email announcement, contact membership@asifa-hollywood.org to have your email address added to the list. Most ASIFA-Hollywood communications go out via email. It is vital that you keep your address on our list up to date.

This invitation is for ASIFA-Hollywood members only and space is limited. Reservations are taken on a first come, first serve basis.
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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving From Your Friends At ASIFA-Hollywood- The International Animated Film Society
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Today At The Archive: In Praise Of Happy Accidents

In Praise of Happy Accidents: A Lesson in Wash Painting

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Wash Painting 2: More Happy Accidents
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Today At The Archive: Lorioux's Insect World

Illustration: Felix Lorioux's Le Buffon des Enfants
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Dec 1st: Jerry Beck's Hanna-Barbera Treasury Book Signing

Author book signing event featuring Animation Historian Jerry Beck's newest book "The Hanna-Barbera Treasury"... a collection of rare art and mementos from your favorite Hanna-Barbera classic cartoons. This author appearance and book signing event is being held on Saturday, December 1, 2007 in Sherman Oaks, California.

Van Eaton Galleries is thrilled to present an author appearance and book signing event featuring renowned animation historian Jerry Beck and his newest book "The Hanna-Barbera Treasury". Jerry Beck has done it again in his newest book "The Hanna-Barbera Treasury". From Boo Boo to Bam-Bam, this book is the ultimate cartoon scrapbook featuring all your favorite Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Inside you will find removable facsimiles, colorful reproductions, sketches, original color keys, animation cels and so much more! Also on display throughout the gallery will be original artwork from the book. Come meet Jerry and see why this book is a must have for any animation fans young and old.

The Jerry Beck book signing event will be held on Saturday, December 1, 2007 from 1:00-3:00pm at Van Eaton Galleries, 13613 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423. RSVPs are being taken now. Anyone interested in attending should call (818) 788-2357.

JERRY BECK is a well known animation historian, and author of 10 books on animation and the cinema, including Looney Tunes: The Ultimate Visual Guide and The 50 Greatest Cartoons. He is a frequent contributor to Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, as well as such popular magazines as Variety, Hollywood Reporter and the online Cartoon Brew.

VAN EATON GALLERIES represents the single largest selection of works from the earliest days of animation right up to the present day as well as contemporary fine art. The gallery itself is located in the heart of the animation and entertainment industry and is a central meeting place for a vibrant community of animation professionals and collectors. Visit their web site at www.vegalleries.com.

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Party For Dan McLaughlin

A Party for Dan McLaughlin's retirement from the UCLA Animation Workshop will be held on Sunday December 9th at UCLA's Bridges Theater starting at 3:00 with a screening of Dan's films - then at 4:00 a brief talk by anyone wishing to speak and finally a party in the rerecord room. Everyone welcome

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Archive: Grim Natwick Exhibit

Grim Natwick is undoubtedly one of the most influential animators who ever lived. His career spanned the entire history of animation- from its earliest days in New York to Richard Williams' Cobbler and the Thief in recent times. Grim worked at many of the major studios- Hearst, Fleicher, Iwerks, Disney, Lantz, UPA, Jay Ward, Melendez and Richard WIlliams. He animated in every style, but was able to maintain his own personal flavor, regardless of whether he was animating for modern studios like UPA or cartoony ones like Fleischer. If one had to define the single element that set his animation apart, it would have to be that his characters always seemed to have a genuine spark of life.

The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive is pleased to present an exhibit of artwork from Grim's personal files. Stop by the archive anytime during regular hours (Tues-Fri 1pm-9pm) to view the exhibit.

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THE ONLINE EXHIBIT CATALOG

• Introduction: Grim Natwick's Scrapbook


• Part One: Grim's Early Years In New York (Hearst/Krazy Kat/Fleischer)
• Anatomy Studies
• "Swing, You Sinners" (1930)
• "Mariutch" (1930)


• Part Two: The Golden Age of Animation (Iwerks/Disney/Lantz)
• Disney's Offer
• Natwick on Iwerks
• Iwerks Model Sheets


• Part Three: The Modern Era (UPA and beyond)
• UPA Model Sheets
• Post-UPA Commercials


• Part Four: The Greatest Animator Who Ever Lived (Studio Gag Drawings and Caricatures)

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Assistant Archivist, Joseph Baptista views the exhibit.
GRIM NATWICK'S SCRAPBOOK
An Exhibit Presented By The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
2114 W Burbank Bl
Burbank, CA 91506
Now Showing, Tuesday through Friday 1pm to 9pm

Many thanks to the Walter Lantz Foundation for providing the facilities for this exhibit, and to the Walt Disney Animation Research Library for providing the mattes.
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Beowulf Members Only Screening

Paramount Pictures and ASIFA-Hollywood
Invite Members And A Guest
To A Special Screening of

BEOWULF


LOS ANGELES *
Tuesday, November 13th 7:30pm
AMC Burbank 16
125 East Palm Avenue

SAN FRANCISCO
Thursday, November 15 7:30pm
CNMK Century 9
835 Market Street

* The L.A. screening will be immediately followed by a Q&A with
Sr. Visual Effects Supervisor Jerome Chen, Animation Supervisor Kenn McDonald & Stereographer and 3D Digital Effects Supervisor Rob Engle.

See your email for RSVP instructions. If you did not recieve the email announcement, contact membership@asifa-hollywood.org to have your email address added to the list. Most ASIFA-Hollywood communications go out via email. It is vital that you keep your address on our list up to date.

This invitation is for ASIFA-Hollywood members only and space is limited. Reservations are taken on a first come, first serve basis.

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