Articles on Animation &SpornFilms 17 Mar 2007 08:34 am
Sporn-O-Graphics #4
– In the early 1990′s we produced a little mimeographed magazine about animation, particularly animation within our studio. It was called Sporn-O-Graphics. About 1000 copies were sent out to a lot of people on our mailing list, no requests, no fees. We just sent them to whomever we wanted. We produced five issues of this publication, though only four were ever sent out.
Since there are a couple of interesting bits in them, I’ve decided to post a couple of those interviews/articles on this site. For some of the pieces it’s re-releasing information; for others it’s fun looking back on some quaint, dated material.
In issue #4 we had two interviews:
Dante Barbetta is a first rate animator who worked at Paramount, NYIT and a lot of the commercial studios in NY. Some of his last animation was done for us on a couple of our half-hour shows.
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Denise Gonzalez, who put together this issue of Sporn-O-Graphics, interviews Dante. I wish this article had been more in-depth considering the wealth of knowledge Dante houses, but it’s good to give him any attention we can.
John Canemaker, the Oscar winning film maker, teacher and noted animation historian, is interviewed by Sue Perotto (a great animator and animation director, in her own right), John’s former student. The article focuses on the changing technology, and obviously is now dated, (it was done pre Toy Story) but I enjoyed rereading it and think you might as well.
This is Dante Barbetta ‘s interview:
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This is the John Canemaker interview:
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