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More than 40 years after its debut, A Charlie Brown Christmas has been a staple of the holiday season and an animation classic. This year, for the first time, it will air without the man who animated it, Bill Melendez, who died in September at age 91.
“He was very proud to do what he did with the Charlie Brown strip (by bringing it to animation) and keep it going all those years,” says Lee Mendelson, who fondly recalls his partner in producing 43 TV specials and four feature films starring Charles Schulz’s Peanuts characters. “He was just fun to be with. Anybody who met Bill Melendez never forgot him.”
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Can’t get enough of Animation Mentor? Want to tell the world about how much you love this school? Need to get Christmas gifts?
Here’s a way to get all three things done in one totally hip and cool package…
Brand New AM Merchandise!
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More than 100 animation enthusiasts attended a panel discussion hosted by AnimationMentor.com on the Convergence of 2D & 3D Animation: Where the Future of Animation Is Heading at the Disneyland Resort Hotel on Nov.14
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In conjunction with Jason Ryan, Animation Mentor is hosting a webinar on December 6, 2008 called “From Visualization to Animation: See Your Ideas Come to Life!” Intended for the beginner who is curious about how animation works, this 2 hour webinar will show exactly what needs to happen to take ideas from storyboard beginnings, through blocking and posing a character, to animating a great performance and polishing it to create a professional shot.
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Check out this month's short film:
Autonomy by Animation Mentor alumnus, Brad Regier. Read further to discover Brad's train of thought as he discusses his short film from conception to completion.
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Animation Mentor:
What was your first animation job?
David Vallone:
Don’t laugh too hard!!! My first animation job was designing and animating a three and one half minute drawn animated film about the hazards of “Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever” for the National Institutes of Health starring “Tuffy the Terrible Tick.” Whooo hoooo!! Gotta love it and I did at the time.
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Animation Mentor is putting the student highlight back into the hands of the students themselves. We let students create whatever they want - revealing themselves by sharing video, text and anything else they feel is appropriate.
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In the fast-paced industry of animation, there are lots of issues that come up in regards to schedule, style, story, and salary. I personally am sick of talking about those issues so I thought this would be a good opportunity to give some advice. That advice is directed toward the Temp Animator (contract animator) and the Rookie Animator.
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Did you know that “Bolt” was the first Disney movie to be fundamentally changed when Disney bought Pixar in 2006 and hired Pixar’s “brain trust” (John Lasseter, et al) to oversee all creative content at Disney?
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The Animation Mentor Newsletter is your inside guide to U.S. movie and game releases and the visual effect companies who made movie magic.
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