General
Texas
A&M University Visualization Laboratory
Animation before Disney:
did it begin with Egyptian wall decorations? A short history of the
development of motion pictures. The site also has a showcase with a few examples of student
animations.
http://www-viz.tamu.edu/courses/viza615/97spring/pjames/history/main.html
Aardman
studios
Aardman
Animations, creators of Morph, Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, Rex
the Runt and more are the most popular and successful British animation
studios. Take the studio tour to get a look behind the scenes and get tips
on how to create stop frame animations. Click on Culture for the history
of the company.
http://www.aardman.com
Pixar
Pixar, creators of Toy Story, Finding Nemo,
Monsters Inc and The Incredibles show on their website how a
story is developed from initial concept through to final movie, describing
the 14 major processes involved in creating an animated
movie. Take 'Sneak Peeks' at clips from some of the films, watch
movie Previews and read the story.
www.pixar.com/howwedoit/index.html The British Film Institute:
Drawn to be Wild
The BFI’s
children’s site has animation facts, figures and
history with examples of primary pupils'
Flash movies.
http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/wild/index.html
Animation
Nation on BBC4
BBC4 ran a three-part series
called Animation
Nation in April 2005 on the history of animation in Britain which
looked at "the persuasive power of the medium, its success with children
and its counter-cultural uses." On the website you can watch clips from the series with
RealPlayer, including The Magic Roundabout and I am not an animal
- an animal rights theme whose techniques include animated collage.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/animation-nation-clips.shtml
Toonhound
Billed as "your starting point for info on British cartoon, animation,
comic strip and puppet creations of the past, present and future". A
good resource.
http://www.toonhound.com/
Film
Network
Film
Network is a new BBC website designed to "showcase new British film talent
by screening short films and profiling the people who made them." The site
invites young filmmakers to submit shorts and also allows audiences to
rate and comment on the films and exchange tips, advice and ideas. The BBC
also provide links to all the best online resources through their filmmakers'
guide.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/C54733
MOMI (unofficial)
The unofficial
website of MOMI, the Museum of the Moving Image, which closed in 1999,
tries to recreate the section on early pioneers of cinematography. Take a
multimedia virtual tour and visit the Optical Room, the Fantasmagorie, the
Panorama, the Early Photography Room and play with early optical toys.
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~s-herbert/momiwelcome.htm
Anim8ed
Anim8ed
is an online resource for animation that offers ideas, contacts and
suggestions for teachers and others who are interested in developing
animation projects with groups. The site includes six step-by-step
animation projects made with primary schoolchildren, together with their
final animations, information about animation techniques and animators,
and links to animation studios, festivals and courses.
http://www.anim8ed.org.uk/
Animated
Exeter
Animated
Exeter is an animation festival that gives local Devon schoolchildren
the opportunity to make their own animated films. Free education packs are
also available, giving teachers lots of simple ideas on how to introduce
animation to the classroom, and follow up activities that children can get
involved with. You can download these from the site or call 01392 265208
to request to have a copy posted to you.
http://pub.exeter.gov.uk/asp/animatedexeter/schools_week.asp
Animate!
Animate!
is an animation project that funds and commissions new animated films. The
site is a stimulating visual archive of the experimental films
commissioned to date. Each is illustrated with detailed storyboards and
has a synopsis, artist commentary, plus a process summary of the tools and
techniques used. The site also has news and features sections. The
animations offer a refreshing and inspirational alternative to high tech'
and high budget blockbusters.
http://www.animateonline.org/
Origins of American Animation
The
Origins of American Animation site at the Library of Congress has a
collection of 21 early animated films that can be viewed with MediaPlayer
or Quicktime. Not a very user-friendly site but worth a look.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oahome.html
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