tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post2681765275695787269..comments2024-03-24T16:25:05.751-04:00Comments on Mayerson on Animation: Six Authors In Search of a Character: Part 7, DirectingMark Mayersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-43807565873958318622007-06-07T10:30:00.000-04:002007-06-07T10:30:00.000-04:00Sadly, in the current ways of TV animation, there ...Sadly, in the current ways of TV animation, there seems to be little in the way of real directors. Not only do they not plan out a scene with character pose sketches, but they often lack drawing ability completely and seem unwilling or unable to give proper guidance to the animators in executing their scenes. Instead, some directors merely tell the animators to do the scene and then they'll take a look at it after and give revisions. That sounds more like the role of an editor to me.<BR/><BR/>This sorry situation is mostly due to the abhorrent trend of Flash animation, where animators don't even get to draw, but merely shift hinged "puppet" parts around on screen. Can you imagine - directors who don't direct and animators who don't draw. Such is the tragic downfall of today's sorry excuses for cartoons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-89114369833117268682007-06-06T07:52:00.000-04:002007-06-06T07:52:00.000-04:00Graham, your comment made me realize that I forgot...Graham, your comment made me realize that I forgot to put the tags at the end of the latest installment.<BR/><BR/>If you click on Thesis at the bottom of any of the entries, you'll get them all on one page. That's the best I can do at the moment.Mark Mayersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-39312043972524363472007-06-06T02:05:00.000-04:002007-06-06T02:05:00.000-04:00Please make a post where you compile all of these ...Please make a post where you compile all of these articles. I really enjoy them and would like to have an easy way of accessing them all!Graham Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10536598896377848032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-6546412830641283602007-06-05T18:26:00.000-04:002007-06-05T18:26:00.000-04:00The first way of casting that you mention, casting...The first way of casting that you mention, casting to whenever the animator needed a scene, was - to my surprise - done a lot in the early 30's at Disney. From the drafts, which had start and end times on them (like in Arctic Antics, 1930), you can see that new scenes were handed out one at a time from the start of the film to the animators, whenever they turned in the previous one. This, of course, made for very erratic handling of characters...Hans Perkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12707924880609997693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-37036314728487135162007-06-05T18:14:00.000-04:002007-06-05T18:14:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hans Perkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12707924880609997693noreply@blogger.com