I too enjoyed watching those Rankin-Bass animated specials. I thought they were cute, with well-designed characters and scenery, cartoonish-style animation (something very innovative for stop-motion) and stories with thoughtful messages. My favorite Easter animated special, though, is The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town, and my favorite specials overall are geared more toward the Christmas season: >Santa Claus is Comin' to Town >The Year Without a Santa Claus >Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer >The Little Drummer Boy
I too enjoyed watching those Rankin-Bass animated specials. I thought they were cute, with well-des
I remembered those cartoons also. They were great.
When my siblings and I were teenagers, we did frame at a time stop animation using action figures with my mom's 8mm Revere movie camera (like the one I got depicted in my story). Those old Reveres had a feature where you can push up on the trigger for single frame...And pushing down on the trigger gives you continuous run. Much to our surprise, the action figures actually did turn out like they were doing things, and we later made some short silent cartoons that were really funny. My siblings and I would get a good laugh watching them after we got the movie film developed.
One one of those cartoons, I actually made a miniature, eclectically assembled, robot figurine, named Bogdon, which I have depicted in this drawing in my gallery.
That cartoon short was really hilarious, with Bogdon the eclectic robot doing super asinine antics throughout the cartoon, then finally getting himself destroyed at the end.
I remembered those cartoons also. They were great. When my siblings and I were teenagers, we did fr
My grandmother had one of those 8mm cameras like the one you mentioned, except hers was a Kodak. Unfortunately there were no more 8mm film reels for making those animated movies. Everybody was turning toward those Super 8 movie outfits, or those up-and-coming VHS and Beta video packages if they could afford them. I think the last home movie made on our camera was in 1971 or 72, when we had a snowstorm. There was snow all over everything, so we were stuck in our homes and unable to go to school. But unlike the family in your story, I wouldn't go outside because it was too cold for me. That's one of those times I wish I had fur like Clarence and his stepfamily, or the Eskimo Dog I had at the time.
My grandmother had one of those 8mm cameras like the one you mentioned, except hers was a Kodak. Un
Where I noticed animation was no longer possible was when I got my first camcorder. There is a delay when those are started, thus you don't have a way of knowing where to stop for a single frame effect.
Where I noticed animation was no longer possible was when I got my first camcorder. There is a delay
It's actually a movie that was aired on television. What I meant by "able to refine the characters" was on my posted artwork so they look more like what the actual characters look in the movie. The way I originally drew them at first was a bit out of proportion to where they looked kind of funky.
It's actually a movie that was aired on television. What I meant by "able to refine the characters"
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