SDA 08: Playhouse Pictures and the Story of Animation in Old Hollywood with Ted Wooleryby Todd | Sep 26, 2022 | Animation, Podcast | 0 In the 1950s a cameraman from Walt Disney Studios formed a revolutionary animation studio called... Read More
Here’s Your Pizza, Why Me?by Todd | Dec 2, 2021 | Animation, Blog | 0 If you’ve ever attended an acting class worth it’s salt, one of the first things... Read More
Notes and Colors in Sing-Syncingby Todd | Nov 22, 2021 | Animation, Blog | 0 Now that we’ve discussed tidal volume (the low volume of air in the lungs required to support most... Read More
Tidal Volume and Minute Volumeby Todd | Nov 22, 2021 | Animation, Blog | 0 Animators and artists spend significant amounts of time studying physiology, human emotions, body... Read More
Thinking in Posesby Todd | Nov 22, 2021 | Animation, Blog | 0 One of the cardinal rules of animation is that good poses make for good performances. An animator... Read More
Character Performances Carry the Showby Todd | Nov 22, 2021 | Animation, Blog | 0 There’s a reason good actors make astronomical sums of money — they can make or break a show.... Read More
Eyes 101by Todd | Nov 22, 2021 | Animation, Blog | 0 What’s wrong with this picture? Something is wrong with the woman in the center. Can you tell?... Read More
Play to the Cameraby Todd | Nov 22, 2021 | Animation, Blog | 0 The camera is your audience. Actors always know where the camera is because it’s big, black,... Read More
Successive Breaking of Jointsby Todd | Nov 22, 2021 | Animation, Blog | 0 In classic animation terms this would be called “successive breaking of joints.” However I find... Read More
Lip-Sync isn’t Sing-syncby Todd | Nov 22, 2021 | Animation, Blog | 0 Lip sync is an art in and of itself, and a difficult skill to gain proficiency at. I remember as a... Read More
Inhale!by Todd | Nov 22, 2021 | Animation, Blog | 0 Imagine walking into the storage rooms of instruments of a symphony. One room holds percussion,... Read More
Howard Pyle for animatorsby Todd | Nov 22, 2021 | Animation, Blog | 0 Howard Pyle was to the world of early 19th century publishing and magazines what Spielberg is to... Read More