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Charles Bonifacio
Charles Bonifacio is a Canadian animator who worked on Nelvana productions such as ''Rock and Rule'', ''Inspector Gadget'', '' Star Wars: Ewoks'', the ''Care Bears'' television series and the first two Care Bears movies of the 1980s. He was director of animation on ''The Care Bears Movie'' and on '' Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation''. In the 1990s, he worked on '' FernGully: The Last Rainforest'' and Disney's ''Mulan''. Bonifacio worked on other animated films and specials including ''The Land Before Time'', '' Rock-a-Doodle'', ''All Dogs Go to Heaven'', ''Once Upon a Forest'', ''A Cosmic Christmas'', all three early films of ''Strawberry Shortcake'', ''Watership Down'' (uncredited), ''Easter Fever'', ''Intergalactic Thanksgiving'', ''The Devil and Daniel Mouse'', ''Romie-0 and Julie-8'' and ''Tarzan II''. In the late 1980s and 1990s, Charlie taught classical animation at Sheridan College. Clive A. Smith, one of Nelvana's founders, recruited Bonifacio from Sheridan College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video games. Animation is closely related to filmmaking and like filmmaking is extremely labor-intensive, which means that most significant works require the collaboration of several animators. The methods of creating the images or frames for an animation piece depend on the animators' artistic styles and their field. Other artists who contribute to animated cartoons, but who are not animators, include layout artists (who design the backgrounds, lighting, and camera angles), storyboard artists (who draw panels of the action from the script), and background artists (who paint the "scenery"). Animated films share some film crew positions with regular live action films, such as director, producer, sound engineer, and editor, but differ radically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Cosmic Christmas
''A Cosmic Christmas'' is a 1977 American-Canadian Christmas animated television special, premiering on CBC in Canada and in syndication in the United States on 4 December 1977. A Cosmic Christmas is the first special in the 1977 to 1980 series of television specials produced by Nelvana Ltd. and was also the first animated production from the studio. It premiered on 4 December 1977 on CBC Television. It was submitted for the Best Animated Short Academy Award. Plot Three aliens from an unknown planet, who bear a strong resemblance to the Biblical Magi, visit Earth to know the true meaning of Christmas. Peter, a young boy, and Lucy, his goose, are the first to encounter them. Unable to find the true meaning of Christmas in town, Peter takes them to his family's house in the woods. While Peter's grandmother tells the aliens about her memories of Christmas, Marvin, one of the town's bullies, steals Lucy. In the chase to rescue Lucy, Marvin falls through the ice in a lake. Peter at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Studio; it also operated under the names the Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before changing its name to the Walt Disney Company in 1986. Early on, the company established itself as a leader in the animation industry, with the creation of the widely popular character Mickey Mouse, who is the company's mascot, and the start of animated films. After becoming a major success by the early 1940s, the company started to diversify into live-action films, television, and theme parks in the 1950s. Following Walt's death in 1966, the company's profits began to decline, especially in the animation division. Once Disney's shareholders voted in Michael Eisner as the he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playback (magazine)
''Playback'' is an online Canadian film, broadcasting, and interactive media trade journal owned by Brunico Communications. It was previously published biweekly as a print magazine for the Canadian entertainment industry. It is widely considered to be a "must read" amongst industry professionals. History The first issue of ''Playback'' magazine was published, in tabloid format, on . The magazine has since begun to report on advancements in the online digital media industry as well, specifically web series and related events, media, and culture. The magazine also reports on funding resources for filmmakers, technical advancements in the industry, and trends. It is widely considered to be a "must read" amongst industry professionals. In May 2010, ''Playback'' magazine stopped publishing its biweekly print edition and became an exclusively online magazine An online magazine is a magazine published on the Internet, through bulletin board systems and other forms of public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive A
Clive is a name. People and fictional characters with the name include: People Given name * Clive Allen (born 1961), English football player * Clive Anderson (born 1952), British television, radio presenter, comedy writer and former barrister * Clive Barker (born 1952), English writer, film director and visual artist * Clive Barker (artist, born 1940), British pop artist * Clive Barker (soccer) (born 1944), South African coach * Clive Barnes (1927–2008), English writer and critic, dance and theater critic for ''The New York Times'' * Clive Bell (1881–1964), English art critic * Clive Brook (1887–1974), British film actor * Clive Burr (1957–2013), British musician, former drummer with Iron Maiden * Clive Campbell (footballer), New Zealand footballer in the 1970s and early '80s * Clive Campbell (born 1955), Jamaican-born DJ with the stage name DJ Kool Herc * Clive Clark (golfer) (born 1945), English golfer * Clive Clark (footballer) (1940–2014), English former footballe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Globe And Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's " newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, '' The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of ''The Toronto Mail'' and the ''Toronto Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the paper to the Thomson Corporation in 1980. In 2001, the paper merged with broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheridan College
Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (formerly Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology) is a public polytechnic institute of technology located in the west-Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1967, the college is known for programs in creative writing and publishing, animation and illustration, film and design, business, applied computing, engineering technology, among others. With approximately 23,000 full-time students and 17,000 continuing education students, there are campuses in Oakville, Brampton, and Mississauga. History Founding Sheridan College was established in 1967. The School of Graphic Design was located in Brampton, Ontario until 1970, when it moved to the new campus in Oakville, Ontario. The Brampton campus was a converted public high school that had previously been in condemned status until re-fitted for use by Sheridan College. The school and area were subsequently replaced by residential homes. The new Oakv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Animation
Traditional animation (or classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation) is an animation technique in which each frame is drawn by hand. The technique was the dominant form of animation in cinema until computer animation. Process Writing and storyboarding Animation production usually begins after a story is converted into an animation film script, from which a storyboard is derived. A storyboard has an appearance somewhat similar to comic book panels, and is a shot by shot breakdown of the staging, acting and any camera moves that will be present in the film. The images allow the animation team to plan the flow of the plot and the composition of the imagery. Storyboard artists will have regular meetings with the director and may redraw or "re-board" a sequence many times before it meets final approval. Voice recording Before animation begins, a preliminary soundtrack or scratch track is recorded so that the animation may be more precisely synchronized to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarzan II
''Tarzan II'' (also known as ''Tarzan 2'' and ''Tarzan 2: The Legend Begins'') is a 2005 American direct-to-video musical animated film, and the third and final Disney ''Tarzan'' film after ''Tarzan and Jane'', though it chronologically takes place during the events of the ''original film'' set during Tarzan's childhood, years before he met Jane. It was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and DisneyToon Studios Australia, with animation outsourced to Toon City Animation. The film tells the story between the young Tarzan is raised by apes and become an adult Tarzan, where he becomes the leader of his gorillas. It follows Tarzan's adventure to discover who he really is. Glenn Close and Lance Henriksen reprise their roles as Kala and Kerchak from the first film while Harrison Chad, Brenda Grate, and Harrison Fahn are the new voices for the younger versions of Tarzan, Terk, and Tantor, replacing Alex D. Linz, Rosie O'Donnell, and Taylor Dempsey. They are joined by new characters voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romie-0 And Julie-8
''Romie-0 and Julie-8'' is a 1979 Canadian animated television special, inspired by William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet''. Set in the future, the two romantic leads in this version are androids who fall in love despite a taboo against their kind having such relationships. The special premiered in Canada on CBC and in the USA in syndication on April 14, 1979. The special is the third television special in the 1977 to 1980 series of specials produced by the Canadian animation studio Nelvana. The special is also known as ''Runaway Robots!''. Plot In the future, two rival robotics firms are hard at work trying to create the next major leap in robotics. Both tout their wares at the latest robotics convention. The Mega Stellar Company has released their Romie-0 model of robot, while Super Solar Cybernetics has released Julie-8. However, unforeseen by their creators, Romie-0 and Julie-8 begin to fall in love, harbouring feelings for the other. After the convention, Romie-0 comes to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil And Daniel Mouse
''The Devil and Daniel Mouse'' is a 1978 Canadian animated Halloween television special, based on the 1936 short tale ''The Devil and Daniel Webster'' by Stephen Vincent Benét. ''The Devil and Daniel Mouse'' is the second television special produced by the Canadian animation firm Nelvana Ltd. Plot The story is about two struggling mouse musicians, Daniel and Jan. When they are fired from their latest gig (their music is deemed too old-fashioned and not with the times), Daniel goes to pawn his guitar in order to buy groceries. Jan wanders off on her own and encounters a shifty reptilian character in a white suit who introduces himself as "B.L. Zebub", a record producer. He and his weasel assistant, Weez Weezel, offer her fame and fortune in exchange for signing a contract in her own blood. Jan does not read the fine print and trusts B.L., signing herself over to his record production company. Little does she suspect that B.L. is none other than the devil himself, and at midnight a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intergalactic Thanksgiving
''Intergalactic Thanksgiving'', sometimes known as ''Please Don't Eat The Planet'', is a 1979 Canadian Thanksgiving animated television special that premiered on CBC and in the United States in syndication on November 22, 1979. ''Intergalactic Thanksgiving'' was the fourth television special produced by Nelvana in their 1977 to 1980 series of specials, ''A Cosmic Christmas'', '' The Devil and Daniel Mouse'' and ''Romie-0 and Julie-8'', all premiering in 1977, 1978 and 1979. The story revolves around farmers and aliens who try to get along after a serious ecological accident happens. The ranchers help the royal family of the planet Laffalot from their runaway foodmaking machine. The special has been included on several Nelvana compilations, such as ''Animated Ink'' from 1980 and ''Nelvanamation (Volume 1)'', also from 1980. Plot Cast The voice cast included: * King Goochie: Sid Caesar * Ma Spademinder: Catherine O'Hara * Pa Spademinder: Chris Wiggins * Victoria Spademinder: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
