Happy Trails Animation LLC, is an American
animation studio specializing in
feature films
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,
commercials
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,
music videos, broadcast graphics and short films. It is owned by Andy and Amy Collen and is located in
Portland, Oregon
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. The company has two divisions, one for digital content and the other for commercial work such as advertisements and music or corporate videos. Happy Trails Animation has received 11 Telly Awards, 1
Crystal Heart Award, 3
Davey Awards
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* Davey (surname)
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, and numerous international film festival acknowledgments from its short films over the past 18 years.
History
The studio, known for
mixed media films and commercials, was started by husband and wife animators in Portland Oregon 1991. Both Andy and Amy Collen had been freelance animators in the Portland area for Will Vinton Studios during the early 1990s. Over the years Happy Trails Animation has worked on projects ranging from short films like "Rip & Glide" for MTV's
Cartoon Sushi
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to
stereoscopic
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3D corporate logos for companies like Jupiter 9 Productions for their new Sci-fi feature
Quantum Quest to be released through IMAX theaters around the world in late 2009.
Films
Over the years Happy Trails Animation has traveled the world of Film Festivals with their short films. Each film is in a different style of animation. The studio is known for exploring with new mediums with their short films. Many of these films have won awards. A few of their films are:
• 1996: Hero Sandwich - Historical first ever colored
sand animation
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.
• 2004: Winter / En Hiver - Animated in a quill pen style; an homage to illustrators like
Edward Gorey
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(Received Telly Award,
Crystal Heart Award).
• 2007: For Annie - A short film based on the works of
Edgar Allan Poe
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and is animated in a
digital painting
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style (Received Telly Award).
• 2009: Gideon The Great - The Flying Ace - (Received Telly Award)
References for Happy Trails Animation
*Rick, DeMott, http://www.awn.com/news/commercials/happy-trails-wraps-new-cinemark-front-row-joe-short, article on a Cinemark's 2D policy trailer produced by Happy Trails Animation, April 14, 2004
*Andre, Maxwell, http://newenglandfilm.com/magazine/2005/05/pictures-in-motion, New England Film interview with producer director Andy Collen of Happy Trails Animation about working in animation, May 1, 2005
External links
* http://www.happytrailsanimation.com/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20100410205554/http://www.kelbytraining.com/product/2d-animation.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090710095235/http://www.wacom.com/downloads/videos.php?id=46
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0LgexKDI4g
References for Winter/EnHiver
*Arron, Howland, http://www.bostonawards.com/winter.htm, Boston Motion Picture Awards is an annual film competition, February 24, 2004
*Andre, Maxwell, http://newenglandfilm.com/magazine/2005/05/pictures-in-motion, New England Film interview with producer director Andy Collen of Happy Trails Animation about the film Winter, May 1, 2005
External links
* https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460607/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110724070603/http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=6878&FID=5
* https://web.archive.org/web/20100628173526/http://www.trulymovingpictures.org/FilmFestival/About%20Us/Pages/Winners2.aspx
External links: Gideon The Great: The Flying Ace
* http://www.tellyawards.com/winners/list/entries/?l=H&event=&category=2&award=2
* https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1387369/plotsummary
* http://dbff.bside.com/2009/films/gideonthegreattheflyingace_dbff2009;jsessionid=CABCF0AC6776F6164321DC7C84BD6B3A
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7ZloJ-PWJ8
{{Animation industry in the United States
American animation studios