Please Help! Animation Resources depends on your contributions to support its services to the worldwide animation community. Please contribute using PayPal.
Project Angels
John Kricfalusi, Mike Van Eaton, Rita Street, Jorge Garrido, Andreas Deja, John Canemaker, Jerry Beck, Leonard Maltin, June Foray, Paul and John Vinci, B. Paul Husband, Nancy Cartwright, Mike Fontanelli, Tom & Jill Kenny, Will Finn, Ralph Bakshi, Sherm Cohen, Marc Deckter, Dan diPaola, Kara Vallow
Project Heroes
Janet Blatter, Keith Lango Animation, Thorsten Bruemmel, David Soto, Paul Dini, Rik Maki, Ray Pointer, James Tucker, Rogelio Toledo, Nicolas Martinez, Joyce Murray Sullivan, David Wilson, David Apatoff, San Jose State Shrunkenheadman Club, Matthew DeCoster, Dino's Pizza, Chappell Ellison, Brian Homan, Barbara Miller, Wes Archer, Kevin Dooley, Caroline Melinger
Project Volunteers
Gemma Ross, Milton Knight, Claudio Riba, Eric Graf, Michael Fallik, Gary Francis, Joseph Baptista, Kelsey Sorge-Toomey, Alexander Camarillo, Alex Vassilev, Ernest Kim, Danny Young, Glenn Han, Sarah Worth, Chris Paluszek, Michael Woodside, Giancarlo Cassia, Ross Kolde, Amy Rogers
George Méliès was a French illusionist and filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. Méliès, a prolific innovator in the use of special effects, accidentally discovered the substitution stop trick in 1896, and was one of the first filmmakers to use multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves, and hand-painted colour in his work. Because of his ability to seemingly manipulate and transform reality through cinematography, Méliès is sometimes referred to as the first “Cinemagician”.
On April 14th at 7pm, we will be screening a program of fantastic films by this pioneer filmmaker on the big screen from newly restored prints. Prepare to be amazed!
Attendance at Creative League meetings is by invitation only. To reserve a confirmation to attend, you must email the group administrator Taber Dunnipace at creativeleague@animationarts.org for information. Space is limited. As a courtesy to the rest of the members of our group, do not request a confirmation if you do not plan to attend, and let us know immediately if your plans change so we can offer your space to another member.
Jack Clayton’s atmospheric ghost story is one of the most chilling and disturbing horror films ever made. Based on William Archibald’s stage adaptation of Henry James’s classic novella “The Turn of the Screw”, the screenplay was written by Truman Capote. At the time it was released, it didn’t garner much of an audience, but it has gone on to be a cult classic, listed as one of the best British films ever made and one of the scariest horror films of all time.
Academy Award winning cinematographer, Freddie Francis (Elephant Man, Sons and Lovers) utililized wide angle lenses, stark lighting and deep focus to emphasize the classic haunted house atmosphere of the mansion at Sheffield Park in Sussex they used as a shooting location. And beautifully composed widescreen Cinemascope framing kept the audience peering into the corners of shots to see what was lurking in the shadows.
The film focuses on two children, and the director, Jack Clayton didn’t want their performances to be overly informed so he edited the copies of the scripts he gave them, removing a lot of the explanation of what was going on in the scenes. This technique resulted in some of the most layered and disturbing performances by children in the entire history of filmmaking.
The most interesting aspect of this film is the subtlety of the way the story is told. The tension builds to a devastating climax, but the audience is left not knowing exactly what happened at first. As you think about the ending of the film afterwards, the realization of the situation will come to you and you’ll experience a second chill of fear, long after the lights have come back up.
This very special screening will be held at 7pm on March 24th, 2012. We will be projecting a newly restored high definition Cinemascope bluray that was just released in Europe. Our screening room is located in Pacoima, CA. The Animation Creative League meetings are by invitation only. To request an invite, contact Taber Dunnipace at…
If you can bring refreshments, please do. Confirmations will go out well in advance of the screening. Make sure you let us know if you can’t make it so we can offer your space to another person.
At the Animation Creative League Facebook Group we’re taking a poll to see which of three films our members would like to see at our next screening. We have beautifully restored high definition prints of all three choices…
“QUATERMASS AND THE PIT” (AKA: “Five Million Years To Earth”)
Quatermass and the Pit (US title: Five Million Years to Earth) is a 1967 British science fiction horror film. Made by Hammer Film Productions it is a sequel to the earlier Hammer films The Quatermass Xperiment and Quatermass 2. Like its predecessors it is based on a BBC Television serial – Quatermass and the Pit – written by Nigel Kneale. It was directed by Roy Ward Baker and stars Andrew Keir in the title role as the eponymous professor, replacing Brian Donlevy who played the role in the two earlier films. James Donald, Barbara Shelley and Julian Glover appear in co-starring roles.
The plot, which is largely faithful to the original television production, centres around the discovery of a mysterious object buried in the ground at the site of an extension to the London Underground. Also uncovered nearby are the remains of early human ancestors more than five million years old. Realising that the object is in fact an ancient Martian spacecraft, Quatermass deduces that the aliens have influenced human evolution and the development of human intelligence.
The Innocents is a 1961 British horror film based on the novella The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. The title of the film was taken from William Archibald’s stage adaptation of James’ novella. Directed and produced by Jack Clayton, it stars Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave and Megs Jenkins. Falling within the subgenre of psychological horror, the film achieves its effects through lighting, music and direction rather than gore and conventional shocks. Its distinctive atmosphere owes much to cinematographer Freddie Francis, who employed deep focus in many scenes, as well as bold, minimal lighting. It was filmed on location at the Gothic mansion of Sheffield Park in Sussex. The film includes the first role in cinema for child actress Pamela Franklin.
Peeping Tom is a 1960 British psychological thriller directed by Michael Powell and written by the World War II cryptographer and polymath Leo Marks. The title derives from the slang expression ‘peeping Tom’ describing a voyeur. The film revolves around a serial killer who murders women while using a portable movie camera to record their dying expressions of terror.
Its controversial subject and the extremely harsh reception by critics effectively destroyed Powell’s career as a director in the United Kingdom. However, it attracted a cult following, and in later years, it has been re-evaluated and is now considered a masterpiece.
The Animation Creative League meetings are held on Saturday evenings in the middle of the month. Our screening room is located in Pacoima, near where the 5 and the 170 meet. Attendence is by invitation only. We will be announcing the date of this screening and accepting RSVP requests as soon as we complete the voting on the program. Plan to attend a Creative League meeting. It’s a great way to meet other creative people like yourself!
Please Help! Animation Resources depends on your contributions to support its services to the worldwide animation community. Please contribute using PayPal.
Please Help! Animation Resources depends on your contributions to support its services to the worldwide animation community. Please contribute using PayPal.
Please Help! Animation Resources depends on your contributions to support its services to the worldwide animation community. Please contribute using PayPal.
by 
