Monthly archives: November 2019

I have recently been watching clips of Tex Avery shorts in order to learn more about methods of exaggeration in 2d animation, alongside good comic timing. Many of Avery’s films focus around the character of a wolf, recycling old fairly tale stories into a ‘contemporary’ 1940s and 1950s setting. Stylistically, Betty Boop is visible in …

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Nick Park is perhaps one of the most well known British animators, and is arguably a significant figure in bringing British animated feature films to an international audience. Park’s first feature film was the now well-known film ‘A Grand Day Out’. Started as a student project, Park sent some footage of his project to the …

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