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Show TUESDAY. I i ooiay shaped highlights cut out of the tip of the iris, and little pug noses." When comparing the best American animation with the best Oriental animation, Swan notes that the Americans still have an edge. "Their action is somewhat suffer than ours." Swan, a BYU graduate, ad former Hollywood cartoon animator, Is bow freelancing In Provo. In the aeeond part of two be explains how a cartoon layout artist mast be more than a doodler. Filmation, Inc., the By LAURA JONES pany that produces Herald Arts Editor The first series cartoon animator Mark Swan worked on Thun-darwas the now-defun- com- is r. Although a competent illustrator, Swan felt himself under continual pressure at his first job. "There was just so much to learn about the technical aspects of animation," he says. The first step, he found out, is to quickly draw the basic script in rough form on a story board. The soundtrack for the entire show is also completed at this point. It is easier for artists to draw characters to fit the soundtrack than it is for actors to try to synchronize their words to a completed film. Layout artists are next given a tape of the soundtrack and told how many frames to draw for each action. An exposure sheet simplifies the directions by having the dialogue broken down into frames. Layout artists draw all of the major scenes in a film. They give characters personality quirks such as particular ways of walking or unusual facial expressions. They are also the last American artists to work on most shows. After they complete their work, the show is shipped overseas to either Korea or Japan, where artists' wages are significantly less than in the U.S. "The producers of the shows would probably replace the layout artists with Orientals, too, if they could," says Swan. "But so far Oriental artists haven't been able to understand American humor and character design. So we stage we do the importhe show and then they tant drawings do the fill-i- n drawings that make He-ma- was excellent because of the personal contact he maintained with the artists. "The main reason Disney's animated films have declined in quality since Walt Disney's death," says Swan, "is because the corporation is now being run by a group of businessmen, rather than a single the cartoon move smoothly when it is filmed." Swan says he can immediately tell a character that originated in Japan or Korea from an American one. "The characters generally have large eyes with little pie- - "Layout artists are the last American artists to work on most animated cartoon shows. After they complete their work, the show is shipped to Korea or Japan where, at less cost, drawings that make the they do fill-icartoon move smoothly when filmed. Producers would probably replace all U.S. layout artists with overseas' artists, but so far Orientals haven't been able to understand American humor and character design." Flintstone occasionally runs past the sofa in his living room three different times in a single chase scene." Separate artists are hired to do all special effects within the cartoon, such as rushing water, rain, thunder, lightning and explosions. Dimension is often added to a scene through the use of overlays, or clear sheets of n plastic that have scenery painted on them. A character is slipped between the background and an overlay. One of the last phases of production is eel painting. The is a "eel" from celuloid single sheet of plastic that has the characters printed on it. It is painted by hand. The final steps before the cartoon is finished are filming and editing. Swan believes that an anihe mator is like an actor knows what the character looks like and is given a basic scene to work with. But he decides upon expressions and how a particular character will move. He gives the character its personality. People often ask Mark if he is worried that computers will take over his job. "So far as I can see," he says, "they don't threaten the creative end of animation at Mark Swan one of the few companies that still does all of its work in the United States. Mark believes that the quality of a production is affected when artwork is sent out of the country. "To get high quality animation like Walt Disney used to put out, you need to have everything and everybody in the same building," he says. That way all of the artists know what is going on and adjustments can readily be made when necessary. A few years ago Mark worked for Don Bluth Productions, creators of The Secret of Nimh. Bluth began his career as an animator for Walt Disney Studios, but left after a number of years to start his own company. Don, a Springville native, personally reviewed everything all of the artists did. "We had planning meetings and weekly screenings of things we were working on." creative person. Decisions that should be made by one man are made in a boardroom." In the early days of animation one artist generally drew all of the pictures of a specific character within a film. Today an artist simply draws specific scenes. He is trained to maintain consistencies in how the character looks and the line quality of the drawings, however, so that the whole feature looks as if it has been drawn by the same artist. Younger animators often begin their careers as "cleanup artists" or assistant animators that are trained to main- all. Computers can repeat exact motions, and so may tain consistency in how a char- take over some of the more monotonous aspects of the job, but they can't put personality, warmth or emotions into a drawing. "That's the reason I stay in this field. To me an animator is more than an artist. He is a storyteller, actor and enter- acter looks and the line quality of the drawings, so that the whole feature will look as if it were drawn by the same artist. "Cartoonists must have the ability to draw figures and anatomy," says Swan. "Being able to draw 'cartoony doodles' is not enough. Animators tainer." VFW Confab Fetes Hope, Courage VL. Patricia Alleman THE HERALD. Provo. I'Uh. - Pig 11 Easter lily juice, make meat, mold and sunflower seeds. Serums from goat Intettme are alto quite popular. Dear Ann LaBders: 1 am furious about what has happened to aunt. I figure the my one to tell is Ann Landers Mabe she will tell her millions of readers about the rottenest npoff in the country. I am talking about phony cures for medical rr.l'.k, Fake arthritis cures include cocaine and Novocain; pills made from sex hormones; bee, snake and ant venom; diets of honey aid Aunt My mastectomy Ask diation la uranium mines; manure pou- f which is sand. Other remedies for various ail- ments affected the areas. tors and sent Harsher the back I penal- ties, increased funding for the Postal Service to move against efthe quackery, and steppd-uforts by the Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration. Most Important tougher state and federal laws to curb misleading ads in newspapers and maga-rlne- s. This could put a serious dent in these flaky and dangerous enterprises. Dear Ann Landers: My aging mother says I am selfish and ungrateful because I refuse to rush to her apartment at any time of the day or night when she phones to say she is "very sick." My family (including my seven never heard of. Aunt Bernice then went to Mexico where she was put on a diet of p diamonds and ground-ua serum containing human urine. She stayed in the Mexican "clinic" for three weeks, said she felt better and returned home. The trip, plus the medication and doctors' fees, cost her $11,000. A week later she became very weak. She would not let us call her doctor. Instead she called a faith healer who brought her a "magic cure." It consisted of mud baths and a diet of goat's milk and rolled oats. She paid the woman $100 a day. After 12 days, Aunt Bernice died. Please blast these charlatans who rob sick folks of their life's savings. The racket needs to be exposed and you are in a position to do it, Ann. Thanks for performing so many valuable services. p children) say I am tional Film Society, March of Dimes, Youth in Trouble and other charitable organization. "Love All People," teenage The Unsung Heroine award went to Mary Girardin, mother of nine and foster mother of 40, who has begun an organization to care for terminally ill children. singers performed for the 4,000 conventon- attendees. This Las Vegas based group have changed the direction of their lives from drugs and delinquency to a ministry of hope through music. - Dorothy Malone was honored as a Caring American for her work as chairman of Eyeball research and as a volunteer for the Na Jersey "cures" are next. They cost the country about $2 billion a year. Youth "rejuvena-tors- " are said to be the fastest-growin- g questionable medical remedies. They include every- all family gatherings because your former husband and his wife will be there. How much better If you would rhinoceros thing from ground-u- p horns and cow dung to Instant "face-lifts- " that are nothing more than facial exercises and pills that contain caffeine. According to the material from Rep. Pepper's office, people in search of a cancer cure are spending millions of dollars on horse warts in sour chopped-u- with your head held high and be gracious and pleasant, cordial to one and all. It would certainly be a victory for you and I have the feeling you could use one. go p The U.S. Postal Department puts out a booklet Consumer's Guide to Postal Crime Prevention which includes a section on medical fraud. "Unlike the medicine man who sold snake oil to pioneers on the American frontier, today's quacks are highly sophisticated sales people," says the pamphlet, which goes on to denounce the widespread deceptive advertising that offers miracles they can't produce: Instant cure for arthritis Overnight weight loss New hair growth Youthful look Increased sexual powers Most of the gadgets and salesman Don't believe claims of a secret cure or miracle drug Un War, 3ce u'"Ooorcu, """Who. 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Now I have decided to please myself. Would you say I am a terrible person? I'd appreciate your comments. A Resident Of New York Dear New York Resident: Terrible? No. But a little foolish perhaps to absent yourself from Dear Mad: According to Rep. Claude Pepper of Florida, chairman of the Select Committee on Aging, quackery is rampant in this country. He estimates that medical frauds make at least $10 billion a year. Phony cancer cures account for the largest part between $4 of the annual take billion and $5 billion. Arthritis You ask, what can be done to put these takers out of business? Ann Landers away for a variety of "cures" she read about Mad In involve rubbing a frog fried in lard on Bernice was ing again. She said she'd had enough of doc- carrots, dast," "moon Aunt pages of magazines and ltices, j ail- in ; exposure 10 years ago. She was fine until 1982 when the cancer reappeared and she had to have a lung removed. Within a few months vlaegtr; re acapiacta to ra- Bernice had a Check With Doctor Before Foiling for Medicol Cures Attended by Springville Woman Shelley Bruce, who starred in Annie on Broadway, received the American Spirit Award at the 71st National Convention of the Ladies Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars. The award was given for her courage during a bout with leukemia which is now in remission. Patricia Alleman, Springville, participated in the VFW auxliary convention which took place in Chicago on Aug. 24 With Mud Baths... must have a good understanding of how muscles and bones work." Cartoon action, as well as characters, also need to be caricatured, or exaggerated in order to look realistic. "Walt Disney once filmed live action and had his artists trace over it. He discovered that it didn't look real." While characters are drawn on separate pieces of paper that are filmed individually to show movement, the background is drawn on long strips that are joined together and moved in a circular motion in the background behind the action. "That's why," says Swan, "you might notice that Fred Mark says that the quality of Bluth's films and video games 29 M Can't Cure Cancer Timely issues, news, features, including family, food, fashion Cartoon Animator Not Just Doodler Editor's Note: Mark A-- A htness centeR |
