Manchester Animation Festival:
Panel: In Your Own Time
This was another interesting panel at M.A.F which I went into not knowing what to expect, but left feeling very fulfilled, entertained and educated. Twenty- five years after its release, Ian Mackinnon introduced us to the amazingly inluential short The Sandman and it still remains as an impressively scary piece of work. It's always amazing to hear creators talk about where they came from, the difficulties that came with having little money and resources which are overcome with pure passion for the art. The Sandman can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjgHbRrnjhU
Then we viewed possibly one of my favourite pieces of the whole trip when Mike Mort presented Chuck Steel: Raging Balls of Steel Justice (which can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAuqceq8jME). Honestly I don't think there was a moment where I wasn't in hysterics laughing, or reeling from said hysterics; nor have I been in a situation where my peers, tutor and I were all cry laughing for fifteen minutes straight, stuggling to compose ourselves even when the panel had begun. Comedy is so hard to perfect, punch lines and excellent timing are not something to be taken for granted, it takes real mastery.
This partnered celebrating 40 years of Aardman with Peter Lord and David Sproxoton, which serves as a reminder that traditional methods of animation can still be successful amongst the overwhelming popularity of CG films.
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