Full video interview below the fold.
Mr. Norman returned to Diz Co. for the third time in the go-go nineties, when animation was in its "Second Golden Age." (That photo above? That's Floyd from an earlier Disney work period. Just so you know ...)
TAG Interview with Floyd Norman
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In the final decade of the millenium, Floyd was again working as a storyboard artist, and he soon found himself on detached duty at a small studio in the Bay Area.
The place was named Pixar, and he he ended up working on a brace of pictures for them: Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc. (Floyd imagines that working at Pixar in its early days, when it was in a non-descript industrial building, was a bit like working at Disney's Hyperion studio, when it was jammed into an apartment block and overstuffed studio facilities.)
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10 comments:
So you will be doing video interviews too from now on, Steve?
In that photo Floyd looks like Steve Urkel! lol
All interviews since Randy Cartwright at the end of August have had video shot of them. Unfortunately, Randy's interview was captured on a crappy video camera which we replaced after the one use.
There's more to that Steve Urkel thing than you realize. My twin daughters went to high school with Jaleel White, (television's Steve Urkel) I'd like to think Jaleel patterned his "Steve" character after me.
Of course, like all you say, that's stretching reality quite a bit. Forrest Gump was a fantasy, too.
"Like all I say?"
You truly have issues, Anonymous. We should talk privately if you have the stones.
It's too bad there wasn't enough time to share stories about "Sweating Bullets" and "Wild Life". I was really looking forward to that.
Thanks for the interview Mr. Norman. The area I would like to know more about was the transition from asst. to animator and who guided you. Sounds like you gleaned a lot from studying Kimball, Kahl, and Lounsbery. But, I don't recall any first hand mentorship. I agree about those 5 impactful films you named. Good stuff!
Excellent, excellent questions, Steve. I loved hearing the comparisons between Disney, Katsenberg, and Lasseter AND story style of Joe Ranft.
This was great-- thanks Steve and Floyd! Very cool.
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