tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post1972651563377403235..comments2024-03-29T02:18:35.303-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Effects of Animation -- (Part II)Steve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-73232458354992941262011-04-23T09:31:03.239-07:002011-04-23T09:31:03.239-07:00Ted Kierscey is a modern master of effects animati...Ted Kierscey is a modern master of effects animation and I'm glad to see this interview. He should be more widely known , but I don't think he's one of those guys who toots his own horn too much. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />These interviews are great. Keep ‘em coming. It’s really interesting to hear these veterans discuss their careers and also how much things have changed in the business (not always for the better on a human scale , although we obviously have a lot more production going on these days)<br /><br />One thing I notice in several of the interviews is how much Disney’s approach to Production Management has changed over the years , how top-heavy management became during the 1990’s boom times and for some reason that doesn’t seem to have changed in the new “lean” times of today. (shouldn’t computers make that job faster, better, cheaper ? ) <br /><br />On a 59 minute movie (well, <i>69 minutes</i> , sort of, with credits) , "Winnie the Pooh" , I count 2 Directors, 4 Producers, and 10 (count ‘em !) <b>10</b> Production Managers. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1449283/combined" rel="nofollow">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1449283/combined</a> . I thought that with improvements in production management software this is one area the studio might have saved some money by cutting back on staff. Winnie the Pooh is not a “big” production … it’s equivalent to the smaller, less ambitious features made during the Reitherman era . How is it that pre-computer era 75 − to - 83 minute features (not to mention "featurettes" like the original Pooh films) could be handled by one Producer, one Director, one Production Manager, but to do a barely 69 minute feature in 2011 they need <b>10</b> Production Managers ? They can justify outsourcing most of the clean-up work to Canada , while veteran clean-up artists who are 839 members face continuing long-term unemployment , but they still need to have 4 producers and 10 Production Managers to oversee this shorter movie with a smaller in-house staff ? The Canadian outsource studio had it’s own production managers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-83117462535110989832011-04-19T15:23:52.477-07:002011-04-19T15:23:52.477-07:00Knew him. Very nice guy (and good animator.) His...Knew him. Very nice guy (and good animator.) His son is in the business.Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-80192609756738972552011-04-19T09:47:12.498-07:002011-04-19T09:47:12.498-07:00Very interesting interview! He started from effect...Very interesting interview! He started from effects from "The Rescuers" and way onto recent Disney features.<br /><br />Will you ever write about Cliff Nordberg, he is a very talented animator and I don't know a lot about him. I know that Cliff was around your entrance at Disney and did you get to know him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com