Tag Archives: Charlie Chaplin

Roberto Begnini’s observation of Chaplin’s ass.

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Jonathan Lyons

Since today is Char­lie Chaplin’s birth­day, I’ll repost this lit­tle tid­bit. Roberto Beg­nini is the Ital­ian come­dian respon­si­ble for the Acad­emy Award win­ning film “Life is Beau­ti­ful”, and one of my favorite films, “Johnny Stechinno”. Accord­ing to IMDB, Beg­nini is … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Animated Acting: Make an entrance!

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Jonathan Lyons

I teach ani­ma­tion at the Acad­emy of Art Uni­ver­sity, and one com­mon mis­take I see stu­dents make is this. The scene opens with a per­son in a relaxed stand­ing posi­tion. Then they start “act­ing” with some arm ges­tures. It’s as … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Rip-off?

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Jonathan Lyons

I remem­ber watch­ing an old Roscoe Arbuckle film “The Rough House” when I noticed this scene: At first I thought he was was mock­ing the din­ner roll dance done by Chap­lin in “The Gold Rush” If you watch it that way, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Character and Context

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Jonathan Lyons

Ani­mated char­ac­ters need worlds to live in, and prob­a­bly enjoy the widest vari­ety of set­tings found on film. But these places can be more than sim­ple “envi­ron­ment”. Cre­at­ing ani­mated worlds is not just art direc­tion, it begins in the con­cept … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Charlie Chaplin and objects.

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Jonathan Lyons

Here are some notes from Ger­ald Mast about Char­lie Chaplin’s devel­op­ment of props as tools for com­edy. The most sig­nif­i­cant les­son that Chap­lin learned at Key­stone (other than the way to shoot and assem­ble a film) was to become the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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