Tag Archives: little rascals

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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My reading — A History of the Hal Roach Studios

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons

I recently fin­ished read­ing A His­tory of the Hal Roach Stu­dios writ­ten by Richard Lewis Ward.  Hal Roach, for those who don’t know, was a motion pic­ture pro­ducer who oper­ated a stu­dio from the silent era to the dawn of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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My favorite pie fight

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons

I have seen quite a few pie fights on video, and I just found my favorite.  It is from a Lit­tle Ras­cals the­atri­cal short called “Shiv­erin’ Shake­speare”. What makes this one dif­fer­ent? Use of slow motion.  Some­time it’s dur­ing the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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