The Optical 008 - King Kong, Willis O’Brien, Stop-Motion Animation, Cinefex 7

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Complete show notes (with links) are available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/008/ We chat with creator and publisher of Cinefex, Don Shay, about the life and work of stop motion pioneer Willis O’Brien, including The Lost World, King Kong, Mighty Joe Young, and more. We also interview animation director Rob Shaw about his films and experience as a stop-motion animator. Listen for your chance to win a free 1-year print subscription to Cinefex magazine. Subscribe to the Podcast Subscribe in iTunes Enhanced AAC podcast feed MP3 podcast feed Sponsor Cinefex magazine — The journal of cinematic illusions. Features Willis O’Brien The Lost World (1925) King Kong (1933) Mighty Joe Young (1949) Follow along with our List on Letterboxd, featuring films we’ve covered, and upcoming films to watch. Guests Don Shay, Creator and publisher of Cinefex magazine, and Willis O’Brien biographer Rob Shaw, Stop-motion animation director Music (Almost) all tracks by Digital Droo (Except) a teensy snippet of the James Bond Theme by Monty Norman and John Barry A small clip of the 1938 re-release trailer for King Kong features the music of Max Steiner. Research Materials Cinefex 7 — October 1981, available in the Cinefex iPad app Cinefex 138 — July 2014, with “O’Brien vs Dawley” update by Stephen Czerkas Revisiting Cinefex (7): Willis O’Brien by Graham Edwards The Making of King Kong, by Orville Goldner and George E. Turner King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson, by Ray Morton More Bits Willis O’Brien The Dinosaur and the Missing Link (1915), on YouTube Edison Conquest Pictures R.F.D. 10,000 BC (1917), on YouTube The Edison film monopoly — The Motion Picture Patents Company The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918), on YouTube Herbert M. Dawley’s “Articulated Effigy” patent for stop-motion animation Ralph Hammeras’ glass painting patent for in-camera composites The Lost World (1925), on YouTube, or the Lumivision DVD which also features several of O’Brien’s Edison shorts. Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack Kong pitch painting, “Giant Terror Gorilla” by Willis O’Brien and (via Giant Monsters Among Us) King Kong title sequence at Art of the Title 1938 re-release trailer for King Kong DeLaurentis’ full-size Kong is discussed in this delightful AV Club review of King Kong (1976) Hays Motion Picture Production Code Peter Jackson and WETA’s Lost Spider Pit Sequence Linwood Dunn and the optical printer The Most Dangerous Game (1932) How King Kong was Filmed (or Not), on the Cinefex Blog, about the 1933 King Kong magazine article with effects misinformation Son of Kong (1933) The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) WAR EAGLES: The Unmaking of an Epic - An Alternate History for Classic Film Monsters by David Conover & Philip J. Riley The Valley of Gwangi (1969) George Lofgren, taxidermist Willis O’Brien accepts his Oscar — “Thank you very, very much.” Delightful. The Black Scorpion (1957) Pete Peterson, stop-motion animator The Giant Behemoth (1959) The Lost World (1960) It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) Jim Danforth, stop-motion animator Nitrate film stock Celebrating Cinefex — The Video Rob Shaw Dragonframe motion control Downshooter for animation Happy Tree Friends. “Cubtron Z” They Might Be Giants, “I’m Impressed” Article on George Pal’s Puppetoons, with a picture showing Willis O’Brien and Ray Harryhausen working on the shorts Puppetoons replacement animation Portlandia Rats Coraline Flushed Away (2006) How to use a Surface Gauge for Stop Motion Animation](http://www.animateclay.com/index.php/articles/8-video-tutorials/18-how-to-use-a-surface-gage-for-stop-motion-animation) Dragonframe Frame Grabber software Rob’s Two Bottles Blog The Five Deadly Venoms (1978) As ever The Optical theme by Digital Droo The Optical “aperture” logo by Mike Gower --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theoptical/message

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