What I did on my Thanksgiving Holiday:



I have been editing digital video for the last 2 days. Not just any video but video of last year`s Afternoon of Remembrance. I have this backlog of about 12 events that are waiting in DV Mini tapes next to my computer and I have been meaning to get to all of them but this annual event has been at the top of my list all year long.

There is a very good reason that Afternoon of Remembrance has been at the top of my edit list. The stories on these 3 tapes are priceless (Howard Morris telling Bill Hanna to do an anatomically importable act, Selby Kelly sleeping on the floor at night for fear of shot gun blasts during her union days, Paul Winchell inventing the first artificial heart and not being able to get anyone interested in it). I am ashamed that I have taken so long to get around to these tapes.

This is a great event and one of the few times you will get so many people from the animation community together in one place willing to talk about the past. since it is time to start planning this year`s event I thought it might be a good idea to edit last year`s tapes. Nothing like a deadline to get an artist going. These stories belong in the Archives and in the video libraries of animation schools.


Larry Loc  ¶ 11:41 AM