ANIMATING A SCENE FROM THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Richard C. Zimmerman animates Zero and the crowd, while I animate Jack, the sleigh, and the reindeer. This movie was the first to utilize digital frame grabbers and video assist to help the animation process, although we still are using surface gauges extensively as the grabbers would only display 3 frames. A black and white video in step-timelapse, followed by a clip of the final animation. Shot at Skellington Productions, San Francisco, CA in 1993. Musical accompaniment by Bjorn Lynne.