Animation Addicts Podcast - Disney, Pixar, & Animated Movie Reviews & Interviews | Rotoscopers

Morgan and Chelsea are joined by the biggest Peanuts fan around for a special double feature of It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Christmas. Highlights

■ Guest host: Alissa Roy! Getting to know her and "Catch & Fire!"

■ Vote for the show in the Podcast Awards.

■ News: 500 new Peanuts shorts, Paul Feig to direct the new CGI Peanuts film.

■ Nerdy Couch Discussion: Alissa teaches us about the history of the Peanuts. Origins, story lines that made it into the movies, obscure characters, Snoopy's family, iconic characters.

■ Main Discussion #1: It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

■ It isn't a Peanuts film without the kicking of the football.

■ 60s thing to be a sheet ghost, embarrassing to have the same costume as your friends.

■ It's never a good thing when the cool kids suddenly invite you to the party (see: Monsters University).

■ What's with the Red Baron storyline?

■ Who really is the Great Pumpkin? Is it real? The world will never know.

■ Main Discussion #2: A Charlie Brown Christmas

■ Chelsea finally tells the story of her fainting at the choir concert.

■ Iconic opening, great songs, Morgan = Lucy.

■ This short is notoriously known for being low budget and low quality, recording issues, voice recording problems.

■ The iconic Christmas tree. How did it grow big?

■ Chelsea refuses to rate them.

■ Bloopers: Morgan's computer is on fire, feels like we've known each other forever. Runtime: 1:11:17; 37.4 MB Links ■ Live tweet from #Rotoween.

■ Watch It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Blu-ray | DVD | Digital

■ Watch A Charlie Brown Christmas: Blu-ray | DVD | Digital

■ Buy the Charlie Brown Holiday Collection: Blu-ray | DVD 

■ Frozember and Princess Profiles articles Where To Find The Rotoscopers

Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at [email protected]. Send us a voicemail at rotoscopers.com/voicemail or call (406) 646-6575. Find us on the web: rotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, instagram, hypable & Animated Views. Visit our sponsors: Audible, Amazon. Where To Find The Hosts Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog; Twitter

Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram

Chelsea Robson: Twitter, Facebook

Alissa Roy: Twitter, Blog

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Introducing a new--currently untitled--interview segment with Whitney Grace from Animated Views! In this episode, she went to Dragon Con in Atlanta, GA and got to interview Vic Mignogna, one of the most famous anime voice actors in America.

Highlights:

■ Identity and name crisis with Vic Mignogna.

■ Why he loves anime and what he does.

■ His start voice acting in Texas.

■ Vic talks about his music career and how it has blended into his voice acting career.

■ Experience voicing Broly from Dragon Ball Z.

■ What is his favorite American cartoon?

Runtime: 18:57; 13.5 MB

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Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at [email protected]. Send us a voicemail at rotoscopers.com/voicemail or call (406) 646-6575. Find us on the web: rotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, instagram, hypable & Animated Views. Visit our sponsors: Audible, Amazon.

Where To Find The Hosts

Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog; Twitter

Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram

Chelsea Robson: Twitter, Facebook

Whitney Grace: Twitter, Animated Views

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The fans voted and for this year's annual Rotoscopers spook-tacular, they dive into the macabre world of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.

Highlights:

■ News: Demi Lovato version of "Let It Go" from Frozen;

■ Visit our friends over at TraditionalAnimation.com. Their facebook page is a great resource and has exploded over the past month.

■ Catch and Fire with Morgan!

■ Main discussion: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005)

■ This is LAIKA? Really?

■ Film shot entirely on the Canon Mark II DSLR camera. Wow.

■ Explores the British social strata through the concept of Upstairs vs. Downstairs.

■ Unique character designs; what's with LAIKA and their busty, top-heavy women? Studio Jiggling, perhaps?

■ Marriage to the corpse bride; do you ever care or root for Emily?

■ What's with Burton and his dead/skeleton dogs?

■ Charming piano duet scene. Creates more of a bond between Emily and Victor.

■ The dead come upstairs; chaos sort of ensues.

■ Abrupt ending; significance of butterflies.

■ We rate it!

■ Voicemails: The Big 4, Meet the Robinsons comments.

■ Bloopers: Runtime: 1:17:17; 39.7 MB Links ■ Frozen Friday videos

■ Watch Corpse Bride: Blu-ray | DVD | Digital | Rent

■ Princess Profiles articles

Where To Find The Rotoscopers

Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at [email protected]. Send us a voicemail at rotoscopers.com/voicemail or call (406) 646-6575. Find us on the web: rotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, instagram, hypable & Animated Views. Visit our sponsors: Audible, Amazon.

Where To Find The Hosts

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Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram

Chelsea Robson: Twitter, Facebook

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It's the big 5-0 for the Rotoscopers and to celebrate, they're reviewing the animated film that started it all, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Highlights

■ Reminiscing over the past 50 episodes: no band break ups, fights or scandals!

■ Submit your voicemails, emails and voicemails for the 2013 best-of show.

■ Vote for the Animation Addicts Podcast in the Podcast Awards!

■ Nerdy Couch Discussion Lecture: The History of Snow White, based on the two art/history books by J .B. Kaufman Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and The Fairest One of All.

■ Main Discussion: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

■ Animation using live-action reference, first time with realistic convincing humans; character animation; backgrounds; camera work;

■ Introduction of the storybook opening, minimal characters, simplified story, exquisite taste in throwns, kickstarter to get Chelsea a thrown,

■ Prequel possibilities: slave in the mirror's backstory.

■ Enter the prince and his horse, Astor (from the Enchanted Stables books), Prince Buckethead, prince's disappearance.

■ Death by dancing, scary forest, lots of songs.

■ Dwarf mine cart ride in New Fantasyland.

■ Rejected dwarf names: Deafy, Dizzy, Cranky.

■ Queen's dungeon, transformation and recipe for sleeping death.

■ Chelsea's lesson on yodeling.

■ Conundrum: Queen's transformation permanent?

■ Creepy Prince kiss, golden casket.

■ Snow White's legacy and popularity today

■ Mailbag & bloopers!

Runtime: 1:40:30; 50.1 MB

Links

■ Buy Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Blu-ray | DVD

■ Art/history books: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Art and Creation of Walt Disney's Classic Animated Film & The Fairest One of All: The Making of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

■ Jemma Clark's Disneython post.

Where To Find The Rotoscopers

Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at [email protected]. Send us a voicemail at rotoscopers.com/voicemail or call (406) 646-6575. Find us on the web: rotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, instagram, hypable & Animated Views. Visit our sponsors: Audible, Amazon.

Where To Find The Hosts

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Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram

Chelsea Robson: Twitter, Facebook

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The RotoSUPERS assemble to discuss the classic Pixar movie The Incredibles directed by Brad Bird.

Sit down with Morgan, Mason, Chelsea and special Rotoscopers writer and guest host, Pablo Ruiz!

Highlights

Get to know Pablo--recording from Bogata, Columbia!

Catch 'n Fire with Pablo!

Game: What's my super hero name?; "3 Thunder Tubes and you're out!"

Main discussion: The Incredibles. Tights! Where director, Brad Bird, got the idea (just a heads up... we are very pro Brad Bird). Challenging effects, hair, time period, Western story form, and the Fantastic 4 vs. a whole family of Supers!

Favorite scenes, teaser trailer, and Brad Bird really loves Pablo. Where do the Supers come from?; Where did the bad guys go?; the characters. Uncle Rico, iPads, 30 Rock, hippies, The Terminator, and Jurassic Park! Syndrome: this guy's got a lot of issues; Brad Bird look-a-like. Edna E Mode: Golden. Brad Bird's voice and THE CAPES!

Quotes, fight scenes, and the low point. Almost 2 hours long! Who do they think they are? The Rotoscopers?! John Ratzenberger cameos! How would YOU rate them? Mason's plan to force Brad Bird make a sequel... or prequel? Twitter, Mail Bag, the music! Rate the film! Bloopers! Muggle Cast comes out of retirement, epic music, mis-quotes, Mason gets a text, Chelsea's lost. Links Buy The Incredibles: Blu-ray | DVD | Digital | Rent

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Where To Find The Hosts

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Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram

Chelsea Robson: Twitter, Facebook

Pablo Ruiz: Twitter

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Steve Hickner is the writer of the new book Animating Your Career, which is a guide to help creative people learn how to stay and progress in the animation industry.

Hickner has a rich, 30-year career in animation working at a variety of studios such as Disney, Amblination, and DreamWorks.

He's known as the "pro's pro" and has done nearly every job in animation. He is most notably known for co-directing The Prince of Egypt and Bee Movie.

This interview discusses his new book, his advice for creative professionals, as well as telling different anecdotes and lessons learned from his career. Highlights: Steve discusses the two parts of his book: working in the animation industry and managing a team of creative people. He wouldn't be anywhere today without the support of other people.

Catch and Fire; the 3 fan letters he's written to other studios. "The truest test of talent is longevity." "A great leader never misses an opportunity to build others up." Attitude, attitude, attitude! "You'll know the guys who are going to make it because they are so passionate about it."

Expert tip: stop working right before you get to the best part. The cat and dog = goofus and gallant. Surround yourself with the best of the best. What are some myths about the animation industry? There are no unimportant scenes in a movie; every scene is a chance to do something great.

Johnson Principle: Person is promoted to his level of unhappiness. What vision did he have for the Cats animated film? What was it like working with Richard Williams during Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Thoughts on traditional animation and the future of entertainment. Single most important thing of great leadership: "Put down the phone and listen." What's in the future for Steve? Working at DreamWorks since the beginning and high praise for Jeffrey Katzenberg. Bloopers: nerd discussion, kindred spirits with Chelsea. Other Links: Buy Animating Your Career: Book | E-book Animating Your Career website First DreamWorks studio photo (Can you find Steve and Brenda Chapman?)

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Send us a voicemail at therotoscopers.com/voicemail or call (406) 646-6575.

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Where To Find The Hosts

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Schools back in session and summer's over, so Morgan and Chelsea thought it was fitting to talk about one of the greatest looniest animated movies of all time: Tiny Toons Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (TTA:HISMV).

Highlights

D23 Expo News with Morgan. Lines a mile long... it's 3 days for a reason!

Disney Live Action: Thor 2, Maleficent, Cinderella, Saving Mr. Banks, Tomorrowland formally known as '1953,' scorpion hunting in AZ.

Disney Consumer Products, the line for 'Teen Beach Movie,' Disney App Panel!, Richard Sherman and Alan Menken concert. Pixar: MU Short: Party Central, The Good Dinosaur, The Pixar Theory, Inside Out, Toy Story of Terror, Finding Dory. WDAS: Frozen, (#FrozenFriday Chelsea sings) Get a Horse, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Giants, Moana. When is the next Princess Film? Chelsea's theory. DisneyToon Studios: Fairies and Planes.

People in the industry: Winds of Change Miyazaki is retiring, Bob Peterson was no longer directing Pixar's 'The Good Dinosaur,' 'Paperman' director John Kahrs just left Disney, as well as Clay Kaytis, Gleen Keen, and Andreas Deja.

Main Discussion:

Tiny Toons! It's direct to video for a reason... How it was received back in the day. Surprisingly well! Who are the Tiny Toons? Videos of cars hitting 100K miles 7 different story lines: Plucky & Happy World Land road trip; Babs & Buster floating down the river, and a few others. Morgan's friend's off-road roller blades. Plucky's family: the ultimate dork family; the "spot the car" game. Going on a friend's family vacation. Fifi Le Fume's story line with the hunky Johnny Pew. Find Rob Paulson's characters! Plot hole: how everything wraps up.

Mail Bag! StudentAnimations.com - a site to watch student animated films, Cars 3 clarification, our favorite movies and studios, check out our 'Forgotten Gems in Animation' posts!. Pirate bloopers and more! Links Animated Views' review of the TTA:HISMV DVD Buy TTA:HISMV on Amazon

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Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at [email protected].

Send us a voicemail at therotoscopers.com/voicemail or call (406) 646-6575.

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Where To Find The Hosts

Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog; Twitter

Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram

Chelsea Robson: Twitter, Facebook

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Mason and Chelsea join the Rotoscopers new writer, Alex Parker, as they discuss Disney's CGI animated film Meet the Robinsons.

Highlights:

Chelsea tweets Robert Lopez and Mason meets Don Bluth. CATCH AND FIRE WITH GRR ALEX!

Nerdy Couch Discussion: “You can do anything you want” theme in animated films. (*Note some spoilers to other movies). Main Discussion: Meet the Robinsons. The stats, Disney's 47th animated feature, John Lasseter's influence. What is "Real D" vs 3D? More stats, commentary on the visuals, and music.

Where did the term "Easter Eggs" come from? Based on a book called "A Day with Wilber Robinson" by William Joyce. Insta-buildings, bubble tavel, and segways. Things Mason doesn't get, Chelsea gets cynical, Tom Selleck. “You lied to me?!” Most overused line in kids’ movies.

Lewis chills under a ginormous teapot shaped shrub. Bowler Hat Guy’s ending and the “Disney point”. Keep Moving Forward!, what we've learned in our own lives, Chelsea should be a motivational speaker.

Twitter questions, cameo by Morgan, and listener voicemail.

We rate the film: 4 Stars!

Bloopers: Forgot the title and our special ghost host; kivin' that dorm life, Aggie invasion; Rock-a-Doodle and Titan A.E; 

"Give her the Thunder Tube, Chelsea!";

Looking forward to Halloween; Saving Mr Banks commentary; what songs should Chelsea put in the podcast?

Where To Find The Rotoscopers:

■ Find us on the web: therotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, instagram, hypable & Animated Views.

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■ Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at [email protected]

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Where To Find The Hosts:

Mason Smith: This Animate Life Blog; Twitter

Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram

Chelsea Robson: Twitter, Facebook

Alex Parker: Twitter

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Join Mason as he interviews Kevin Schreck, the director of Persistence of Vision, a documentary of the story behind the animated film by Richard Williams, The Thief and the Cobbler.

Highlights:

Kevin's interest in stop motion. Catch and Fire: Jafar and Iago were college roommates. Where did you get the name? What was the process of making this documentary? Who was the most fascinating to interview?

The Fan Letter. Shout out to Canadian animators. Animation archeology. Sean Connery...why?

The timeline of the documentary. What is the more important story: The Thief or Richard Williams?

What were Richard's best qualities as a producer?

How did his studio affect the world of animation? "A very special place." Life lessons learned. "The Supper Secret Project!"

-Will show soldiers in a field. How Kevin got an internship at DreamWorks. "Unpaid" plug.

Final thoughts

Fan letters of today: The power of appreciation Next episode: Disney's "Meet the Robinsons!" Send us a voicemail!

Persistence of Vision:  Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/38413085 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PersistenceOfVisionOfficialDocumentaryPage Twitter: @PoVDoc

Where To Find The Rotoscopers:

■ Find us on the web: therotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, instagram, hypable & Animated Views.

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■ Send us a voicemail at therotoscopers.com/voicemail

Where To Find The Hosts:

■ Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog, Twitter

■ Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram

■ Chelsea Robson: Twitter, Facebook

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A conference call with Disney songwriters and legends Alan Menken and Richard Sherman, where they talk about their upcoming concert where the sing from "The Disney Songbook." "It's like Comic Con with Better Security!" -Robert Downy Jr. This is a great interview with many of the writers from major Disney fan outlets.

The first 15 minuets are questions just for Alan Menken. What are your favorite songs in the Disney Song Book? (outside of your own) What songs are you most excited to share? What is it about the Disney Song book that touches people? What is it like for you to perform for Disney Fans? How do you go about writing your songs? "You want to poke fun but you don't want to poke fun in a way that is hurtful." "The story doesn't get written without us." "We are very involved in the writing process." Do you have a say in who sings the songs? Will there be any 'Fan Boy' nervousness when you perform with Richard Sherman? Which of your more obscure Disney songs are you most proud of?

After which, we were joined by Richard Sherman when they were asked how the Concert would flow. Was it difficult choosing your songs? They'll share a little about how they got into Disney and some of their Non-Disney material as well. Both will share highlights in their careers and a few lesser known numbers. What movies would you both love to see go to the stage. What songs were surprise hits? "'Disney' is a wonderful platform for non-cynical material" Which of the other's songs do you like the best? What are you looking most forward to at the D23 Expo? - "Friends" I felt like this interview was very open. I think the fact that they don't do press conferences a lot, even fewer together, that left them a lot more natural in answering questions. It felt almost like it was just a phone call between the two of them at times. I loved hearing the respect and appreciation between the two Disney Legends. 

After Mr Menken was released, Richard Sherman (85 years) entertained the press as he talked about Mary Poppins, Chitty chitty Bang Bang and song writing. Did (the late) Robert Sherman know the appreciation of the Disney fans? Did he enjoy performing?

What song was the most challenging to write? What songs do most people talk to you about? Walt's favorite song What is the difference between writing for a Movie VS an attraction? You have written many catchy and memorable songs. How do you do that without being repetitive? I have a good time. I've always been blessed to do what I love to do: writing songs "We didn't write the songs for the actors. We wrote for the character" Which of your more obscure Disney songs are you most proud of?

What do you enjoy most about performing?

Listener Voicemails Next movie episode is FAN VOTED! Get a move on it and make your voice heard! Polling ends Aug 14, 2013 (poll on right sidebar of therotoscopers.com)

Frozen Clip from the Disney Animated app (Click if you dare)

Runtime: 1:05:47; 33.2 MB

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■ Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram

■ Chelsea Robson: Twitter, Facebook

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