Animato is a compilation of short films by Mike Jittlov, making extensive use of stop motion, pixilation, kinestasis, animation, and multiple exposures.
Summary
It features the films The Interview, Swing Shift,1 Rocketman, The Leap, Time Tripper and Fashionation.23
Reception
It was screened at Filmex in 1977. Regis Philbin was so impressed by the short Time Tripper that he had it televised.4
Fashionation is one of the well-known animated segments.5 The short was made using kinestasis and cutout animation, mostly from fashion magazines illustrating the lyrics of the song "I Know a Place" by Petula Clark. It also extensively used multiple exposures, pixilation and stop motion for the brief live-action sequence.678
References
References
- Cap'n Hector (April 12, 2009). "Swing". Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 – via YouTube.
- VPR2B (March 19, 2017). "Fashionation - Mike Jittlov - STEREO (Pitch corrected version)". Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 – via YouTube.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - "Mike Jittlov's "The Wizard of Speed and Time": His Life's a Special Effect! – Night Flight". Archived from the original on June 13, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
- ados4k (May 26, 2013). "Mike Jittlov Demo Reel SFX (Part 2 of 2)". Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 – via YouTube.
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- "Animato – Fashionation (1979)". November 2, 2017.
- "LSC Movies Calendar Descriptions".