by Baird Media To the layperson, a movie’s soundtrack is the music or the dialogue. Or both. Not so, says Charles Badenhorst, whose climb (or happy fall) into animation was via the construction industry. Sound design is much more than editing in the music and...
by Baird Media In its young life, Ruby & Roach has already clocked up a raft of awards, including Best Animation and Children’s Film. As parents hope for their children, it is balanced and well-rounded. Perhaps a good wine is a better analogy. Animated films, sans...
by Baird Media The success of Ruby & Roach can largely be attributed to its animation. That, however, is only part of the story: it is also the choice of animation style. The selection of the stop-motion method is brave. For the uninitiated, stop-frame or...
by Baird Media Not for a moment did Dorette Nel think that embarking on a course in animation would be a serendipitous filling of time. Or that the course assignment would be the beginning of a collaboration that would give rise to an award-winning animated children’s...
By Hendrik Baird South Africa boasts a film industry that is as old as that of Hollywood. The epic movie De Voortrekkers, produced in 1916 and directed by Harold Shaw, is on par with the D.W. Griffith epic Birth of a Nation, produced in the same year. South African...
