Animation Guild | We are 839 Digital Magazine
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WINTER 2022 7 E D I T O R ' S N O T E ANOTHER YEAR HAS FLOWN BY, AND IT'S BEEN A BIG ONE FOR TAG, FROM RATIFYING OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT TO VOTING IN OUR NEW OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE BOARD (P.21). IT'S ALSO BEEN A YEAR OF PROGRESS FOR THE CRAFT. ONE OF THE MOST SATISFYING ASPECTS OF MY JOB IS INTERVIEWING ANIMATION INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS ABOUT THE TECHNIQUES THEY USE TO MAKE MAGIC ON THE SCREEN. I ESPECIALLY LOVE WHEN THEY EXPLAIN HOW THEY ADAPTED A TECHNIQUE IN NEW WAYS OR DEVISED NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR THE NEEDS OF A FILM. Freelance writer and author KAREN BRINER ("Tis the Season") grew up in Cape Town, South Africa where her garden was home to wild chameleons. Her most recent novel is Snowize & Snitch: Highly Effective Defective Detectives. EVAN HENERSON ("Climbing the Walls") is a lifestyle and entertainment writer based in Los Angeles. His work has appeared in L.A. Parent, TV Guide, Orange Coast Magazine, and the Los Angeles Daily News where he was a features writer and critic for nine years. SONAIYA KELLEY ("Creative License") is a film reporter at the Los Angeles Times. The Bronx, N.Y., native previously served as a digital producer at Essence and Allure magazines and has contributed bylines to Complex, Mashable and Patch.com. An alumna of Stony Brook University's School of Journalism and the Bronx High School of Science, you can find her on Twitter @sonaiyak and on Instagram @sonaiya_k. In "The Big Pictures" (p.24), not only do we shine a light on the many wonderful movies TAG members worked on that are eligible for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, but we also explore the innovations behind these films. In Puss in Boots, tools were developed to allow artists to put a textured edge on any object in a 3D space (with a dial to turn that texture up or down), and in Strange World a toolset was created to make thousands of moving objects seem like surfaces solid enough for characters to walk on. I may not have a single ounce of technical ability, but I absolutely love learning all these things! It's also exciting to watch animation moving forward in other ways as it includes more diverse voices and experiences. "Authentic Voices" (p.34) explores the importance of having representation behind the scenes in writing and other areas of creative leadership, while "When Jabari Met Meadow" (p.14) dives deep into how an authentic voice lifts a story beyond one group of people into a space of universal experience. With the seasonal festivities upon us, we can't forget our fifth-annual Holiday Gift Guide (p.41). Here in the magazine it highlights a few of the members participating in our Virtual Holiday Gift Guide on the Keyframe website (keyframemagazine.org). This collection of art, crafts, and other products reminds us how the talents of our membership run far and wide. As we prepare to welcome 2023, all of us here at Keyframe wish you a safe, healthy, creative, and joy-filled holiday season and Happy New Year. Kim Fay editor@tag839.org FORWARD MOTION CONTRIBUTORS