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Hello everybody !

The first newsletter of this year 2009 is now available in your mail box =)

What's new about TVPaint website ?

-You will find now many Lemec's tutorials (and their .tvp files), including how to animate a bouncing ball, colorize your animations, animate characters to a voice track, create stop motion movies and configure your brushes. Others tutorials (from Lemec and also from Solleck) are prending.

-The interview of Paul Fierlinger is also available ! Come and discover Paul Fierlinger's story with TVP Animation, as well as some secrets about the making of "My dog Tulip", his first feature length animated film.

-A little banner for tutorials has been added.

-And now, the "Reconnu d'Intérêt Pédagogique" logo appears on our website ! This logo means French National Education Ministry attributes to TVP Animation an educational interest. This logo is very exceptional, 'cause it needs many evaluations by specialists and multimedia commission's decision, in order to helps and guides teachers in educational multimedia.

Of course, you will find more details on the official newsletter =)

Hm, I don't htink you should announce "My Dog Tulip" as Paul's first feature length film...

Paul has corrected my text before sending the newsletter, so I think he knows what he has written to me =)

I thought of correcting it. Technically it is correct if it would say first theatrical feature. I made a TV feature in the early 90's and got an award at Annecy for Best TV feature -- it was just 60 minutes long though. So I left the statement uncorrected.

Dumbo is just 64 minutes and counts as a feature.

That's because they didn't have paperless animation back then. Nor did they have TV. I'm not sure, but any film to qualify as a feature for the Oscars and other festivals must be at least 80 minutes in length.

Go Wikipedia

Translation : in France, a movie is considered as a feature length film when duration is more than 58 minutes and 29seconds, that is the equivalent of a standard 35 mm reel of 1600m

For the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,the American Film Institute,and the British Film Institute, a feature length film has to be more than 40minutes.

So, as you can see, even for "specialists" there is not rules about feature length film duration...

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It means : stop flood or I'll whip you if you fight about this again

Elodie wrote:...

It means : stop flood or I'll whip you if you fight about this again

héhé...! "Elodie a dit !"
quelle autorité !

My, we could have been done a year ago. But it wouldn't sell DVDs too well if it were to be that short.

ZigOtto wrote:

Elodie wrote:...

It means : stop flood or I'll whip you if you fight about this again

héhé...! "Elodie a dit !"
quelle autorité !

I'd rather prefer a sexy girl with leather clothes, but i like your image too

ZigOtto wrote: héhé...! "Elodie a dit !"
quelle autorité !

yes !!

i didn't receive the newsletter, but when i wanted to view it i could not find it on the site!
there is no link to the newsletter on the homepage (or anywhere else?)
you can subscribe to very prominently in a central window on the homepage but its not possible to visit it !?.... bad webdesign!

.... i finally had to go to this thread to be able to open it.

Peter Wassink wrote:... there is no link to the newsletter on the homepage (or anywhere else?)
you can subscribe to very prominently in a central window on the homepage but its not possible to visit it !?.... bad webdesign!

I agree with Peter, when a new newsletter is coming, a one-click link should be present
(and OBVIOUSLY present) on the home page,
and why not, a secondary (smaller) link to the archived older newsletters.
I enjoyed a lot from reading the long Paul F. interview about his feature "Tulip",
that's probably the first time I feel like having learnt more about the interviewer than from the interviewed !
many thanks to both Paul and Asaf, (and to the french translator as well) !

btw, who's the (chinese) happy new year illustration at top of the page ?

too bad the author is not mentioned ... or am I becoming blind ?
is it from Rony ? ... Lemec ?

that's probably the first time I feel like having learnt more about the interviewer than from the interviewed !

What is it that you would like to hear even more from me? I thought I said too much!

Paul Fierlinger wrote:What is it that you would like to hear even more from me? I thought I said too much!

nothing to reproach to your answers, you was great as always, (except perhaps some ones could be more concise sometimes...?),
but my remark was just to say how much I appreciated Asaf's questions quality,
a young artist comparing his budding creator's insecurity to an old hardened creator's assurance.
interesting exchange, indeed !