Talk to the Snail

They way staffing up the individual Random! shorts works is this: the creator lets us know whom they’d like on their crew. Simple. Once in a while, though, he or she will ask us for some recommendations for anything from color stylist to background painter. When they do, almost always the first names I throw out have been artists on Rob Renzetti’s My Life as a Teenage Robot. Rob has an unbeliveable eye for talent, and if an artist has worked for Rob, well, that’s pretty much all you need for a resume. Now at the very end of this season, we’ve finally persuaded Rob himself to come on board and assume directorial duties on about 60% of one of Random!’s more challenging shorts, 6 Monsters. Thanks, Rob.

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ASIFA-Hollywood, Nickelodeon, and Frederator Studios proudly present

A Spotlight on Random! Cartoons

Six brand new short comedy cartoons followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers moderated by Jerry Beck.
Food and refreshments will be served.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Doors open at 6:00 PM / Screening begins at 7:00 PM

Nickelodeon Animation Studio
231 West Olive Avenue
Burbank, CA

See:
Doug TenNapel’s Solomon Fix
Niki Yang’s Two Witch Sisters
Pen Ward’s Adventure Time
Melissa Wolfe & Anne Walker’s Sparkles & Gloom
Jerry Beck’s Hornswiggle
Hiroshi Chida’s Boneheads

This is a free event for members of ASIFA-Hollywood and their guests.

This program is made possible thanks in part to a generous grant from the Walter Lantz Foundation.

ASIFA-Hollywood would like to thank DisneyToon Studios, DreamWorks Animation, Nickelodeon, PDI/DreamWorks, Pixar, Sony Picture Animation, Sony Pictures ImageWorks, STARZ Animation, 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney Television Animation, and Warner Bros [Read more…]

Congratulations to Random!’s voice-casting queen, Meredith Layne, as well as to Nick’s Sarah Noonan for their Artios Award in Animated Television Voice-Over wins this week for their work on The X’s. The Artios Awards are “presented yearly for Outstanding Achievement in Casting. The criteria are originality, creativity and the contribution of casting to the overall quality of a project.” They’re handed out by the Casting Society of America. Artios comes from the Greek word meaning perfectly fitted. Here’s to a job well done.