January, 2007

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Floyd Norman

Playing with Toys -- Part I : Funky Filmmaking in Frogtown

Posted 01-07-2007

by Floyd Norman
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Animation legend Floyd Norman kicks off a brand-new series for JHM about the production of "Toy Story 2." In his first installment, Floyd talks about this project's very humble origins. Back when "The Sequel" was just supposed to be a direct-to-video release...
Floyd Norman

Playing with Toys -- Part IV : Coming in for a soft landing on a pile of ... shaving cream ?!

Posted 01-29-2007

by Floyd Norman
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Animation legend Floyd Norman completes his four-part series about the production of "Toy Story 2." In today's installment, Floyd talks about the last year of production on this Ash Brannon / John Lasseter film. As the crew struggled to solve several story problems while they also tried to avoid burn-out ...
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Playing with Toys -- Part II : How Howdy Doody showed us the way

Posted 01-15-2007

by Floyd Norman
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Animation legend Floyd Norman continues his brand-new series for JHM about the production of "Toy Story 2." In today's installment, Floyd talks about a popular children's television show from the 1950s held the key to cracking a lot of the story problems for this then-direct-to-video sequel ...
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Playing with Toys -- Part III: "So where was the dog ?"

Posted 01-22-2007

by Floyd Norman
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Animation legend Floyd Norman continues his brand-new series for JHM about the production of "Toy Story 2." In today's installment, Floyd talks about how a cheesy direct-to-video sequel went through some ruff ...er ... rough patches and eventually became an animated masterpiece...

January, 2007

Floyd Norman

Playing with Toys -- Part I : Funky Filmmaking in Frogtown

Playing with Toys -- Part IV : Coming in for a soft landing on a pile of ... shaving cream ?!

Playing with Toys -- Part II : How Howdy Doody showed us the way

Playing with Toys -- Part III: "So where was the dog ?"