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Several students said they were drawn to thelecture by Eck's presence...
Indeed. A revolution is under way in animation. The terrain is your local multiplex, and the insurgents are goateed, stock-optioned tech-heads armed with graphics software and high-powered workstations. Once upon a time, animated movies were the sole domain of winsome beauties and fearsome beasts, all lovingly drawn by hand. That era ended three years ago this month with the release of Toy Story, the first purely computer-generated feature and the only animated film to near the $200 million box-office mark since 1994's The Lion King...
Does CGI spell the end of the old school? Not by a long shot: the ease with which the crudely drawn two-dimensional, or 2-D, worlds of South Park and The Simpsons have won over America's couch-potato masses is proof that story matters more than even the most eye-popping special effects. "Sooner or later, all this stuff is going to seem antiquated," admits Andrew Stanton, the co-director and screenwriter of A Bug's Life. "The script is the only thing that isn't going to deteriorate over time...
...Whatever kind of relationships children have already established with their family," observes Linda Jones, who has taught nursery and elementary school in New York City for 23 years, "they'll try to re-create with their peers." Kids are drawn to children who are "helpful, kind, sharing, giving, cooperative and responsive to distress," says Marano. Ruthellen Josselson, co-author of Best Friends, an in-depth examination of girls' and women's friendships, advises, "If parents themselves have friends in a visible way so that it seems like a normal, important part of life to their children, that's a positive...
...playpen and scope out the great wide world) while treating the grownup figures with the same genial ribbing the kids get. Tommy the explorer and Chuckie, his friend with the orange shock top and a chronically fretful nature, are attractive opposites; three-year-old Angelica is a finely drawn priss. The animation is distinctive and supple, suggesting Max Fleischer and the Modernist Zagreb school. Who thought to give the kids' heads the shape and apparent consistency of grapefruit? Who unleashed the hyperkinetic floor-level kidcam? Someone with a smart sense of design...