Animato

Animato is a compilation of short films by Mike Jittlov, making extensive use of stop motion, pixilation, kinestasis, animation, and multiple exposures.

Summary

It features the films The Interview, Swing Shift,{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=scV2fSmE75M |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/scV2fSmE75M |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Swing|last=Cap'n Hector|date=12 April 2009|publisher=|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Rocketman, The Leap, Time Tripper and Fashionation.{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YVmNm0dlmb0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/YVmNm0dlmb0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Fashionation - Mike Jittlov - STEREO (Pitch corrected version)|last=VPR2B|date=19 March 2017|publisher=|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web |url=http://nightflight.com/mike-jittlovs-the-wizard-of-speed-and-time/ |title=Mike Jittlov's "The Wizard of Speed and Time": His Life's a Special Effect! – Night Flight |access-date=2018-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613221131/http://nightflight.com/mike-jittlovs-the-wizard-of-speed-and-time/ |archive-date=2016-06-13 |url-status=dead }}

Reception

It was screened at Filmex in 1977. Regis Philbin was so impressed by the short Time Tripper that he had it televised.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbp7F-bYZqs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/fbp7F-bYZqs |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Mike Jittlov Demo Reel SFX (Part 2 of 2)|last=ados4k|date=26 May 2013|publisher=|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

Fashionation is one of the well-known animated segments.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKsSo1u0dMc 30th Birthday Pre-Film Extravaganza by Savage Cinema-YouTube] The short was made using kinestasis and cutout animation, mostly from fashion magazines illustrating the lyrics of the song "I Know a Place" by Petula Clark. It also extensively used multiple exposures, pixilation and stop motion for the brief live-action sequence.{{cite web|url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoons-considered-for-an-academy-award-1977/|title=Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1977 -|website=cartoonresearch.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinemacats.com/?p=13013|title=Animato – Fashionation (1979)|date=2 November 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://lsc.mit.edu/schedule/archives/design1999/terms/iap03/desc.html|title = LSC Movies Calendar Descriptions}}