Health & Fitness
Found Films – Great Commercial Animation
Who knows what you'll find on an odd reel of film or videotape?
Do you know your neighbors? How many of us walk to the mailbox, walk our dogs and only nod or wave to the people on our street? What would we find if we engaged them in conversation? Why don't we?
I visited an estate sale near my home and found a tri-level home that was nearly empty except for furniture and some bookshelves with a few odd books. I explored the 3 floors and felt something was unusual about the design of the home.
In the basement, behind a bedroom was an office with an open safe half under the 60's style desk. I could tell someone was an artist, or a designer, and the tools of their trade were faint but recognizable. I always want to know more about the people that lived in these homes I explore, and sometimes I can build a history from the items I find.
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Not having great luck I swept the room one more time and found 3 videotapes on the floor near the desk. These were of a format once familiar to commercial/industrial video production houses in 70's and 80's - 3/4” videotape (or U-matic). The labels explained vaguely what they were: The work reel of an animator named Robert Tinfo.
You can see by the frame captures from above that his style of animation, though simple, was enjoyable to watch as it conveyed what ever message or theme he was contracted to present. Read the rest of the story here and watch some of the samples of Mr Tinfo’s work.
