In this lecture we watched a documentary about the life and work of an animator named Richard Williams. Richard was a very passionate animator and a perfectionist at most. He started a project in 1964 in his own animating studio which he self funded by making and selling adverts through the years. The animation he was making he named The Thief and the Cobbler and this cartoon was really complex and had masses of detail, also the animation attempted a style that has never being done like having backgrounds and camera movements that would only be seen in a real life movie. Richard was working on his project for about 22 years until he ran out of money where he then worked on the movie Who Framed Rodger Rabbit earning him 2 oscars and the additional funds to continue on his project. He also was given a contract and additional funds from Warner Brothers to complete his animation where the company would then publish it. Unfortunately he ran over his deadline in 1992 and with 15 minutes of footage left Warner Brothers were forced to take and finish the project without him.
This documentary really inspires me to want to create good animations and has taught me not to be perfect and few mistakes are allowed. When given a deadline it is crucial to meet it even if the project isn't the best it can be.
