Yesterday someone asked me about my cartoon influences, and I thought I’d share one here. Luckily, it’s available online.

Amy Kravitz showed Mark Baker’s “The Hill Farm” in Animation II class, and I was amazed. This is the film that made me avoid dialog. Check out the layered steps of timing as the photographer gets increasingly close to the bear’s head. I wish there was a full version online that didn’t look like a second-generation VHS copy, but you can see a 30-second clip on Mark’s website.

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