CHAPTER 2

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The Halfway Point to Reality: Bob Sabiston

Biography

Bob Sabiston and his company, Flat Black Films, have been making innovative animation since 1987. His student films from the MIT Media Lab, Grinning Evil Death and God’s Little Monkey, were some of the first films to combine 2D and 3D computer animation. Sabiston’s own films, including Roadhead, Snack and Drink, and Grasshopper, have been influential in the burgeoning field of animated documentary. Rotoscoped with a team of volunteers in Austin, Texas, Roadhead garnered a lot of attention on the film festival circuit. The short film Snack and Drink followed, a three-minute rotoscoped ...

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