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Animato is a compilation of short films by Mike Jittlov, making extensive use of stop motion, pixilation, kinestasis, animation, and multiple exposures. It features the films The Interview, Swing Shift, [1] Rocketman, The Leap, Time Tripper and Fashionation. [2] [3]

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It was screened at Filmex in 1977. Regis Philbin was so impressed by the short Time Tripper that he had it televised. [4]

Fashionation is one of the well-known animated segments. [5] 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. [6] [7] [8]

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  1. ↑ Cap'n Hector (12 April 2009). "Swing". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 – via YouTube.
  2. ↑ VPR2B (19 March 2017). "Fashionation - Mike Jittlov - STEREO (Pitch corrected version)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Mike Jittlov's "The Wizard of Speed and Time": His Life's a Special Effect! – Night Flight". Archived from the original on 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
  4. ↑ ados4k (26 May 2013). "Mike Jittlov Demo Reel SFX (Part 2 of 2)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ 30th Birthday Pre-Film Extravaganza by Savage Cinema-YouTube
  6. ↑ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1977 -". cartoonresearch.com.
  7. ↑ "Animato – Fashionation (1979)". 2 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "LSC Movies Calendar Descriptions".
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