Bryce Hallett

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Bryce Hallett
BornJune 1976
North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s) Cartoonist, Animator, Director
Known for Ranger Gord Cartoons
History Bites
Animation Unleashed
Website http://www.frogfeet.ca

Bryce Hallett is a Canadian independent animator living and working in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A graduate of Sheridan College's classical animation program [1] and Canadore College's graphic communications program, [2] Hallett has been creating numerous cartoons and animations since 1999, working under his business "Frog Feet Productions". His first job was creating the "Ranger Gord's Educational Films" and "Ranger Gord's Safety Tips" cartoons based on the character of the same name for The Red Green Show, created by Steve Smith, which aired on CBC Television and PBS. [3]

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Since then, Hallett has created numerous other animated shorts for sketch comedy TV series, including animation for Gemini-Nominated History Bites (created by Rick Green), Listen Missy (created by Jane Ford) and The Frantics . He has also contributed animation to numerous music videos, TV commercials across Canada and the United States, and films ranging from small Canadian independent films like "At Home by Myself...With You" (dir Kris Booth, 2009) and documentaries. Trained in traditional animation and graphic design, Hallett has been known to experiment with various styles and techniques, including photography, cutout animation, stopmotion, watercolour and other media and different computer software. [4]

He is the illustrator [5] of the book "Animation Unleashed: 100 Principles Every Animator, Comic Book Writer, Filmmaker, Video Artist, and Game Developer Should Know" [6] written by veteran animator and "award-winning director of films for the National Film Board of Canada" Ellen Besen. [7] Released in 2008.

Selected works

Television

Music videos

Feature films

Bibliography

List of books illustrated by Bryce Hallett

BookYearNotes
Red Green's Duct Tape is Not Enough: A Humorous Guide to Midlife2002 ISBN   978-1-57826-109-3 [8]
Animation Unleashed: 100 Principles Every Animator, Comic Book Writer, Filmmaker, Video Artist, and Game Developer Should Know2008 ISBN   1-932907-49-1 [9]
ADD Stole My Car Keys (The Surprising Ways Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Affects Your Life... and Strategies for Creating a Life You Love.)2011 ISBN   0-9866240-2-0 [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ "TELETOON: Children of Gilda's Club Animate What's on Their Minds!". Archived from the original on 2017-06-14. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  2. ↑ Animation Unleashed: 100 Principles Every Animator, Comic Book Writer, Filmmaker, Video Artist, and Game Developer Should Know, by Ellen Besen, 2008 Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City,CA ISBN   978-1-932907-49-0, p225
  3. ↑ "Ellen Besen & Bryce Hallett at This is Not a Reading Series | Open Book: Toronto". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  4. ↑ Artist Profile Corel
  5. ↑ Dominic von Reidman, Article: Book Review: Animation Unleashed, Suite101.com, Oct 2008
  6. ↑ Nathalie Atkinson, Tue. Nov 04, 2008 " There's More than one way to sculpt a cat" [ permanent dead link ] National Post
  7. ↑ David B. Levy,"Book Review: Animation Unleashed' [ permanent dead link ] Animation World News
  8. ↑ Smith, Steve (2002). Red Green's Duct Tape is Not Enough: A Humorous Guide to Midlife. Toronto: Hatherleigh Press. ISBN   1-57826-109-0.
  9. ↑ Besen, Ellen (2008). Animation Unleashed: 100 Principles Every Animator, Comic Book Writer, Filmmaker, Video Artist, and Game Developer Should Know. Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions. ISBN   978-1-932907-49-0.
  10. ↑ Jain, Ph.D. Umesh (2011). ADD Stole My Car Keys (The Surprising Ways Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Affects Your Life... and Strategies for Creating a Life You Love.). Toronto: Big Brain Productions Inc. ISBN   978-0-9866240-2-5.
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