Animato

For other uses, see Animato (disambiguation).

Animato is a compilation of short films by Mike Jittlov, making extensive use of stop motion, pixilation, kinestasis, animation, and multiple exposures.

Summary

It features the films The Interview, Swing Shift,^[1] Rocketman, The Leap, Time Tripper and Fashionation.^[2][3]

Reception

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]

See also

• The Wizard of Speed and Time
• Mike Jittlov
• 1977 in film