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Our flounder,..uh founder Keith Van Allen has designed, animated
and adapted many characters for the screen,including Care Bears and Chester
Cheetos.While working at Atkinson Film Arts in Ottawa Ont., he was
given the first scenes to animate in the first TV special of the
cuddly bruins with "things on their tummys";"Care Bears in the Land Without
Feelings",and was asked to develop their walk and movements.Created by
Hallmark Cards and "Those Characters from Cleveland",the bear's first outing
was very ably directed by Pino Van Lambsverde, who had a predeliction
during production for refering to them as,"dem bears". Keith also animated
on "The Raccoons",(a Gillis-Wiseman production),Curious George and others.He
started in the business at Candy Apple Productions ,in Richmond VA ,working
with Steve Segal and Phil Trumbo and others of that ol' Richmond cartoon
gang ,working on commercials and PSA 's done often in the "big foot" style
,reminisant of 30's cartoons, which has nothing to do with rare footage
of Sasquatch shot in British Colombia,although Keith would've loved to
have been there and maybe even wear a suit for the cameras,but once he
actually did animate one for the Denver Hockey team's scoreboard.
Along the way,Keith directed many commercials and short films,and
pilots,for such clients as Bovril,Sears,MacDonalds,Xtree utility Software,The
U.S.Dept.of Energy,MCA Records,as well as animating,and designing and writing.He
also did storyboards and designs for TV shows like Warner Bros."Tazmania"
featuring the Tazmanian Devil,The Velveteen Rabbit,Doug(for Nickelodeon),Nilus
the Sandman(Delaney& Friends),Juste Pour Rire,NBC's "David Copperfield",The
Legend of Hiawatha, as well as development work on many projects for feature
film and TV,including 6 screenplays,one of which was sold.
While operating Van Allen Animation in his native
Richmond VA, Keith directed,designed,animated and co-produced a series
of Chester Cheetos commercials for Central and South American markets.They
were the first toons to combine Chester with computer generated backgrounds,as
well as giving him a fuller and more classic animation look.In these spots
Keith was able to indulge his "inner Tex
Avery" to his heart's content. Today Keith is intent on
developing feature films both live and animated ,as well as his acting
career.He also provides a wide range of artistic services for film ,TV
and other media .See our PORTFOLIO pages
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| No, not to worry, he's not melting, it's my animation
drawing of a Care Bear stuck in taffy, from their first adventure,"Care
Bears in the Land Without Feelings"(Atkinson Film Arts), where they were
pitted against their extremely foul nemesis, rude ray gun pointer and name
caller,"Professor Coldheart"(above).KVA |
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