- Title: ALE-10
- Summary: WAH MING CHANG INTERVIEW: INTERVIEWS FILMED RELATED TO FILM MAKER GEORGE PAL
- Description:01:00:00 - WOMAN MAKES TESTING STATEMENT ABOUT INTERVIEW, FANTASY FILM AWARDS 01:00:12 - MS OF WAH MING CHANG, INTERVIEW, TALKS ABOUT LEARNING ABOUT GEORGE PAL WHEN HE WAS WORKING AT DISNEY IN ANIMATION, COUPLE OF FALSE STARTS, MENTIONS BEING IMPRESSED WITH HIS PUPPETS AND ANIMATION. MENTIONS HAVING POLIO, RAY HARRYHAUSEN, WILLIS O'BRIEN, PUPPETOONS, SPECIAL EFFECTS 01:05:21 - MS OF WAH MING CHANG, INTERVIEW CONTINUES -MENTIONS GEORGE PAL BEING AHEAD OF HIS TIME,TALKS ABOUT "TOM THUMB" BEING SHOT IN ENGLAND, (FLY KEEPS BOTHERING CHANG) -TALKS ABOUT THE MANY WAX FACES USED TO CREATE YAWNING MAN 01:10:09 - INTERVIEW WITH CHANG CONTINUES, DESCRIBES THE PROCESS: SOUNDTRACK CAME FIRST AND ANIMATION WOULD MATCH EACH SOUND AND PAUSE; ANIMATION ON "TOM THUMB" TOOK ABOUT 5 MONTHS; INSPIRATION FOR THE YAWNING MAN 01:13:13 - INTERVIEW WITH CHANG CONTINUES: TALKS ABOUT THE MAKING OF MOVIE "THE TIME MACHINE", USE OF TIME LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY, STOP MOTION ANIMATION -SAYS IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH GEORGE, EVERYTHING WAS VERY WELL PLANNED 01:16:28 - INTERVIEW CONTINUES: DISCUSSION OF "THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BROTHERS GRIMM", GEORGE PAL ALLOWED WAH CHANG TO DIRECT THE ELF SEQUENCE, HE DESCRIBES THE PROCESS OF DIRECTING ANIMATION AS CHOREOGRAPHY, HE WAS HELPED BY DAVID PAL, (SON OF GEORGE PAL), MENTIONS DRAGON SEQUENCE AND GENE WARREN 01:19:23 - WAH CHANG TELLS STORY ABOUT HAVING TO MAKE A MINIATURE BUDDY HACKETT TO FILM DRAGON SEQUENCE IN "THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BROTHERS GRIMM" 01:20:32 - CHANG ASKS TO TURN DOWN FAN 01:20:49 - WAH MING CHANG CONTINUES: TALKS ABOUT THE MAKING OF "THE SEVEN FACES OF DOCTOR LAO", TALKS ABOUT THE MAKING THE SERPENT HEAD, CHANG ASKS TO STOP FOR A MINUTE 01:22:23 - INTERVIEW CONTINUES, CHANG TALKS ABOUT HIS DESIGN FOR THE SERPENT BEING AN ARTHUR O'CONNELL PORTRAIT 01:24:45 - INTERVIEW CONTINUES, WAH MING CHANG TALKS ABOUT HOW HE FIRST BECAME AWARE OF GEORGE PAL, WHITE HE WAS WORKING FOR DISNEY, "THE PHILLIPS BROADCAST OF 1938", MENTIONS BEING STRICKEN WITH POLIO, GEORGE PAL'S PUPPETOONS -NAMES THE MOVIES HE MADE WITH GEORGE PAL, MENTIONS DR SEUSS FILMS, JASPAR FILMS 01:28:02 - WAH MING CHANG IS ASKED FOR FINAL THOUGHTS AS INTERVIEW ENDS, TAKES A LONG TIME TO THINK, "GEORGE PAL LEAD THE WAY FOR THE FILMS THAT ARE SO POPULAR" ***INTERVIEW ENDS*** 01:29:52 - SMALL GARDEN SCULPTURE OF A LITTLE GIRL AND A FROG, CAMERA FOCUSES IN ON WOODEN SHOES AND ROCKS ON DECK, PAN OF VIEW FROM DECK OF HOUSE, SCULPTED STONE OWL 01:32:31 - METAL CAST OR SCULPTURE OF DRAGON HATCHING FROM AN EGG 01:33:24 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1990
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1990s
- File Name: ALE-10