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Which one
is Pink, which one is Ain't?
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The original intent was for the eraser to be named Pink (he
is, after all, pink), and the pencil to be Ain't (because he ain't pink).
There's another school of thought that says that the eraser should be called
Ain't, since he erases stuff. I guess that doesn't explain why the pencil
would be called Pink, though....
Anyway, the official line is that the eraser is Pink, and
the pencil is Ain't.
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Who are the main creators of
Pink and Ain't?
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I, David Johnston, was the main force behind most of the
project (as may be apparent from the closing credits). It started as a
group effort, though, between me, Mitch Zapp, and Jon Killen. Randy Nelson
worked with me for several months to write the musical score.
- David Johnston
When the project started I was in my third year of attending the University
of Oregon. It was my first Advanced Animation course, my fifth
animation course overall. That summer I had taken some great animation
classes as part of the university's "animation academy", and I was
excited and ready to apply my new skills.
Ken O'Connell, the professor for the class, decided we should do group
projects, so I was teamed up with Matt and Jon, the only other two people
interested in traditional drawn animation. We worked on Pink and Ain't
all that term, and at the end both Mitch and Jon decided they wanted to go
on with new things rather than continue work on the same animation. I
continued to plug away at it, and finished it in the summer of 2000. I
completed my last university coursework in the winter of 2001, and will
officially graduate in the spring with two degrees -- one in CIS, the other
in Art.
I worked briefly for Pipeworks Software, a game company in Eugene,
Oregon. The project I was working on lost its funding, though, so I'm
now looking for a new position. You can view my resume here.
- Mitch Zapp
Mitch came up with the original story idea for Pink and Ain't, though
the three of us modified it quite a bit from its original state in order to
make it a tighter story. Mitch did the animation on a hilarious
opening title sequence that was eventually cut. I was sad to see it
go, but it just didn't fit well enough with the overall story. He also
inked most of the 1500 or so pencil-drawn frames to prepare them for
shooting. Mitch was an art major, and he has since graduated.
I'm not sure where he is or what he's doing now.
- Jon Killen
Jon was in his first term as an animation student when we started work
on the project. He did about 2/3rds of the animation of the
pencil. He was also an art student, focusing on sequential art (comic
book type stuff). He has since graduated, and last I heard he was
working as a director of documentary videos.
- Randy Nelson
Randy was a composition major in the University of Oregon School of
Music. He was in Composition III in the Spring of 2000, when I asked
the professor teaching that class if he had any students who would like to
help me on Pink and Ain't. Randy responded and we started work.
It was a back-and-forth process between us, with him writing the music and
me giving feedback. I think what we ended up with is a great
complement to the animation. It's amazing the difference that music
can make in a film.
Last I knew, Randy was still a student and was planning on having the Pink
and Ain't music performed at his senior recital, as the video was being
projected on a screen. It would have been great! Unfortunately,
he doesn't seem to be in school any more, and I haven't heard from him in
nearly a year. I emailed his old composition professor and he
doesn't have a clue either. Drat, and I was hoping to get a new recording with the
musicians he was going to use in his recital.... If anyone has any
information about how I can get in contact with Randy, please email
me.
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