The Optical

The Optical


The Optical 019 - Robert Swarthe, One From the Heart, The Outsiders, and Early HD Video

April 26, 2015

Complete show notes (with links) available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/019

We chat with animator and VFX artist Robert Swarthe about his work on One From the Heart, The Outsiders, a short film test with an early HD video camera, and his unproduced adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s The Fountains of Paradise.

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Features

One From the Heart (1982)
The Outsiders (1983)
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Guests

Robert Swarthe, animator and VFX artist

Music

All tracks by Digital Droo

Research Materials

Cinefex 11 — January 1983, also available in the Cinefex iPad app
Revisiting Cinefex (11): ET and Robert Swarthe by Graham Edwards

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