ABSTRACT
Bob Sabiston and his company, Flat Black Films, have been making innovative animation since 1987. His student films from the MIT Media Lab, Grinning Evil Death and God’s Little Monkey, were some of the first films to combine 2D and 3D computer animation. Sabiston’s own films, including Roadhead, Snack and Drink, and Grasshopper, have been influential in the burgeoning field of animated documentary. Rotoscoped with a team of volunteers in Austin, Texas, Roadhead garnered a lot of attention on the film festival circuit. The short film Snack and Drink followed, a three-minute rotoscoped slice-of-life documentary that follows a young autistic man as he walks to a convenience store. Snack and Drink won several festival awards and became part of the Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA’s) permanent video collection. It also tied with Pixar’s A Bug’s Life for second place in the 1999 Prix Ars Electronica competition. Bob Sabiston. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780240814407/3554192d-1ee7-4fef-ab75-fe9307d02d8b/content/fig2_1_C.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
