Animato

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title: "Animato" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-independent-films", "1970s-stop-motion-animated-films", "1977-films", "animated-anthology-films", "1977-american-animated-films", "american-animated-short-films", "compilation-films", "films-directed-by-mike-jittlov", "1977-animated-short-films", "american-collage-films", "1970s-collage-films"] description: "1977 film by Mike Jittlov" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animato" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1977 film by Mike Jittlov ::

Animato is a compilation of short films by Mike Jittlov, making extensive use of stop motion, pixilation, kinestasis, animation, and multiple exposures.

Summary

It features the films The Interview, Swing Shift, Rocketman, The Leap, Time Tripper and Fashionation.

Reception

It was screened at Filmex in 1977. Regis Philbin was so impressed by the short Time Tripper that he had it televised.

Fashionation is one of the well-known animated segments. The short was made using kinestasis and cutout animation, mostly from fashion magazines illustrating the lyrics of the song "I Know a Place" by Petula Clark. It also extensively used multiple exposures, pixilation and stop motion for the brief live-action sequence.

References

References

1. Cap'n Hector. (12 April 2009). "Swing".
2. VPR2B. (19 March 2017). "Fashionation - Mike Jittlov - STEREO (Pitch corrected version)".
3. "Mike Jittlov's "The Wizard of Speed and Time": His Life's a Special Effect! – Night Flight".
4. ados4k. (26 May 2013). "Mike Jittlov Demo Reel SFX (Part 2 of 2)".
5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKsSo1u0dMc 30th Birthday Pre-Film Extravaganza by Savage Cinema-YouTube]
6. "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1977 -".
7. (2 November 2017). "Animato – Fashionation (1979)".
8. "LSC Movies Calendar Descriptions".

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