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H-B Expands STUDIO EMPLOYMENT SOARS WITH NEW PRODUCTION SCHEDULE By John Michael i WHERE TO CUT IT?... Joe Barbera (left), Donald Douglas, a film editor, and Bill Hanna pause while cutting one of their THE WHOLE STORY. ..Joe Barbera (left) and Tony Benedict, H-B staff writer, review material from story board. increased activity in the entertain- ^ment, commercial and industrial film-producing divisions of Hanna- Barbera Productions has pushed production at H-B’s Hollywood stu¬ dios to its highest period in its ten years of operation. The peak work load established a record figure .when it sent the studio employment to nearly 500 with the return of animators, layout men, background painters, inkers, paint¬ ers and animation support person¬ nel to begin production on the many film projects. Hanna-Barbera Commercials has 15 60-second spots in various stages of production for leading advertis¬ ing agencies and their clients. H-B’s industrial film arm is work¬ ing on six different productions, ranging from 10- 25-minutes in length. Because of increased staff, Hanna- Barbera established an additional animation studio across the street from its main headquarters building STORY CONFERENCE Warren Foster, H-B staff writer, discusses movement of ani¬ mated characters across a story board. dios, a two-story, 4,500-square foot structure on Cahuenga Blvd. Forty-five H-B animators are work¬ ing in the new quarters on all prod¬ ucts for the new season. The new location will eventually house in ex¬ cess of 70 animators. Quarters in the main H-B building vacated by the animators will pro¬ vide additional office space for writers and other staff members, as well as allow for the enlargement of the employees’ lunch room. Currently under consideration by H-B is a new 15,000-square foot wing to house its expanding commercial film division and to provide space for the rapidly growing industrial and entertainment divisions. Construction of the new wing would bring total area occupied by Hanna-Barbera company to 55,000 square feet on two-and-one-half acres between Cahuenga Blvd. and the Hollywood Freeway entrance to the San Fernando Valley. io