Why do people love animation so much? There are many dedicated and highly skilled animators we can thank for the amazing animated films we enjoy today.
These talented producers were directly responsible for developing the techniques still in use today. An animated film is basically the result of stop- frame photography, where an object is drawn or filmed one film frame at a time, moving the object slightly for each new frame. When the developed film frames are projected back (usually at 2. The early animated frames were drawn by hand, a very time intensive task.
Even though animated films, or . As cartoons developed over the years, companies actually specialized in creating movies more appealing to adults, but the vast majority of films still appealed to kids. The origin of cartoons can be directly linked to newspaper comic strips as early as 1. One of the first films developed was French in origin.
Emile Cohl's Fantasmagorie (1. France) was created from very simple and clownish stick figure drawings. Winsor Mc. Cay. As I mentioned, many talented animators worked hard to develop drawing technology over the years. Winsor Mc. Cay (1. He produced comic strips from 1. A true pioneer of this new . Making use of his original comic strip characters, he produced Little Nemo in Slumberland (1.
How a Mosquito Operates (1. In 1. 91. 4 he released Gertie the Dinosaur, a 1. Chicago's Palace Theater in February of that year. Regarded as the very first successful cartoon, the short film included both live action as well as animation. As you can well imagine, this was an amazing feat for it's time. In 1. 91. 8 Winsor Mc. Cay produced The Sinking of the Lusitania.
Described by some as propaganda, the 1. In this case he was re- creating the sinking of the RMS Lusitania on May 1. German U- Boat, killing 2. This film was also an early use of .
In 1. 91. 1 he produced The Grasshopper and the Ant as well as The Cameraman's Revenge. He's credited with the first use of cel animation. Yet another animation master. While Winsor Mc. Cay was producing Gertie the Dinosaur Bray learned many of Mc. Cay's techniques by posing as a journalist writing a piece on animation. He later patented the techniques and even attempted to sue Mc.
Cay. Fortunately Mc. Cay won the suit and was able to collect years of back royalties from John Randolph Bray. Felix the Cat. Felix the Cat, one of the giants of the cartoon world, first appeared in 1. Feline Follies and Musical Mews. Felix the Cat was created by Pat Sullivan Studios and Lead Animator, Otto Messmer.
Little Rocquefort, the mouse named after a cheese, decides his little mouse-hole room could stand a bit of redecorating and, as fate and good story. Seznam risank po abecedi in . Good Mousekeeping (1952) Good Neighbor Nudnik (1966) Good news, bad news (2011) Good Night (2000) Good Night (2006). Good Mousekeeping - A Parody (Cat Humor) Ilene Hochberg. 5.0 out of 5 stars 15. Thomas Hagey was born in 1952 near Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
Voice Actor Profile for Jim Cummings including resume of voice-over work. 03 November 1952 Birthplace: Youngstown.
The actual genesis of Felix is in question between Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer, so it's anybody's guess who the . From 1. 92. 2 to 1.
Margaret J. Educational Pictures began distribution of the cartoons after that. Felix the Cat was one of the well known animation characters that made thejourney from silent film to talkies. Even though Pat Sullivan transitioned Felix the Cat to sound, the effort was not successful. With this failure and the growing popularity of Disney’s Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat was to be no more. His last film was The Last Life in 1.
See more about Housekeeping, Good housekeeping and September. List of Terrytoons animated shorts This is a list of. 1952; GOOD MOUSEKEEPING (ROQUEFORT & PERCY) - October 1, 1952; NICE DOGGY (TERRY BEARS) - October 1.
Lotte Reiniger. Lotte Reiniger was an Avant- Garde German filmmaker who produced the first animated feature length film. Reiniger employed quite innovative methods such as Silhouette Animation, Wax and Sand on the film stock as well as Multi- Plane Camera Techniques.
Reiniger is another motivated soul greatly responsible for advancing animation to what we enjoy today. Walt Disney with his World Class Star, Mickey Mouse. Walt Disney. Just what can be said about Walt Disney? Without doubt, the undisputed King of Animation (with his own Castle(s), PLURAL, to prove it), he started out as an advertising cartoonist for a Kansas City Film Advertising company.
The very first Disney cartoon was Little Red Riding Hood (1. This was part of the Newman Laugh- O- Grams along with Four Musicians of Bremen (1. The Alice Comedies. In 1. 92. 3 the Disney Brothers (Walt and Roy) setup shop in Los Angeles, CA (the Disney Brothers Studio). From 1. 92. 3 to 1. Alice Comedies (Alice in Cartoonland). With 5. 6 episodes in the series, including Alice’s Day at Sea (1.
Alice herself) and a cartoon world. Oswald the “Lucky” Rabbit. Oswald the “Lucky” Rabbit was Disney’s first successful animal cartoon star. Oswald was the star of 2. Universal Pictures in 1.
The series included films like Trolley Troubles (1. Poor Papa (1. 92. The movies were all black and white as well as silent. Ultimately the Disneys were forced to relinquish Oswald to Walter Lantz. Walter Lantz's . The character was Mortimer Mouse, the crude predecessor to Disney’s cartoon superstar, Mickey Mouse. Mortimer, developed initially by VB Iwerks (1.
Oswald the “Lucky” Rabbit without the bunny ears. The word “lucky” in Oswald’s name is at least a little ironic as the truly “lucky” one was Mickey who became the greatest cartoon superstar on the planet! Oswald, on the other hand can only claim a humble place in cartoon development history. Mickey Mouse. Plane Crazy (1.
Mickey Mouse cartoon ever produced. In the short Mickey tries to impress Minnie Mouse by imitating Charles Lindbergh’s famous solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1. Even though Steamboat Willie (1. Mickey’s second film, many folks consider this film to be Mickey Mouse’s film debut as well as his birth date (1. Based on Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill (1.
Mickey appears without his classic white gloves and does not speak. Later on Nov 1. 8th of 1. Mickey was re- drawn with his famous four fingered white gloves. Despite the new addition of sound (music and effects), Mickey still does not speak. The first film where Mickey actually does speak was The Karnival Kid (1. As a hot dog vendor at the “Karnival,” he shouts “Hot Dogs!” two times. Walt’s voice was used for Mickey’s voice at this time.
The Fleischer Brothers. The Fleischer Brothers – Max, Dave, Joe and Lou, (I feel like we’re in a Pep Boys commercial here. The stakes were high, as in 1. Max Fleischer invented the Rotoscope, a device that revolutionized the frame copying process b overlaying drawings onto live action film. The Fleischers were also pioneers in the creation of three dimensional (3. D) backgrounds for cartoons. Their first feature length film was a ”documentary- animation” called Einstein’s Theory of Relativity (1.
The Fleischers were also first to produce a series of cartoons with soundtracks when they created Ko- Ko Song Car- Tunes. One of the unique features of these films was an invitation from .
Between 1. 95. 4 and 1. Richard Fleischer, the son of Max Fleischer, actually directed some of Disney's most successful live action films.
In 1. 95. 4 it was 2. Leagues Under the Sea, an absolute Disney classic. In 1. 96. 6 Richard Fleischer directed Fantastic Voyage. In 1. 96. 7 he directed Dr. Dolittle, the very successful franchise that was recently updated quite well by actor- comedian Eddie Murphy. And in 1. 97. 3 it was the unbelievably classic Soylent Green (SPOILER ALERT!) where .
Some they invented, and others they licensed and developed into films. Ko- Ko The Clown.
The very first successful Fleischer cartoon character was Ko- Ko The Clown. Beginning in 1. 91. Bimbo's success would soon take a second seat to Fleischer's next and arguably most successful cartoon character. Fleischer Brothers' Ko- Ko the Clown. Introducing Miss Betty Boop. In 1. 93. 0, based on an amalgum of Mae West and Clara Bow's .
Her next appearance, where she was first called . In this film Betty's dress keeps falling down as she sings .
Betty's first screen credit as . Some notable films would be Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (1. Boop- Oop- A- Doop (1. Minnie the Moocher (1. Snow White (1. 93.
This was the first adaptation of a Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale in animated form. Miss Boop also gladly appeared (she was said to be very pleasant to work with..) in Betty Boop's Rise To Fame (1.
Poor Cinderella (1. Poor Cinderella was Betty's first film produced in color. Betty's hair is red in the film.
In Riding the Rails (1. Betty dances a sexy hula and actually displays some cleavage!
Her last cartoon appearance was 1. Yip Yip Yippy. The Birth of a Very Popular Sailor Man. Popeye the Sailor got his start as a character in King Features .
Thanks to Popeye's phenomenal success, the strip was renamed . The shorts were distributed by Paramount Pictures. Popeye's first film appearance was alongside Miss Betty Boop herself in 1. Popeye the Sailor. During the short they dance the sexy hula together (lots of sexy hula dancing going on with the Fleischers).
Another Fleischer Brothers Flagship Character - Popeye the Sailor Man. Voices of the Sailor Man. From 1. 93. 3 to 1. Popeye's voice was that of William Costello. He was dismissed in 1. Jack Mercer took on the reigns of creating Popeye's voice.
Later on, Mae Questel would become the voice of both Olive Oyl and Sweat Pea. The first Popeye cartoon was I Yam What I Yam (1. Popeye's first technicolor film was Popeye Meets Sinbad the Sailor (1.
This film used multi- plane three dimensional backdrops and was the Fleischer's first Academy Award nomination. First was his theme song, which could possibly be one of the most well known theme songs ever. Secondly, in 1. 93.
Popeye actually achieved greater popularity than Disney behemoth, Mickey Mouse. In 1. 98. 0 Robert Altman adapted Popeye to a feature length live action motion picture starring Robin Williams as Popeye and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl. Despite a strong ensemble cast and one of America's most beloved cartoon characters, the film was not well received either critically or commercially. The Fleischers, and the Man of Tomorrow. Thanks to an agreement with Paramount and DC Comics in the early 4.
Fleischers produced 1. Superman cartoons. The first film, Superman (1. In this cartoon Superman battles giant bank robbing robots created by a greedy and unscrupulous scientist. The Fleischer's Feature Films. The Fleischer Brothers produced two feature length cartoons, one which met with some success and one which failed. Gulliver's Travels (1.
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