Tuesday, 4 September 2012

Animation & Introduction.


Today we had to draw 3 small portraits of what represents us in a flm strip. We also were introduced to power points telling us more about the history of Animation. Above is a video of the whole classes film strips.


A little of history...
Felix The Cat, the most popular character and series of this period, started as the Feline Follies from Sullivan's Studio. The merchandising of Felix's image for dolls, watches, etc was very successful and paved the way for the later merchandising of animated characters. (1920)

1923 - Walt and Roy Disney found Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. 1930 - Warner Bros. Cartoons was born. First WB short was 'Sinking In The Bath Tub.'

1928 - Steamboat Willie was the first successful sound animated film; it made Mickey an international star and launched the Disney Studio of today.
Pluto character born in the Picnic. Fleischer introduced the character of in 'Betty Boop.'
1934 - Donald Duck voice debuts on Mickey Mouse's NBC radio programme. Warners, first Merrie Mellody in colour, the Looney Tunes were in B&W until 1943, coloured in 70's in Japan. In the 1950's Warner's burnt all their cels from these series to make storage space available.
1987 - The Simpsons started as spots on the Tracey Ullman show. 1991 - Beauty & The Beast, the first animated feature to be nominated for the Academy Award as Best Picture. 
1992 - Cartoon Network starts in 2 million homes, by 1995 in 22 million. Frog Baseball, starring Beavis Butthead, by Mike Judge, screened to an MTV focus group.

1993 Jurrasic Park use of CG for realistic living creatures.

1994 - The Lion King.1996 - The merger of Time Warner and Turner brings Warner Bros. Feature, TV, and Classic Animation. Hannah Barbara, Cartoon Network, plus a couple of others under one roof. 2001 - Shrek. This CG animated movie won the Academy Award for Best Animation. 2005 - The Simpsons. In it's 16th season, becomes the longest running television comedy series ever made surpassing The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, which tallied 15 seasons from 1952-66.

1995 - Toy Story. First full length 3D CG feature film. 1997 - King Of The Hill. 2000 - Finding Nemo. All time highest grossing animation of all time, beating out Beauty & The Beast.




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