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| What is Limited Animation? |
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- The process of making animated cartoons that does not redraw entire frames, but reuses much.
- Was a cost cutting measure, made popular by Hanna Barbera |
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| How did UPA staff its company? |
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| This was at the time that many Disney animators went on strike, so UPA poached them. |
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| What influence on UPA did Chuck Jones have? |
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| He was responsible for providing a creative spark at UPA. He demonstrated that animation could freely experiment with character design, depth, and perspective to create a vision appropriate to the subject matter. |
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| Who was the first big star for UPA? |
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| Mr. Magoo, who appeared in the 1950s. |
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| What was another big hit by UPA, which was based on Dr. Seuss? |
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| Gerald McBoing-Boing. Won an academy award for UPA. |
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| Who was one of the first guys to lead at UPA, and where did he come from? |
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| How did UPA get its distribution contract? |
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| - UPA went to a crowded field of theater cartoons to sustain it self, and won a contract with Columbia Pictures. |
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| What was Columbias stipulation to sign UPA? |
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| In order for them to agree to the deal, Columbia made UPA take "Fox and the Crow" and animate it. Columbia didn't like the final product, but it eventually won an award and Columbia accepted it. |
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| What is Continuous Path of Animation? |
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| A flat style where everything appears to be on a flat surface in animation. |
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| What was unique about MGM in regards to animation? |
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| They were naturally a big live action studio, but they had a animation studio on premises, which was very unique. It created a great work environment for everyone. |
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| What was Happy Harmonies? |
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| Name of the series distributed by MGM. It was their first big hit. |
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| Who led the Happy Harmonies project? |
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| Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, between 1934 and 1938. |
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| What was another big hit for Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising? |
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| What was the first cartoon by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna? |
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| Which project eventually led to Tom and Jerry? |
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| Puss Gets the Boot. Tom and Jerry eventually became the most valuable property at MGM. |
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| What did Tex Avery change about MGM? |
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| Changed their culture at MGM. He brought his crazy style, which had exaggerated characters and situations. He influenced the people around him. |
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| What character did Tex Avery create at MGM? |
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| When and why did MGM close Averys unit? |
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| 1953, because they were anticipating a huge rush in 3D animation. |
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| When did MGMs animation department shutdown & what did it lead to? |
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| 1957. This led to Hannah Barbera going and making their own studio. |
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| What was Winsor McCays big project & when was it made? |
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| Gertie the Dinosaur. 1914. |
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| Who was Disneys first partner and what did he do of significance? |
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| Ub Iwerks, and he drew Mickey Mouse |
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| What lesson did Charles Mints teach Disney? |
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Disney went to NY to talk about Oswald the Rabbit to try to get more money. Mints fired Disney, and took all his characters.
Disney learned: always own your characters when you are working on them. |
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| What is regarded at the most accomplished thing that Disney did? |
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| Who created the story board? |
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| Who created the multiplane camera? |
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| What was significant about Max Fleischer? |
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| He was a terrible business man, and was more of a technical person than an artist. |
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| What famous mouse did Paul Terry make? |
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| Paul Terry's animation studio. Included Mighy Mouse, Gandy Goose, and Dinky Duck. |
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| What did Paul Terry say about Disney? |
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| If Disney is Tiffanys, Im the Woolworth. |
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| What was something significant that Paul Terry said? |
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| He said that Disney could take as long as they wanted to create their cartoons, he was going to push it out in 2 weeks. He was a man all about money. |
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| What was Mighty Mouses original name? |
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| Who created Wood the Wood Pecker? |
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| Why did Walter Lantz leave the industry? |
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| Was fed up with the fact that it would take 10 years to make money back on a cartoon. |
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| Name four famous animators from Warner Brothers? |
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1. Chuck Jones
2. Tex Avery
3. Robert "Bob" Clampett
4. Friz Freleng |
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| Who is the Mount Rushmore of animated cartoon voices? |
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| What was Tex Averys famous quote about animated cartoons? |
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With its limitless potentially for exaggeration or flights of fancy, what is the point of an animated movie if you dont make it amazing?
Good example = Pochontos. What was the point of this being animated? |
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| What made Disney films loved? |
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| What are the 3 legs of animation? |
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1. Sound
2. Story
3. Visual Language |
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| What character did Bob Clampett make famous? |
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| What odd character did Bob Clampett make, and who did he become? |
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| He created a character called Egg Head, and he became Elber Fud |
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| What is the Black Out Gag? |
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When something happens that seems like it is the finale, and all of a sudden something else starts like it never happened.
Road Runner is a great example. Made popular by Warner Brothers. |
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| The Van Beuren Studios, in 1931, for plagiarizing Mickey Mouse. They received a temporary court injunction. |
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