Anim 223 Final Exam Study Guide

Name the six people who broke the Race Barrier in animation

Frank Braxton, Flyod Norman, Bill Melendez, Tyrus Wong, Iwao Takamoto, Willie Ito

Floyd Norman notables

Started as a cartoonist.
1st long-term black Disney employee.
Established Vignette Films studio and recorded the riots.
Drafted into the army.
Worked on Sleeping Beauty/101 Dalmatians/Sword in the Stone/Jungle Book.

Where did Willie Ito and Iwao Takamoto spend most of their adolescent years?

Japanese internment camps

Who oversaw the animated Peanuts specials?

Bill Melendez

Who made The Dover Boys?

Chuck Jones

What type of animation was showcased in The Dover Boys?

Smear animation, when animation is distorted and stretched

Which studio (that didn’t exist yet) was influenced by The Dover Boys?

UPA

What were Chuck Jones’s two notable works in the 1960s?

How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Dot and the Line

The earliest ideas for UPA were formed when and where?

Formed on the picket line during the 1941 cartoonist strike

What cartoons did we watch by UPA?

Gerald McBoingBoing, Rooty Toot Toot, The Tell Tale Heart, Hell Bent For Election

What was UPA’s first film?

Hell Bent For Election

Who started UPA?

Dave Hilberman, Zack Schwartz, Steve Busustow, John Hubley

UPA was targeted by the HUAC. Why?

They were suspected of being communist/fraternizing with communists (some were communist), they were union activists, and liberal activists.

What was Tex Avery’s signature style? What was he the master of?

Extreme takes, breaking the fourth wall, fast-paced timing

Who coined the term “Claymation?”

Will Vinton

What film did Will Vinton create that won an Oscar (that we watched)?

Closed Mondays

What can you tell me about George Pal?

Created Puppetoons, worked on lots of science fiction films, his puppets didn’t have a signature style so he was very versatile

Who is most well-known for the image of King Kong on the Empire State Building?

Willis O’Brien

Who studied under Willis O’Brien?

Ray Harryhausen

What scene from which Ray Harryhausen film did we watch in class?

The skeleton fight scene from Jason and the Argonauts

Who created Gumby?

Art Clokey

What are the five feature films made by Disney in the 1950s?

Cinderella, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty

What was Walt Disney’s main focus in the 1950s?

Bringing his theme park “Disneyland” to life as well as dabbling in the television scene

What was the first X-rated animated feature?

Fritz the Cat

What was the first cartoon series created solely for television?

Crusader Rabbit

What series and studio did Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera work on before they left?

Tom and Jerry and MGM

What was Hanna-Barbera’s first television series?

Ruff and Ready

What was the first cartoon to be shown in the Primetime slot?

The Flintstones

Why were cartoons on television so popular in the 1950s?

Television served as an “electronic babysitter”

What studio was known for He-Man, She-ra, and Fat Albert?

Filmation

What films did Don Bluth release in the 1980s and 1990s?

The Secret of Nimh, The Land Before Time, An American Tail, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, All Dogs go to Heaven, Thumbelina, Anastasia, Rock-A-Doodle

What Zlatko Grgic film did we watch in class?

Hot Stuff

What is the anti-war film made by Canada in the 1950s that utilized Pixelation?

Norman McLaren's Neighbors

What Canadian film did we watch centered around the life of a rocking chair?

Crac!

What popular American animated character of the 1960s first appears in the opening credits of a movie by the same name?

Pink Panther

What British animation from the 1960s brought baby boomers back to animation?

Yellow Submarine - The Beatles

Who wrote The Animator’s Survival Kit?

Richard Williams

What famous film did Richard Williams direct?

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

What did Richard WIlliams spend most of his career doing?

Animated television commercials

What can you tell me about Andre and Wally B?

Pixar’s first film ever, first instance of 3D character animation (proof that it was possible to create appealing and funny characters on the computer)

What was the first full-length animated feature film?

Toy Story

These two films ushered in the 1990s animation renaissance

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and The Little Mermaid

What is the longest running sitcom in television history?

The Simpsons

This film was one of the first to make extensive use of any form of computer animation, and is celebrated as a milestone in the industry

Tron

What is the film that brought international recognition to Pixar?

Luxo Jr.

What were some domestically produced traditionally animated films from the 1990s (NON-Bluth, NON-Disney)

Cats Don't Dance, Iron Giant, Pagemaster, Swan Princess, Snow White, Fern Gully, Space Jam, Cool World, Rover Dangerfield, Bebe's Kids, Quest for Camelot

Name a few 1990s television shows created IN the 1990s

Spongebob, AAAHH Real Monsters, Family Guys, Dexter’s Laboratory, Powerpuff Girls, Ren and Stimpy, Daria, Recess, Ed Edd and Eddy, Tiny Toons, Cow and Chicken, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, South Park, Hey Arnold, Doug, Rugrats, Captain Planet, Rocko’s Modern Life, Johnny Bravo, The Wild Thornberrys, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Talespin, King of the Hill, Beavis and Butthead, Sonic the Hedgehog, Batman the Animated Series, The Critic, Bobby’s World

What sequence of events led to DreamWorks’s establishment

Frank Wells/Mike Eisner/Jeffrey Katzenberg led Disney successfully, Frank Wells does the funny, Eisner refused to promote Katzenberg like he promised, Katzenberg left Disney and successfully sued, then he started DreamWorks

Briefly explain why Cheapquels ended the 1990s animation renaissance.

Studios were churning out lower quality sequels in theaters, and families were less inclined to go see them. Competitive salaries and celebrity attention hiked up budgets and caused an overall job shortage.