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1. ___________ is just as its title suggests; a series of comic-strip style drawings filmed sequentially - with an occasional animated effect
telecomics
Bob Godfrey
Rene Laloux
Zagreb school
2. _____________ have always claimed that they 'want to make a world that is seen through a dirty pane of glass.' they make puppets that look like old dolls abused by many generations of children - construct the sets - arrange the lighting - and do the
Quay Brothers
viking eggeling
Ray Harryhausen
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
3. In 1972 - Brooklyn born animator __________________ directed the first X-rated animated feature - fritz the cat - which recieved much critical and commercial success - but his promise seemed increasingly to diminish as the decade wore on.
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Alice in wonderland
Hayao Miyazaki
Ralph Bakshi
4. In 1972 - Brooklyn born animator __________________ directed the first X-rated animated feature - fritz the cat - which recieved much critical and commercial success - but his promise seemed increasingly to diminish as the decade wore on.
Ralph Bakshi
Katsuhiro Otomo
Richard Williams
felix the cat
5. The film - LA PLANET SAUVAGE - directed by __________________ was one of the first feature length animations dedicated to adults and science fiction
Lotte reineger
Lotte reineger
Rene Laloux
Zagreb school
6. This japanese artist was a second wave animator that studed western animation tecks and pioneered the use of cel animation in japan
Ray Harryhausen
Lotte reineger
winsor mccay
Yasuji marata
7. Nothing prepared __________ and _________ for the shock of going from $50000 they typically spent on once short at MGM to $2700 they had to switch to
Terry Gilliam
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
winsor mccay
Chuck Jones
8. Because it offered almost no depth of character or story - neither the press nor the movie goers gave ___________ a warm welcome - and even it s animators seemed eager to disown it.
Max fleischer
Alice in wonderland
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Will Vinton
9. Russian animator is known for establishing the art of stop-motion animation. his puppets - were made with wire and plaster
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Ladislas Starewitch
Emile cohl
Chuck Jones
10. The idea of a feature cartoon that dealt with such seious subject as anti-communisms and contained little or no laughs was a challenge to the Halas and Batchelor team - but the proceeded and started production on __________________ in '51
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Ladislas Starewitch
animal farm
winsor mccay
11. While willis o'brian animated KING KONG appeared jerky and moved too fast on screen - _______________ created mighty joe young with more subtlety and slowed the animation down to convey a sense of scale.
Ralph Bakshi
Ray Harryhausen
winsor mccay
Jiri Trnka
12. Action for Children's Television (ACT) grew out of the suburban Boston living room of the housewife and mother _____________ - who used her organization to lobby washington to impose new rules on kids' programming on cartoons
Ladislas Starewitch
telecomics
Will Vinton
Peggy Charen
13. Action for Children's Television (ACT) grew out of the suburban Boston living room of the housewife and mother _____________ - who used her organization to lobby washington to impose new rules on kids' programming on cartoons
Rene Laloux
Don Bluth
Peggy Charen
Quay Brothers
14. He created humorous phases of funny faces using frame-frame animation drawn on a chalkboard
viking eggeling
Stuart Blackton
John are bray
Gene Deitch
15. _____________ have always claimed that they 'want to make a world that is seen through a dirty pane of glass.' they make puppets that look like old dolls abused by many generations of children - construct the sets - arrange the lighting - and do the
Peggy Charen
Bob Godfrey
Ralph Bakshi
Quay Brothers
16. By 1958. CBS terrytoons was out UPA-ing UPA!__________ picked up the ball and kept running - fulfilling the promise of UPA by producing contemporary cartoons that reflicted modern life using modern art
Gene Deitch
Hayao Miyazaki
Dusan Vukotic
Stuart Blackton
17. _______________ was the Czech master of Stop-motion puppet animation. his talent lay in creating the illusion that the puppets were acting out of their own will rahter that being controled by a puppeteer
Jiri Trnka
Quay Brothers
Richard Williams
Lotte reineger
18. After 'why crows are black' was mistakedn at the '55 venice festival for soviet animation - ________ was determined that chinese animation shoult have a distinctive chinese look
John are bray
Ladislas Starewitch
tei wei
John are bray
19. ________'s work is full of bizarre kafka-esque fantasies - such as a man-eating baby carriage - elephantine chickens descending from above and squashing and unsuspecting onlooker - flying houses - and an unhealthy obsession with dismembered feet
Terry Gilliam
Stuart Blackton
Quay Brothers
Peggy Charen
20. During the 1970's and 80's _____________________ almost single-handedly revitalized stop-motion animationwith his trademarded claymation shorts and helped establish the viability of regional animaion in the US
Peggy Charen
Chuck Jones
Will Vinton
animal farm
21. _______________ was the Czech master of Stop-motion puppet animation. his talent lay in creating the illusion that the puppets were acting out of their own will rahter that being controled by a puppeteer
Quay Brothers
Jiri Trnka
Yasuji marata
felix the cat
22. The films of ______________________ were not commercially succesful in Japan until he reluctantly allowed his characters to be merchandised. after selling the rights - his films became some of the top-grossing films in japan
Hayao Miyazaki
Yasuji marata
animal farm
Quay Brothers
23. He created humorous phases of funny faces using frame-frame animation drawn on a chalkboard
Stuart Blackton
tei wei
Ladislas Starewitch
Max fleischer
24. ________'s work is full of bizarre kafka-esque fantasies - such as a man-eating baby carriage - elephantine chickens descending from above and squashing and unsuspecting onlooker - flying houses - and an unhealthy obsession with dismembered feet
Bob Godfrey
John are bray
Dusan Vukotic
Terry Gilliam
25. AKIRA began life ans a best selling manga series in Japan -. when first financial interests wanted to turn it into a feature film ________________ refused to sell the rights unless he had total artistic control as director
cinemascope
Katsuhiro Otomo
Alice in wonderland
Industrial
26. Music all songs and merchandising tie ins propelled his fame
Dusan Vukotic
Hayao Miyazaki
felix the cat
cinemascope
27. This animation pioneer got his start designing postes and comic strips and one of this first films LITTLE NEMO - was based on a comic star
telecomics
Industrial
winsor mccay
cinemascope
28. ___________ is just as its title suggests; a series of comic-strip style drawings filmed sequentially - with an occasional animated effect
winsor mccay
Emile cohl
Zagreb school
telecomics
29. Known for creating cartooon for both adult audiences and young children - _________ promoted 'roobabr and custard' the first animated TV series to be made in the UK that is remembered for its colorful use of magic markers
Dusan Vukotic
Bob Godfrey
Rene Laloux
Lotte reineger
30. Music all songs and merchandising tie ins propelled his fame
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones
felix the cat
31. The film - LA PLANET SAUVAGE - directed by __________________ was one of the first feature length animations dedicated to adults and science fiction
Rene Laloux
Katsuhiro Otomo
Ray Harryhausen
Lotte reineger
32. After publicly quitting Disney Studios - ____________________ created the critically acclaimed film THE SECRET OF NIMH - which received the almost-forgotten art of pre-war disney animation
Emile cohl
Don Bluth
felix the cat
Lotte reineger
33. By 1958. CBS terrytoons was out UPA-ing UPA!__________ picked up the ball and kept running - fulfilling the promise of UPA by producing contemporary cartoons that reflicted modern life using modern art
Max fleischer
Lotte reineger
John are bray
Gene Deitch
34. Worked on the Warner Bros. stock characters
Chuck Jones
Katsuhiro Otomo
UPA
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
35. One of the creative obstacles associated with __________ was the fact that the films would eventually be shown on television - so the main action had to occur in the middle of the screen
Jiri Trnka
viking eggeling
Rene Laloux
cinemascope
36. In '58 under ___________ and _______________ - toie doga began the modern japanese animation industryby producion one color feature per year
viking eggeling
Industrial
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Ladislas Starewitch
37. This animation pioneer got his start designing postes and comic strips and one of this first films LITTLE NEMO - was based on a comic star
Alice in wonderland
Lotte reineger
Flintstones
winsor mccay
38. While willis o'brian animated KING KONG appeared jerky and moved too fast on screen - _______________ created mighty joe young with more subtlety and slowed the animation down to convey a sense of scale.
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Dusan Vukotic
Richard Williams
Ray Harryhausen
39. Swedish artist played an integral role in the enhancement of experimental animation. he pained abstact designs on to scrolls
Katsuhiro Otomo
Rene Laloux
tei wei
viking eggeling
40. This animator devised a streamlined method of printing backgrounds - and then employed celluloid overlays containing the background elements as an imporvenment over the printing method.
Quay Brothers
Don Bluth
John are bray
Hayao Miyazaki
41. The idea of a feature cartoon that dealt with such seious subject as anti-communisms and contained little or no laughs was a challenge to the Halas and Batchelor team - but the proceeded and started production on __________________ in '51
Zagreb school
Emile cohl
Alice in wonderland
animal farm
42. After publicly quitting Disney Studios - ____________________ created the critically acclaimed film THE SECRET OF NIMH - which received the almost-forgotten art of pre-war disney animation
Rene Laloux
Stuart Blackton
Ladislas Starewitch
Don Bluth
43. During the 1970's and 80's _____________________ almost single-handedly revitalized stop-motion animationwith his trademarded claymation shorts and helped establish the viability of regional animaion in the US
Gene Deitch
Will Vinton
John are bray
Rene Laloux
44. AKIRA began life ans a best selling manga series in Japan -. when first financial interests wanted to turn it into a feature film ________________ refused to sell the rights unless he had total artistic control as director
Katsuhiro Otomo
Emile cohl
Dusan Vukotic
Ladislas Starewitch
45. The films of ______________________ were not commercially succesful in Japan until he reluctantly allowed his characters to be merchandised. after selling the rights - his films became some of the top-grossing films in japan
Lotte reineger
Hayao Miyazaki
Yasuji marata
tei wei
46. One of the creative obstacles associated with __________ was the fact that the films would eventually be shown on television - so the main action had to occur in the middle of the screen
Hayao Miyazaki
cinemascope
Lotte reineger
Don Bluth
47. Known for creating cartooon for both adult audiences and young children - _________ promoted 'roobabr and custard' the first animated TV series to be made in the UK that is remembered for its colorful use of magic markers
Ray Harryhausen
Emile cohl
UPA
Bob Godfrey
48. In '58 under ___________ and _______________ - toie doga began the modern japanese animation industryby producion one color feature per year
cinemascope
Quay Brothers
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Emile cohl
49. Swedish artist played an integral role in the enhancement of experimental animation. he pained abstact designs on to scrolls
Katsuhiro Otomo
Gene Deitch
viking eggeling
Stuart Blackton
50. Worked on the Warner Bros. stock characters
Chuck Jones
Quay Brothers
tei wei
UPA