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1. 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
tei wei
telecomics
Don Bluth
Richard Williams
2. 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
Lotte reineger
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Will Vinton
Bob Godfrey
3. 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
animal farm
Lotte reineger
Quay Brothers
Industrial
4. This japanese artist was a second wave animator that studed western animation tecks and pioneered the use of cel animation in japan
Alice in wonderland
tei wei
Terry Gilliam
Yasuji marata
5. _______________ 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
Katsuhiro Otomo
Lotte reineger
Hayao Miyazaki
Jiri Trnka
6. In '58 under ___________ and _______________ - toie doga began the modern japanese animation industryby producion one color feature per year
Quay Brothers
Bob Godfrey
Will Vinton
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
7. With the depression and wartime rationing over - many new american goods and services were for sale - the most dynamic medium for selling them was the __________ film
Lotte reineger
Industrial
Zagreb school
Emile cohl
8. _________ TV's first prime time animated series - was written with more sophistication that the likes of huckleberry hound or yogi bear - and it appealed equally to adults and children
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Katsuhiro Otomo
Flintstones
Peggy Charen
9. _____________ 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
cinemascope
Quay Brothers
Ray Harryhausen
Richard Williams
10. Music all songs and merchandising tie ins propelled his fame
felix the cat
Alice in wonderland
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Will Vinton
11. 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
Alice in wonderland
Will Vinton
Katsuhiro Otomo
Terry Gilliam
12. 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.
Quay Brothers
Will Vinton
Ralph Bakshi
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
13. In the early '50's the style of _________a departure from the traditional realistic design approach was so ingluential that nearly all the other studios went in that direction.
Will Vinton
cinemascope
UPA
Ladislas Starewitch
14. In '62 'ersatz' or 'substitute' in english became the first film from outside the US to win an academy award for best animated short. directed by _____________ it tells the story of a tourist on a beach who 'inflates' an entire village
Max fleischer
UPA
Hayao Miyazaki
Dusan Vukotic
15. In the early '50's the style of _________a departure from the traditional realistic design approach was so ingluential that nearly all the other studios went in that direction.
Flintstones
animal farm
UPA
Lotte reineger
16. 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
Quay Brothers
Ladislas Starewitch
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
winsor mccay
17. _____________ 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
Don Bluth
Zagreb school
Quay Brothers
Flintstones
18. The film - LA PLANET SAUVAGE - directed by __________________ was one of the first feature length animations dedicated to adults and science fiction
Max fleischer
felix the cat
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Rene Laloux
19. 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
Emile cohl
tei wei
Katsuhiro Otomo
Peggy Charen
20. Russian animator is known for establishing the art of stop-motion animation. his puppets - were made with wire and plaster
Ladislas Starewitch
Will Vinton
Emile cohl
Ray Harryhausen
21. ___________ is just as its title suggests; a series of comic-strip style drawings filmed sequentially - with an occasional animated effect
Rene Laloux
Zagreb school
UPA
telecomics
22. 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
Max fleischer
tei wei
Emile cohl
23. The film - LA PLANET SAUVAGE - directed by __________________ was one of the first feature length animations dedicated to adults and science fiction
Hayao Miyazaki
felix the cat
Rene Laloux
Industrial
24. A disillusioned disney animator - ______________ supplemented the cost of 'little island' by working on commercials for dog food - Guinness - and the mothers pride sliced bread during the day and his won project by night
Ralph Bakshi
Richard Williams
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Flintstones
25. 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
Lotte reineger
Richard Williams
animal farm
Rene Laloux
26. In '58 under ___________ and _______________ - toie doga began the modern japanese animation industryby producion one color feature per year
Industrial
Quay Brothers
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Flintstones
27. He created humorous phases of funny faces using frame-frame animation drawn on a chalkboard
winsor mccay
Stuart Blackton
Flintstones
Katsuhiro Otomo
28. 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
Gene Deitch
tei wei
Don Bluth
Bob Godfrey
29. 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.
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Jiri Trnka
Richard Williams
John are bray
30. This japanese artist was a second wave animator that studed western animation tecks and pioneered the use of cel animation in japan
Jiri Trnka
Yasuji marata
Will Vinton
Flintstones
31. In '62 'ersatz' or 'substitute' in english became the first film from outside the US to win an academy award for best animated short. directed by _____________ it tells the story of a tourist on a beach who 'inflates' an entire village
Ralph Bakshi
tei wei
Dusan Vukotic
Ralph Bakshi
32. 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
cinemascope
Emile cohl
Hayao Miyazaki
winsor mccay
33. 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.
winsor mccay
tei wei
Alice in wonderland
Peggy Charen
34. 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
Don Bluth
Hayao Miyazaki
Max fleischer
John are bray
35. ________'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
Katsuhiro Otomo
Ray Harryhausen
Ladislas Starewitch
Terry Gilliam
36. 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
Don Bluth
Dusan Vukotic
Will Vinton
UPA
37. 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
felix the cat
cinemascope
Don Bluth
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
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.
Gene Deitch
tei wei
felix the cat
Ray Harryhausen
39. 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
Lotte reineger
Ladislas Starewitch
Don Bluth
winsor mccay
40. 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
Peggy Charen
Don Bluth
Industrial
Gene Deitch
41. One of the pioneering distinctions of _________________ was the interchangability of the artists working on direction - design - drawing - and story. the most talented artists all worked on eachothers films and the result was bold cartoons unified in
Industrial
Zagreb school
UPA
Don Bluth
42. 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.
Alice in wonderland
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
cinemascope
Yasuji marata
43. One of the pioneering distinctions of _________________ was the interchangability of the artists working on direction - design - drawing - and story. the most talented artists all worked on eachothers films and the result was bold cartoons unified in
Gene Deitch
Chuck Jones
Zagreb school
Katsuhiro Otomo
44. 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
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Hayao Miyazaki
Gene Deitch
Lotte reineger
45. ________'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
animal farm
Terry Gilliam
Industrial
viking eggeling
46. ___________ is just as its title suggests; a series of comic-strip style drawings filmed sequentially - with an occasional animated effect
winsor mccay
Don Bluth
Peggy Charen
telecomics
47. 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.
Emile cohl
Ray Harryhausen
UPA
Rene Laloux
48. 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
Will Vinton
Will Vinton
UPA
Peggy Charen
49. Swedish artist played an integral role in the enhancement of experimental animation. he pained abstact designs on to scrolls
Dusan Vukotic
John are bray
viking eggeling
Jiri Trnka
50. The expressionist german animator is knon for emplying her love for chinese shadowtheater. she used finely cut paper
Bob Godfrey
Lotte reineger
Richard Williams
Rene Laloux