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Animation Hall Of Fame

Subjects : it-skills, arts
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1. 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






2. 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






3. ________'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






4. Swedish artist played an integral role in the enhancement of experimental animation. he pained abstact designs on to scrolls






5. ___________ is just as its title suggests; a series of comic-strip style drawings filmed sequentially - with an occasional animated effect






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. This japanese artist was a second wave animator that studed western animation tecks and pioneered the use of cel animation in japan






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. 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






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. Russian animator is known for establishing the art of stop-motion animation. his puppets - were made with wire and plaster






19. 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






20. _______________ 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






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. Russian animator is known for establishing the art of stop-motion animation. his puppets - were made with wire and plaster






25. 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






26. 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






27. 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






28. In '58 under ___________ and _______________ - toie doga began the modern japanese animation industryby producion one color feature per year






29. _____________ 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






30. The expressionist german animator is knon for emplying her love for chinese shadowtheater. she used finely cut paper






31. Worked on the Warner Bros. stock characters






32. His film fantasmagorie - often thought to be the first animated film with drawings on paper - was made with thick black lines






33. 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.






34. The film - LA PLANET SAUVAGE - directed by __________________ was one of the first feature length animations dedicated to adults and science fiction






35. His film fantasmagorie - often thought to be the first animated film with drawings on paper - was made with thick black lines






36. 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.






37. 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






38. 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






39. _____________ 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






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.






41. Swedish artist played an integral role in the enhancement of experimental animation. he pained abstact designs on to scrolls






42. He created humorous phases of funny faces using frame-frame animation drawn on a chalkboard






43. Worked on the Warner Bros. stock characters






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






45. 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






46. Music all songs and merchandising tie ins propelled his fame






47. 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






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. 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.