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1. Swedish artist played an integral role in the enhancement of experimental animation. he pained abstact designs on to scrolls
Max fleischer
Industrial
telecomics
viking eggeling
2. The film - LA PLANET SAUVAGE - directed by __________________ was one of the first feature length animations dedicated to adults and science fiction
Peggy Charen
Rene Laloux
Peggy Charen
telecomics
3. 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
Zagreb school
Flintstones
Ralph Bakshi
Chuck Jones
4. The expressionist german animator is knon for emplying her love for chinese shadowtheater. she used finely cut paper
Zagreb school
Hayao Miyazaki
Lotte reineger
Emile cohl
5. 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
Chuck Jones
Gene Deitch
Peggy Charen
Alice in wonderland
6. 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
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Max fleischer
Industrial
tei wei
7. 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
Terry Gilliam
Gene Deitch
felix the cat
Katsuhiro Otomo
8. ___________ is just as its title suggests; a series of comic-strip style drawings filmed sequentially - with an occasional animated effect
telecomics
Richard Williams
Richard Williams
Rene Laloux
9. 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
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
John are bray
cinemascope
Ray Harryhausen
10. In '58 under ___________ and _______________ - toie doga began the modern japanese animation industryby producion one color feature per year
Alice in wonderland
Ladislas Starewitch
felix the cat
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
11. He created humorous phases of funny faces using frame-frame animation drawn on a chalkboard
Jiri Trnka
Bob Godfrey
Katsuhiro Otomo
Stuart Blackton
12. _______________ 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
Industrial
Dusan Vukotic
Jiri Trnka
13. This japanese artist was a second wave animator that studed western animation tecks and pioneered the use of cel animation in japan
Peggy Charen
felix the cat
Yasuji marata
Zagreb school
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
tei wei
Jiri Trnka
Dusan Vukotic
Zagreb school
15. 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.
Ray Harryhausen
Katsuhiro Otomo
Don Bluth
John are bray
16. 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
UPA
Bob Godfrey
animal farm
Terry Gilliam
17. 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
telecomics
animal farm
felix the cat
Dusan Vukotic
18. 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
Max fleischer
animal farm
Richard Williams
Katsuhiro Otomo
19. In '58 under ___________ and _______________ - toie doga began the modern japanese animation industryby producion one color feature per year
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Hayao Miyazaki
Chuck Jones
Richard Williams
20. 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
Richard Williams
tei wei
Industrial
Ray Harryhausen
21. 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
Stuart Blackton
cinemascope
winsor mccay
22. 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
winsor mccay
Will Vinton
cinemascope
Chuck Jones
23. 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.
Dusan Vukotic
UPA
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Katsuhiro Otomo
24. 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.
Rene Laloux
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
John are bray
Ralph Bakshi
25. He created the rotoscope wich combined a film projector and easel for frame by frame tracking and animation reference
Quay Brothers
Max fleischer
winsor mccay
Will Vinton
26. 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
Hayao Miyazaki
John are bray
Terry Gilliam
27. 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
Ray Harryhausen
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
tei wei
Zagreb school
28. 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
Ladislas Starewitch
animal farm
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Gene Deitch
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
Quay Brothers
Alice in wonderland
Katsuhiro Otomo
Industrial
30. ___________ is just as its title suggests; a series of comic-strip style drawings filmed sequentially - with an occasional animated effect
telecomics
Dusan Vukotic
Richard Williams
Max fleischer
31. 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
cinemascope
tei wei
Flintstones
Ralph Bakshi
32. 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
Emile cohl
Hayao Miyazaki
Will Vinton
telecomics
33. _________ 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
Flintstones
Ralph Bakshi
felix the cat
Bob Godfrey
34. ________'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
Lotte reineger
John are bray
telecomics
35. The film - LA PLANET SAUVAGE - directed by __________________ was one of the first feature length animations dedicated to adults and science fiction
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Flintstones
Ray Harryhausen
Rene Laloux
36. 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
Dusan Vukotic
UPA
Ladislas Starewitch
Don Bluth
37. 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
Ralph Bakshi
Katsuhiro Otomo
Bob Godfrey
Don Bluth
38. Worked on the Warner Bros. stock characters
Alice in wonderland
Chuck Jones
Richard Williams
Max fleischer
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
Gene Deitch
Will Vinton
Industrial
winsor mccay
40. 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.
Richard Williams
Chuck Jones
Zagreb school
Ralph Bakshi
41. 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
Lotte reineger
Richard Williams
Terry Gilliam
Will Vinton
42. 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
Bob Godfrey
Industrial
Katsuhiro Otomo
Max fleischer
43. Music all songs and merchandising tie ins propelled his fame
Rene Laloux
Katsuhiro Otomo
felix the cat
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
44. His film fantasmagorie - often thought to be the first animated film with drawings on paper - was made with thick black lines
Ladislas Starewitch
tei wei
Emile cohl
felix the cat
45. The expressionist german animator is knon for emplying her love for chinese shadowtheater. she used finely cut paper
Lotte reineger
Bob Godfrey
Don Bluth
telecomics
46. He created humorous phases of funny faces using frame-frame animation drawn on a chalkboard
Don Bluth
Stuart Blackton
Don Bluth
Emile cohl
47. _____________ 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
Gene Deitch
Quay Brothers
Chuck Jones
Hayao Miyazaki
48. Music all songs and merchandising tie ins propelled his fame
felix the cat
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Gene Deitch
Will Vinton
49. 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
viking eggeling
Bob Godfrey
Terry Gilliam
Industrial
50. 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
Zagreb school
winsor mccay
Terry Gilliam