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1. 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
animal farm
viking eggeling
UPA
Richard Williams
2. Worked on the Warner Bros. stock characters
Chuck Jones
Rene Laloux
telecomics
Flintstones
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
Will Vinton
Zagreb school
Stuart Blackton
animal farm
4. 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
Will Vinton
tei wei
Gene Deitch
cinemascope
5. _________ 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
Peggy Charen
Rene Laloux
Hayao Miyazaki
Flintstones
6. 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
Flintstones
Industrial
Zagreb school
7. 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
Flintstones
Hayao Miyazaki
Katsuhiro Otomo
animal farm
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
Flintstones
Industrial
Bob Godfrey
cinemascope
9. 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
Don Bluth
Flintstones
Lotte reineger
10. 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
Quay Brothers
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Ray Harryhausen
Dusan Vukotic
11. 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.
Peggy Charen
Alice in wonderland
Don Bluth
Ralph Bakshi
12. 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
Will Vinton
telecomics
Quay Brothers
Flintstones
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
Will Vinton
Max fleischer
Peggy Charen
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
14. 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
Hayao Miyazaki
Peggy Charen
Don Bluth
Flintstones
15. In '58 under ___________ and _______________ - toie doga began the modern japanese animation industryby producion one color feature per year
animal farm
felix the cat
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Yasuji marata
16. In '58 under ___________ and _______________ - toie doga began the modern japanese animation industryby producion one color feature per year
Will Vinton
Peggy Charen
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
cinemascope
17. 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.
Yasuji marata
Ray Harryhausen
Hayao Miyazaki
Ralph Bakshi
18. He created humorous phases of funny faces using frame-frame animation drawn on a chalkboard
Will Vinton
Stuart Blackton
felix the cat
Lotte reineger
19. Swedish artist played an integral role in the enhancement of experimental animation. he pained abstact designs on to scrolls
Richard Williams
viking eggeling
animal farm
Max fleischer
20. 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
winsor mccay
Katsuhiro Otomo
Don Bluth
Katsuhiro Otomo
21. Music all songs and merchandising tie ins propelled his fame
felix the cat
John are bray
Richard Williams
Chuck Jones
22. Swedish artist played an integral role in the enhancement of experimental animation. he pained abstact designs on to scrolls
viking eggeling
Ray Harryhausen
Industrial
Terry Gilliam
23. The expressionist german animator is knon for emplying her love for chinese shadowtheater. she used finely cut paper
Lotte reineger
cinemascope
Hayao Miyazaki
Chuck Jones
24. His film fantasmagorie - often thought to be the first animated film with drawings on paper - was made with thick black lines
Ladislas Starewitch
Katsuhiro Otomo
Emile cohl
UPA
25. 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.
Rene Laloux
John are bray
Alice in wonderland
Ralph Bakshi
26. 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.
Don Bluth
Jiri Trnka
Ralph Bakshi
Will Vinton
27. Russian animator is known for establishing the art of stop-motion animation. his puppets - were made with wire and plaster
Hayao Miyazaki
Yasuji marata
Lotte reineger
Ladislas Starewitch
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
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Emile cohl
Jiri Trnka
felix the cat
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
Flintstones
Ladislas Starewitch
Bob Godfrey
animal farm
30. 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
Quay Brothers
John are bray
Stuart Blackton
31. 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
winsor mccay
Quay Brothers
Don Bluth
Flintstones
32. 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
Rene Laloux
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Terry Gilliam
33. 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
tei wei
UPA
telecomics
winsor mccay
34. ___________ is just as its title suggests; a series of comic-strip style drawings filmed sequentially - with an occasional animated effect
Don Bluth
Chuck Jones
telecomics
Richard Williams
35. 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
Don Bluth
Don Bluth
Richard Williams
36. ___________ is just as its title suggests; a series of comic-strip style drawings filmed sequentially - with an occasional animated effect
telecomics
Lotte reineger
Hayao Miyazaki
Industrial
37. 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
Zagreb school
animal farm
Industrial
Yasuji marata
38. 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
Will Vinton
cinemascope
Terry Gilliam
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
39. 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
Dusan Vukotic
Jiri Trnka
Will Vinton
Katsuhiro Otomo
40. 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.
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Richard Williams
Industrial
UPA
41. 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
Peggy Charen
winsor mccay
Alice in wonderland
Katsuhiro Otomo
42. He created the rotoscope wich combined a film projector and easel for frame by frame tracking and animation reference
Max fleischer
Hayao Miyazaki
Chuck Jones
telecomics
43. _______________ 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
Don Bluth
Bob Godfrey
UPA
Jiri Trnka
44. 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
Peggy Charen
Alice in wonderland
Industrial
45. 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
viking eggeling
Katsuhiro Otomo
Will Vinton
Hayao Miyazaki
46. ________'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
viking eggeling
John are bray
Terry Gilliam
UPA
47. The expressionist german animator is knon for emplying her love for chinese shadowtheater. she used finely cut paper
viking eggeling
Lotte reineger
Terry Gilliam
tei wei
48. 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
UPA
Don Bluth
tei wei
Richard Williams
49. 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
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Zagreb school
Industrial
Yasuji marata
50. 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.
Peggy Charen
Terry Gilliam
Alice in wonderland
UPA