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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Swedish artist played an integral role in the enhancement of experimental animation. he pained abstact designs on to scrolls
Dusan Vukotic
John are bray
winsor mccay
viking eggeling
2. 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
Industrial
Stuart Blackton
3. The film - LA PLANET SAUVAGE - directed by __________________ was one of the first feature length animations dedicated to adults and science fiction
Emile cohl
Zagreb school
Rene Laloux
Chuck Jones
4. The expressionist german animator is knon for emplying her love for chinese shadowtheater. she used finely cut paper
Zagreb school
Lotte reineger
telecomics
animal farm
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
Flintstones
Peggy Charen
Gene Deitch
Hayao Miyazaki
6. ________'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
viking eggeling
Zagreb school
Peggy Charen
7. 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.
John are bray
Don Bluth
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Industrial
8. 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
Stuart Blackton
Peggy Charen
Flintstones
Ray Harryhausen
9. This japanese artist was a second wave animator that studed western animation tecks and pioneered the use of cel animation in japan
Flintstones
Jiri Trnka
winsor mccay
Yasuji marata
10. He created humorous phases of funny faces using frame-frame animation drawn on a chalkboard
telecomics
Rene Laloux
Don Bluth
Stuart Blackton
11. _______________ 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
winsor mccay
Flintstones
Don Bluth
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
Don Bluth
Alice in wonderland
Industrial
Will Vinton
13. 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
Stuart Blackton
John are bray
Don Bluth
Will Vinton
14. ___________ is just as its title suggests; a series of comic-strip style drawings filmed sequentially - with an occasional animated effect
telecomics
Gene Deitch
Peggy Charen
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
15. 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
John are bray
Richard Williams
Rene Laloux
Alice in wonderland
16. 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
Ralph Bakshi
animal farm
Ray Harryhausen
17. 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
Bob Godfrey
Stuart Blackton
Dusan Vukotic
18. 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
Jiri Trnka
Zagreb school
animal farm
Industrial
19. 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
tei wei
Gene Deitch
Jiri Trnka
Chuck Jones
20. The film - LA PLANET SAUVAGE - directed by __________________ was one of the first feature length animations dedicated to adults and science fiction
Richard Williams
Dusan Vukotic
Terry Gilliam
Rene Laloux
21. 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
Ray Harryhausen
Ralph Bakshi
tei wei
Hayao Miyazaki
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
felix the cat
Don Bluth
winsor mccay
Hayao Miyazaki
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
Alice in wonderland
Katsuhiro Otomo
cinemascope
Rene Laloux
24. _________ 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
John are bray
Flintstones
Rene Laloux
Peggy Charen
25. 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
Peggy Charen
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Richard Williams
Don Bluth
26. ________'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
Dusan Vukotic
Bob Godfrey
Terry Gilliam
Ralph Bakshi
27. 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.
Gene Deitch
Ladislas Starewitch
Ladislas Starewitch
UPA
28. His film fantasmagorie - often thought to be the first animated film with drawings on paper - was made with thick black lines
Max fleischer
Don Bluth
Richard Williams
Emile cohl
29. 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
viking eggeling
Stuart Blackton
Don Bluth
Rene Laloux
30. Music all songs and merchandising tie ins propelled his fame
felix the cat
Don Bluth
Gene Deitch
animal farm
31. In '58 under ___________ and _______________ - toie doga began the modern japanese animation industryby producion one color feature per year
tei wei
Quay Brothers
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Industrial
32. Russian animator is known for establishing the art of stop-motion animation. his puppets - were made with wire and plaster
Ladislas Starewitch
Zagreb school
cinemascope
Stuart Blackton
33. 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
Gene Deitch
Bob Godfrey
Lotte reineger
34. _____________ 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
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Rene Laloux
felix the cat
35. 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.
Chuck Jones
Ray Harryhausen
Peggy Charen
Hayao Miyazaki
36. Russian animator is known for establishing the art of stop-motion animation. his puppets - were made with wire and plaster
Ladislas Starewitch
Bob Godfrey
tei wei
telecomics
37. 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.
John are bray
Stuart Blackton
Ladislas Starewitch
Will Vinton
38. He created the rotoscope wich combined a film projector and easel for frame by frame tracking and animation reference
Hayao Miyazaki
Gene Deitch
Max fleischer
Alice in wonderland
39. He created humorous phases of funny faces using frame-frame animation drawn on a chalkboard
UPA
Stuart Blackton
Dusan Vukotic
Industrial
40. In '58 under ___________ and _______________ - toie doga began the modern japanese animation industryby producion one color feature per year
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
Dusan Vukotic
UPA
Ray Harryhausen
41. This japanese artist was a second wave animator that studed western animation tecks and pioneered the use of cel animation in japan
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Richard Williams
Yasuji marata
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
42. 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
Ladislas Starewitch
Alice in wonderland
43. Worked on the Warner Bros. stock characters
Chuck Jones
UPA
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Quay Brothers
44. His film fantasmagorie - often thought to be the first animated film with drawings on paper - was made with thick black lines
Tarji Yabushita and Yasuji Mori
tei wei
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
Emile cohl
45. 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
cinemascope
Zagreb school
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
46. _______________ 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
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
animal farm
Jiri Trnka
John are bray
47. 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
UPA
viking eggeling
Joseph Babera and William Hannah
winsor mccay
48. 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
animal farm
Industrial
Alice in wonderland
winsor mccay
49. Swedish artist played an integral role in the enhancement of experimental animation. he pained abstact designs on to scrolls
felix the cat
viking eggeling
Ladislas Starewitch
Industrial
50. 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
Ladislas Starewitch
Rene Laloux