Thursday, 17 October 2013

TV early animations

Yogi:
Yogi Bear Yogi Bear.pngYogi is a smarter than the average bear who lives in jellystone park with his friend Boo Boo. He is usually coming up with crazy schemes to steal picknick baskets and make sure hes not found out by ranger smith. He was created by William hanna, Joseph barbera and ed Benedict. the character was produced by hanna barbera and columbia pictures television. The usual storyline is yogi bear and boo boo bear coming up with idea's to steal pick nick baskets.




Top Cat:
Topcat.jpgTop cat is a wise talking street cat which his friends cal T.C. he wears a purple hat and vest. he causes trouble around where ver he goes with his friends and usually catches trouble from officer dibble. this cartoon was produced with hanna-barbera. the usual story line is usually him coming up with a scheme that goes wrong for officer dibble.
Scooby Doo:
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Scooby is a mystery solving dog he is a member of mystery inc.. , a group of meddling kids who solve mysteries where ever they go. The show was  created by joe ruby and ken spears. The show has produced numerous spin-off's and usually goes on some continuity with a few characters. the storyline is basically the same every time a monster a appears the team investigates and find out that it is usually a guy in a mask.

Thursday, 10 October 2013

Animation




Animation 1930's-1950's

Disney: Disney in 1930 made its first successful full length movie snow white afterwards it went on to do many other great films like dumbo with its musical animation of pink elephants on parade and various other movies.
















Fleischer: Popeye:
Fleischer has created many characters such as Koko the clown, Betty boop and Popeye the sailor man, the company was a big competitor against Walt Disney productions but the studios parent company paramount picture forced the company to close which resulted in Disney getting ahead in business.
Popeye is a fictional character created by Fleischer studios, the character gets into fights and grows stronger by eating tins of spinach. Popeye has starred in 109 cartoons and has also starred appearances in other shows such as family guy.


Tom and Jerry: by Fred Quimby

He created Tom and Jerry and received many awards for it. The series is going on today although it does not have what some today call racist content.











Art Clokey: art clokey created Gumby show and davey and goliath. the gumby show is a popular show that has won awards and later was made into a movie that got more people interested.
Cartoons: Felix the cat
Gumby
Walt disney cartoons

Thursday, 3 October 2013

The First Of Animaters

The first of Animaters

George Melies.jpgGeorge Mellies: George Mellies was one originally a magician and later one of the original filmakers he made various with props and backgrounds drawn and painted by him and many others.
He made various other movies such as the impossible voyage, trip to the moon and he was also mention in a book and in the film adaption Hugo.










A black and white photograph of a middle-aged man in a suit posing reclined in a chair

Winsor Mccay: He was one of the original animators and cartoonists. His best works was Gertie the Dinosaur and little Nemo that was in 1980 was adapted into a film.
Winsor Mccay animation and technical levels was not matched until Walt Disney's feature films arrived in the 1930's.
Lottie Reiniger:
Was a German animator and film director whose animation are silhouettes. her silhouette movies where of various fairy tales and she was one of the first to introduce the Arabian nights stories with her movie prince Achmed.

Walt Disney: was an the creator of various Disney characters such as the Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy. He is the owner and creator of many animated films such as Steam boat willie and various other Disney films based on fairy tales.