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Tag Archives: Animation
Blog Post #13 – My Short Life as an Animator
When this class started I had no idea how much work animation entailed. My first thoughts for my project was to do a flip book. Of course, I thought. I can do that — my daughter has done them since … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Animationsish, iStopMotion, Lotte Reiniger, Prince Achmed, stop action animation
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Blog Post #12 – Moby Music Videos Revisited
In my Blog Post # 9 I told of the music video competition that was being held by Moby for his song Wait for Me. He ended up having over 500 entrants and on April 15, 2010 announced the six … Continue reading
Blog Post #11 – Preview: Waking Sleeping Beauty
As a patron of the local Cinema Arts Theatre, I receive an email update of films that are currently showing, what films are leaving and information on the choices the theater owner is making for future showings. My last email … Continue reading
Blog Post #10 – Bunnies!
Yes, Spring is in the air and we all love that big basket of goodies from the Easter Bunny. While reading some of my tweets this week I came across a link to some animation that sent me in to … Continue reading
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Tagged Angry Alien, Animation, Bunnies Theater, Casablanca, Starz, Twilight
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Blog Post #9 – Moby Music Videos
Most music videos these days are either filming extravaganzas or are shown on CMT. MTV and VH1 seem to have gone out of the music video business except for a Top 20 or a rehash of the Best of (insert … Continue reading
Blog Post # 7 – The Beat Generation and UPA Style
At the end of class last week when we watched Ernest Pintoff’s The Critic all I could think about was the Beat Generation of the 1950′s and the subsequent counterculture of the 1960′s. The newly emerging UPA style of animation … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950's, 1960's, Animation, Beat Generation, Ernest Pintoff, Henry Jacobs, The Interview, UPA
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Blog Post #6 – The Sword in the Stone
Disney’s 1963 animation of The Sword in the Stone was the last full length animated feature that was released while Walt Disney was alive. The film is based on the 1938 novel by T.H. White of the same name. This … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, Animation, Book, censorship, critics, Disney, T. H. Whte, The Sword in the Stone
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#4 Betty Boop – Evolution and Censorship
During the 1930’s the Fleischer Studios had a collection of characters that were considered competition for Disney. These included Popeye, Superman and Betty Boop. When sound was introduced Fleischer studio created the Talkertoon series. Betty Boop became one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Betty Boop, censorship, Fleischer Studios, Hays Office
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Post #1 – Princess and the Frog: The Color of a Princess
Disney has had ethnic princesses in the past — Jasmine, Mulan, and Pocahontas. The depiction of their newest royal addition, Princess Tiana, has created some colorful controversy to the 2009 animated film The Princess and the Frog. The story of … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Disney, ethnic, fairy tale, Prince, Princess and the Frog, racial, sensitivity
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