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Anim History Midterm

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What is the purpose of this class? To introduce students to a broad look at the history of animation told in the textbook
What did Henry Ford say in 1916? "History is more or less bunk. It's tradition, but we don't want tradition, we want to live in the present"
What did Henry Ford create? Greenfield Village
What is Greenfield Village? A huge outdoor living museum in Dearborn, Michigan
What did Henry Ford later verify about his quote? That he meant written history's focus on politicians and military heroes was "more or less bunk"
Who was George Santayana? An American philosopher
What was George Santayana's famous quote? "Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it"
Who is Signe Baumane? An independent animator working out of New York.
What did Max Fleischer develop? A technique of animation designed to overcome limitations on the cinecolor filming process.
How did Max Fleischer's technique make a background? Made out of paper mache, balsa wood, clay, and cardboard, then painted
What was the next step after the background in Max Fleischer's technique? They would film their hand-drawn characters, which were inked and painted on transparent cels.
What effect did Max Fleischer's technique provide? 3 Dimensionality
What's an example of a film that showed the 3D effect? Poor Cinderella
Where would you see most of the films with the 3D effect? Mostly in the Color Classics series
What was Max Fleischer's technique called? The stereoptical process
Who filed the patent for the stereoptical process? Max Fleischer
When was the patent for the stereoptical process filed? 1933
When was the second patent for the stereoptical process filed? 1936
In what film was the stereoptical process last used by the Fleischers? Mr. Bug Goes to Town
Where in Mr. Bug Goes to Town was the stereoptical process used? The title sequence
What was the Fleischer's second feature film? Mr. Bug Goes to Town
When was Mr. Bug Goes to Town released? 1941
How did they swap out cells incrementally with the stereoptical process? With a wheel
What were some of Signe Baumane's first feature films? Rocks in My Pockets and My Love Affair with Marriage
Signe began working with what technique? Modern digital compositing
Why did Signe use the digital compositing process? To speed up her animations
What was Signe's process? Build, paint the background, then photograph on digital camera
What did Signe use to make her backgrounds? Wire and paper mache
In Signe's case what did she do to make develop the digital compositing process? She made the best use of this modern technology
How did Signe improve upon the Fleischer's background process? She visually composited her 2D hand-drawn characters over the photo of the background
What did Signe use to composite? Adobe After Effects
What could Signe's backgrounds be described as? A miniature, pretty movie
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