Exam 2

Question 1

William Garity

Answer 1

invented the multiplane camera

Question 2

Gustaf Tenggren

Answer 2

well known children’s storybook animator, european background, Swedish immigrant, did watercolor paintings for The Old Mill

Question 3

Ham Luske

Answer 3

made key contributions to acting animation, was able to break down movement, saw animation as the illusion of life

Question 4

Ferdinand Horvath

Answer 4

animated Snow White’s flight through the forest, uncredited, left the studio

Question 5

Joan Crawford

Answer 5

inspiration for the Evil Queen

Question 6

Janet Gaynor, Shirley Temple

Answer 6

inspired Snow White’s movement and appearance

Question 7

Maurice Noble

Answer 7

did layout and paintings for Snow White

Question 8

Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton

Answer 8

inspired the angles and birds eye views in Pinocchio

Question 9

Gustave Doré

Answer 9

dark drawings influenced Pinocchio

Question 10

Joe Grant

Answer 10

headed character model department

Question 11

Leopold Stokowski

Answer 11

conductor of Philadelphia orchestra, collaborated with Walt for Fantasia

Question 12

Cy Young

Answer 12

animator in charge Segment 1 in Fantasia, only animator experienced in abstraction

Question 13

Oskar Fischinger

Answer 13

provided nonrepresentational concept art for Fantasia, Walt told the studio to make his art more representational, he got mad and left

Question 14

Lee Blair

Answer 14

concept artist for Fantasia, encouraged by Walt to go to the zoo and ballet; won a gold medal for drawing and watercolor in the olympics

Question 15

Heinrich Kley, T.S. Sullivant

Answer 15

animal artists, influenced Dance of the Hours in Fantasia

Question 16

Kay Nielsen

Answer 16

animator; well known children’s book illustrator; drew slowly, didn’t like the stylization of his drawings, left the studio

Question 17

Bill Tytla

Answer 17

acting animator; animated wizard in Sorcerer’s Apprentice, gave him Walt’s disapproving brow; best performance animating The Black God; left studio, later said he regretted it; one of the highest paid animators

Question 18

Tyrus Wong

Answer 18

Head stylist for Bambi; credited for creating mood; hired on the spot after showing pictures of Bambi; did small pastel paintings; influenced by both chinese and american art; faced racism at the studio

Question 19

Marc Fraser Davis

Answer 19

animator; was able to make animals realistic but humanlike in Bambi; lead animator for Cinderella, Cruella De Ville, Tinkerbell, Maleficent, and Aurora; one of 9 Old Men; did sequencing

Question 20

Milt Kahl

Answer 20

Animator; designed and animated chief sequences for Peter Pan; animators still admire him, compared to Michelangelo; didn’t like assistant work; liked performing

Question 21

Frank Thomas

Answer 21

assisted Mark Davis with Milt Kahl in Bambi

Question 22

Mary Blair

Answer 22

uses of flat color to evoke emotion; worked on Package Films, Peter Pan and Cinderella; omitted detail in place of feeling; only woman in her position; more influential than other concept artists; paintings addressed staging

Question 23

Ward Kimball

Answer 23

lead animator for Jiminy Cricket, Cheshire Cat, Mice, and Lucifer; irrelevant sense of humor; didn’t like doing sincere characters; given his own Musical Shorts; sat in waiting room to be hired; stylized, not realistic animation; payed by Walt to try out as lead animator; became bored with animation after Alice; Given two musical shorts; in a band, Firehouse Five Plus Two

Question 24

Beatrix Potter

Answer 24

did cat and teacup drawings; walt tried to get her to do Peter Rabbit feature, feared imperfections would show up on big screen

Question 25

Tom Oreb

Answer 25

did character design for Sleeping Beauty

Question 26

Eyvind Earle

Answer 26

art director of Sleeping Beauty; keyed film; wanted no close up shots; kidnapped by father

Question 27

Gustave Dorè

Answer 27

did creepy ass drawings; inspired pinnochio; shadow