W12: Non-Disney Animated Features

Question 1

Significance of the animated film The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) to animation history

Answer 1

First animated feature film

although there may be Argentinean ones that precede it, they have not been found

Question 2

artistic technique used in The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Answer 2

silhouette stop-motion animation

cut out thin sheets of lead and cardboard for silhouette figures

Question 3

Significance of Animal Farm (1954)

Answer 3

First animated feature film made in Britain

First animated feature directed towards adults

Question 4

Describe the look and design of Yellow Submarine (1968)

Answer 4

Psychedelic design by Heinz Edelmann

Pop art style

Influenced by commercial design

Question 5

What was unique about the music of Yellow Submarine

Answer 5

first ROCK sountrack for animated feature

attracted teens and young adults

Question 6

What is the loose connection b/w Disney’s Fantasia and Italian feature Allegro Non Troppo?

Answer 6

an answer/spoof of Fantasia

inspired by and set to various classical pieces for each of its episodes

Question 7

Director of Allegro Non Troppo

Answer 7

Bruno Bozzetto

Question 8

Where did Ralph Bakshi start his animation career and what was his job

Answer 8

Cel painter at Terrytoons

Question 9

Ralph Bakshi’s first animated feature and it’s significance

Answer 9

Fritz the Cat (1972)

first x-rated animated feature film

Question 10

Ralph Bakshi’s second animated feature

Answer 10

Heavy Traffic (1973)

Question 11

The two genres of Bakshi’s animated features

Answer 11

1: tough, gritty, street pictures in seedy settings

Question 12

what animation technique did Bakshi rely on?

Answer 12

Rotoscoping

Question 13

Bakshi’s fantasy films

Answer 13

The Lord of the Rings

Fire and Ice

Question 14

Describe the genres and content of Heavy Metal (1981)

Answer 14

Science Fiction, Fantasy genre

content was provocative/sexual, featuring nudity, drug use, foul language, graphic violence

Question 15

Which studio did Don Bluth work at prior to starting his own company?

Answer 15

Disney

Question 16

2 animators who left Disney to work with Don Bluth

Answer 16

John Pomeroy

Gary Goldman

Question 17

Don Bluth’s first independent animated cartoon

Answer 17

Banjo the Woodpile Cat

Question 18

Name of Bluth’s Irish Studio and the guy he set it up with

Answer 18

Sullivan-Bluth

Morris Sullivan was his partner

Question 19

Hollywood studio that set up an animation studio in Arizona for Bluth

Answer 19

20th Century Fox

Question 20

Don Bluth’s 2 animated feature filmed produced by Steven Spielberg

Answer 20

An American Tail (1986)

The Land Before Time (1988)

Question 21

1997 Don Bluth musical made for 20th Century Fox

Answer 21

Anastasia

Question 22

Strengths and weaknesses of Don Bluth animated features

Answer 22

STRENGTHS: strong production values, full character animation, heavy use of special effects

WEAK: weak storytelling, lazy story production

Question 23

ANIMATION Director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and The Thief and the Cobbler

Answer 23

Richard Williams

Question 24

What was unusual about the production of The Thief and the Cobbler

Answer 24

Took 28 years in production to make

Question 25

Ralph Bakshi’s first animated feature was based on this guy’s underground comic

Answer 25

Robert Crumb

Question 26

LIVE-ACTION director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Answer 26

Robert Zemeckis

Question 27

ART Director of Yellow Submarine

Answer 27

Heinz Edelmann

Question 28

Director of Yellow Submarine

Answer 28

George Dunning

Question 29

Independent feature mostly animate in Adobe Flash

Answer 29

Sita Sings the Blues (2000) directed by Nina Paley