The GOLDEN ERA
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Matakuliah
Tahun
: History of Animation
: 2009
Golden Era
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Traditional ink-and-paint and camera
Cell (Cellulose nitrate) animation
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Earl Hurd (September 14, 1880 – September 28, 1940)
was a pioneering on cell animation technique
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The advent of sound cartoons
The first cartoon to use synchronized sound
was Max Fleischer’s
“My Old Kentucky Home” in 1926
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The advent of sound cartoons
Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie (1928),
the third theatrical appearance of Mickey Mouse
“STEAMBOAT WILLIE”
the first successful sound animated film; it made Mickey an
international star, and launched the Disney studio of today.
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The advent of sound cartoons
In 1937, Walt Disney produced Snow White
the first American feature-length animated movie
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The advent of sound cartoons
The first animated feature film in Asia
that honour goes to China’s 1941 “Princess Iron Fan”,
which was 65 minutes long
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Disney’s Nine Old Men
were the core animators
who created all the classic Disney works during the period
known as the Golden Age of American Animation.
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From their studies, experiments and work,
this team condensed and compiled twelve basic principles.
The 12 principles:
1. Squash and stretch
2. Anticipation
3. Staging
4. Straight ahead action and pose to pose
5. Follow through and overlapping action
6. Slow in and slow out
7. Arcs
8. Secondary action
9. Timing
10. Exaggeration
11. Solid drawing
12. Appeal
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The WARTIME ERA
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With the advent of the 1940s, two major events evoked change in
the status quo of the Hollywood cartoon studios. The first was the
entry of the United States into World War II, and the mobilization
of all the studios (including their cartoon divisions) to produce
propaganda material to bolster public confidence and encourage
support for the war effort. The second was the Disney animators'
strike of 1941
Fleischer studios produced Popeye the Sailor joined the Navy and
began fighting Nazis and "Japs"
Warner Bros. studio produced a series of Private Snafu cartoons
especially for viewing by enlisted soldiers.
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Momotarō's Sea Eagles is an animated Japanese propaganda
film produced in 1942 by Geijutsu Eigasha and released 194303-25
Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors (Momotarō Umi no Shinpei?)
is the first Japanese feature-length animated film. It was
directed by Mitsuyo Seo, who was ordered to make a
propaganda film for the war by the Japanese Naval Ministry.
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