Max Fleischer was the founder of Fleischer Studios, and a major pioneer in both the creative and technical development of animated films. His first invention, in 1915, was the Rotoscope. He filmed his brother, dressed in a clown suit, then drew, frame by frame, over the filmed action, creating more life-like movement. Coming home from their day job and working nights in Max's living room, it took the brothers a year to produce one minute of film, but the look of animated cartoons had changed forever.
The Rotoscope was only one of the more than 15 patents Max Fleischer held on his inventions, many of which significantly advanced the technology of early film and animation. He was a true pioneer in the film industry.
By 1929 the studio name officially became Fleischer Studios. This coincided with the start of the Great Depression, a time when people sought escape from their problems by going to the movie houses.
Betty Boop, Fleischer's most famous creation, was born during this time. Betty first appeared in Dizzy Dishesin 1930. Her flirtatious persona was inspired by the flapper look, and the most famous female stars of the day (including Mae West).
By 1932, Betty was the star of her own series. She had become the first animated screen siren, and the unrivaled star of Fleischer Studios.
In addition to animating their own characters, Fleischer Studios animated and brought to life two other famous characters created by others that had previously existed only in comic strips—Popeye the Sailor (1933) and Superman (1941).
Red Hot Riding Hood is an animated cartoon short, directed by Tex Avery and released on May 8, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1994 it was voted #7 of The 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field, making it the highest ranked MGM cartoon on the list. Made in the middle of WWII, Red Hot Riding Hood was the cartoon embodiment of the GIs’ favorite pinup, Betty Grable. Despite her flashy costume and vamping, Red speaks in the cultured voice of Katharine Hepburn, and the manic Wolf in the suave tones of Charles Boyer.
Roles are reversed when a controlling mom is trapped in her son’s video game. Helpless, she now has to listen to him if she hopes to escape the unfamiliar game world.
Stratastencil as a technique was devised by Javen Ivey for his Pratt Institute film My Paper Mind, who was himself inspired to create the additive animation process after seeing David Daniels’ strata-cut work.
While Ivey’s creation came together physically through the
painstaking X-Acto knifing of construction paper, the tree loving 18bis
employed a mixture of green screen footage, After Effects and a ‘light use’ of paper for their echoes of action short, as can be seen in this making-of video.
A young girl gets lured into an enchanted toy store, drawn in by its beautiful collection of dolls, including one that looks just like her. She discovers only too late that the shop is nefariously intent on adding her to its permanent collection.
Thought of You is a short animated film, made by Ryan Woodward.
Rather than creating a narrative animated piece that communicates a well defined story, this piece allows for each individual who views it to to experience something unique and personal that touches their own sensibilities.
Ryan has a BFA from Brigham Young University and an MFA from The Academy of Art University in San Francisco, is an assistant professor of the Animation program at Brigham Young University, where he teaches storyboarding, figure drawing, visual development and animation.
The backing song is The World Moves Madly On by The Weepies.
1884: Yesterday's Future is the steam-powered wonder of a Terry Gilliam-imagined future London, envisioned from the perspective of a respectable burgher in 1844.
Ryan has a BFA from Brigham Young University and an MFA from The Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and is an assistant professor of the Animation program at Brigham Young University, where he teaches storyboarding, figure drawing, visual development and animation.
Introducing a new technique that seamlessly merges computer-generated and hand-drawn animation techniques, first-time director John Kahrs takes the art of animation in a bold new direction with this Oscar®-nominated short.
Using a minimalist black-and-white style, the short follows the story of a lonely young man in mid-century New York City, whose destiny takes an unexpected turn after a chance meeting with a beautiful woman on his morning commute. Convinced the girl of his dreams is gone forever, he gets a second chance when he spots her in a skyscraper window across the avenue from his office. With only his heart, imagination and a stack of papers to get her attention, his efforts are no match for what the fates have in store for him.
Created by a small, innovative team working at Walt Disney Animation Studios, "Paperman" pushes the animation medium in an exciting new direction.
Fried Rice is an Adelaide-based animated webseries written, directed, edited, animated and voiced by Chris George, who also provides the music.
West City can be a strange place. Superheroes, ninja, spies, criminal
masterminds, this place has it all. Join the Homeless "Chicago" and
oddball Ninja "Fong" as they discuss spiritual Faith.
Avery's cartoons became known for their sheer lunacy, breakneck pace, and a penchant for playing with the medium of animation and film in general that few other directors dared to approach. Avery's first short released by MGM, The Blitz Wolf, an Adolf Hitler parody, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) in 1942.
Avery's most famous MGM character debuted in 1943 in Dumb-Hounded. Droopy was a calm, little, slow-moving and slow-talking dog who still won out in the end. The character was initially nameless. He would not be called "Droopy" onscreen until his fifth cartoon, Señor Droopy (1949).
Dumb-Hounded appears today in honour of a special person's birthday.
Nate and Steve are trapped in a house that is surrounded by zombies, and infested with zombies. With your suggestions, they can purge the house of the zombie threat and survive until rescue arrives... If it ever arrives.
Yes, your suggestion might just save an animated life.
The Pozible fundraising campaign has only three more days to go, and—at the time of writing—the goal has been comfortably exceeded. Nonetheless, there's room for more. Every dollar will help with another episode.
Given Levi's obsession with the zombie apocalypse, and the fact he lives in my neighborhood, I'd feel better if he had plenty of work to keep him busy, so he's not out on the streets. Know what I mean? Help him out. Keep him working. I'd consider it a favor.
Pigeon: Impossible is an animated short film made by
writer/director Lucas Martell.
The film took nearly five years to complete and represents his first attempt at animation.
"When the project started, it was mostly an excuse to learn 3D animation, but by the end of the project I had spent so much time reworking and polishing the story that I just wanted people to laugh."
The end-result is a hilarious six-minute romp through the streets of Washington D.C. as our hero fights to save himself, and the world from the chaos reigned down by a hungry pigeon. Breathtaking visuals and a sweeping soundtrack showcase the work of nearly one-hundred talented artists and musicians, and the film stands as a testament to what can be accomplished by a team of dedicated volunteers working for the love of their craft.
A rookie secret agent is faced with a problem seldom covered in basic
training: what to do when a curious pigeon gets trapped inside your
multi-million dollar, government-issued nuclear briefcase.
Max Fleischer was the founder of Fleischer Studios, and a major pioneer in both the creative and technical development of animated films. His first invention, in 1915, was the Rotoscope. He filmed his brother, dressed in a clown suit, then drew, frame by frame, over the filmed action, creating more life-like movement. Coming home from their day job and working nights in Max's living room, it took the brothers a year to produce one minute of film, but the look of animated cartoons had changed forever.
The Rotoscope was only one of the more than 15 patents Max Fleischer held on his inventions, many of which significantly advanced the technology of early film and animation. He was a true pioneer in the film industry.
By 1929 the studio name officially became Fleischer Studios. This coincided with the start of the Great Depression, a time when people sought escape from their problems by going to the movie houses.
Betty Boop, Fleischer's most famous creation, was born during this time. Betty first appeared in Dizzy Dishesin 1930. Her flirtatious persona was inspired by the flapper look, and the most famous female stars of the day (including Mae West).
By 1932, Betty was the star of her own series. She had become the first animated screen siren, and the unrivaled star of Fleischer Studios.
In addition to animating their own characters, Fleischer Studios animated and brought to life two other famous characters created by others that had previously existed only in comic strips—Popeye the Sailor (1933) and Superman (1941).
Avery's cartoons became known for their sheer lunacy, breakneck pace, and a penchant for playing with the medium of animation and film in general that few other directors dared to approach. Avery's first short released by MGM, The Blitz Wolf, an Adolf Hitler parody, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) in 1942.
Avery's most famous MGM character, Droopy, was a calm, little, slow-moving and slow-talking dog who still won out in the end. The character was initially nameless. He would not be called "Droopy" onscreen until his fifth cartoon, Señor Droopy (1949). In the cartoon that follows,Northwest Hounded Police, Droopy's last name is given as "McPoodle".
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