Animation History: March 2nd

Today in Animation History

Back in 1886, Willis O'Brien was born and would eventually animate the first stop motion puppet of King Kong which would premiere on this day in 1933! 

This is from "Mighty Joe Young".

1922- A 21 year old veteran named Walt Disney after getting out of the army began studying in the public library Edwin Lutz's book "Motion Picture Animation and How it is Made" in the public library. In Kansas City, he and his brother Roy persuaded the owner of a small chain of  vaudeville theaters to fund some cartoons. The Newman's Laff-O-Grams Company was formed. A year later the Disney brothers would move to Hollywood and start a new enterprise called the Walt Disney Company. (from Tom Sito's blog)

 

Also in 1904 - Ted Geisel, cartoonist, animation director and author, Dr.Suess was born. 

Did you know his first book was rejected 27 times, not much by today's standards, but he kept going. Here's an interesting story involving being in the right place at the right time which lead to selling his first book. The rest is history.

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Great Animating videos

Watching other people animate a scene can be a rare treat and so, I've collected several videos showing this process. If you come across other videos like this, please send a link to me and I will include it on this post. All forms of animation are welcome...

This one was made during the success of Walt Disney's first animated feature"Snow White". Its a little dated, but very informative and fun to watch.

The great Glen Keane shows his process of animating a man getting out of a chair.

English Animator, Joanna Quinn demonstrates how she animates a scene.

You might be more familiar with her on going commercial work for Charmin toilet paper...

But she also has produced a variety of personal films including this one called, "Dreams and Desires Family Ties". Her use of animated camera transitions and character expression are amazing. If you can't understand the accents, enjoy the animation, especially when the camera is strapped on the dog's back.

And here's how Joanna Quinn puts all her animation together...

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Big Animation Events coming in September!

If you want to learn more about the history of animation and live in the Los Angeles area, there are a lot of Animation events happening in September.


On September 13th!
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be presenting 3 animation events starting at 5pm:

GERTIE THE DINOSAUR AND THE BIRTH OF PERSONALITY ANIMATION!

John Canemaker will present a lecture about Winsor McCay, creator of Gertie the Dinosaur and the making of his 1914 classic, Gertie the Dinosaur.

 

 McCay drew 10,000 drawings to create Gertie the Dinosaur, 1914 which were all drawn on one level, no cels were used.

Then at 7:30pm

You will learn about THE LOST NOTEBOOK: HERMAN SCHULTHEIS AND THE SECRETS OF WALT DISNEY'S MOVIE MAGIC

And Finally at 8:45pm
A Screening of Walt Disney's Fantasia!
For tickets and info, click the link below...

Animation Masters: John Canemaker Celebrates Winsor McCay and Walt Disney | Events Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Sept 21: Chuck Jones 102gether! held at the Alex Theater in Glendale at 3pm.
Then on September 13th!
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be presenting 3 animation events starting at 5pm:

And if you are an animation student wishing you could be apart of an animation production, here's a  the 24 HOUR Animation Contest. There may be time to enter your school, so check it out!


 

Aubry Mintz has been running a 24 hour animation contest for the past 7 years and has had excellent results and responses from our industry sponsors, including CTNX, Disney, DreamWorks, Nickelodeon, ToonBoom, DigiCel and more!

Last year with 50 teams (250 students) from 11 schools participating it was the largest one yet! This contest teaches students about working together, meeting deadlines and making creative decisions under pressure. Although it is quite a bit to do in such a short time, every year we always have completed, colored films!!! AND they all have a lot of fun and return for more each year!

Please send these attached fliers out to your student/clubs and please let me know if we can expect participation from your school and I will add your schools name to our list and email group. 

Follow the contest on FB https://www.facebook.com/groups/379701672098072/

This year the contest will take place on Friday September 26^th at 5pm PST to Saturday September 27^th at 5pm. At Friday at 5pm, the theme of the contest is announced and each group takes some time to come up with an short animated idea based on the theme. 

I will be there from the beginning and attempt to document some of the productions which will be coming out of Woodbury University's Animation Teams. Check back to see what happens and view the final student films!

If you know of any future animation events, please let me know.