Screening List - June 6

1. SID FALLING ASLEEP - ICE AGE
2. MAMMOTHS MEET - ICE AGE 2
3. BART SKATEBOARDING, NAKED! - THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (sorry for quality)
4. POKEMON
5. TRON LEGACY CLIP
6. LAND OF OZ - SUMMER WARS
7. LUXO JR.
8. TIN TOY
9. WOODY AND BUZZ TRAPPED - TOY STORY
10. WHEN SHE LOVED ME - TOY STORY 2
11. SCHOOL OF FISH - FINDING NEMO
12. NEW COSTUMES - THE INCREDIBLES
13. RIVER SCENE - RATATOUILLE
14. REMY DRIVES A LINGUINI - RATATOUILLE
15. WALL-E PUTS AWAY STUFF AND WATCHES HELLO DOLLY
16. CARL AND ELLIE MONTAGE - UP
17. RUSSEL TALKS ABOUT HIS DAD - UP
18. SPANISH BUZZ - TOY STORY 3 (til 03:20)

AND DON'T FORGET YOUR BLUEBOOKS FOR WEDNESDAY!!!!! GOOD LUCK!!!

Screening List - June 4

1. ELEANOR RIGBY - YELLOW SUBMARINE
2. BATHTUB SCENE - FRITZ THE CAT
3. INTRO - SECRET OF NIMH (start at 03:00)
4. "YOU'RE A BAD DOG" - ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN
5. ANASTASIA - PARIS HOLDS THE KEY TO YOUR HEART
6. BUS STOP - MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
7. SOULS DON'T DIE - THE IRON GIANT
8. LOUVRE - LOONEY TUNES BACK IN ACTION
9. BELLEVILLE RENDEZ-VOUS - TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
10. HIEROGLYPHICS DREAM - PRINCE OF EGYPT
11. OGRES ARE LIKE ONIONS - SHREK
12. SEA MONSTER FIGHT - SINBAD: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS
13. GRAFITTI SCENE - SAMURAI CHAMPLOO
14. MARTY'S ESCAPE - MADAGASCAR
15. DUMPLINGS - KUNG FU PANDA (start at 02:00)
16. HICCUP AND TOOTHLESS - HTTYD (sorry for crappy quality)
17. ANTI-PESTO TRUCK - CURSE OF THE WERE RABBIT
18. WEDDING PRESENT - CORPSE BRIDE
19. INTRO - CORALINE
20. CREATURE COMFORTS

Screening List - May 30

1. I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU - JUNGLE BOOK
2. EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A CAT - ARISTOCATS
3. NOWHERE MAN - YELLOW SUBMARINE
4. RESCUE AID SOCIETY - THE RESCUERS
5. BEAR FIGHT - FOX AND THE HOUND
6. LIGHT CYCLE - TRON
7. VINCENT
8. HORNED KING - THE BLACK CAULDRON
9. BIG BEN CHASE - GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE
10. JESSICA RABBIT - WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
11. PART OF YOUR WORLD - THE LITTLE MERMAID
12. SOMETHING THERE - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
13. FRIEND LIKE ME - ALADDIN
14. POOR JACK - NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
15. STAMPEDE - THE LION KING
16. POCAHONTAS MEETS JOHN SMITH - POCAHONTAS
17. HAIRCUT - MULAN
18. FIGHT - ATLANTIS
19. FIGHT - COWBOY BEBOP (02:20-05:00, compare to Atlantis fight scene)
20. RHAPSODY IN BLUE - FANTASIA 2000
21. SISTER FIGHT - LILO & STITCH
22. PIGEONS - BOLT
23. DIG A LITTLE DEEPER - PRINCESS AND THE FROG

Screening List - May 23

1. STRINGS
2. BOB'S BIRTHDAY
3. STUDY #6
4. ALLEGRETTO (low quality)
5. MOONBIRD
6. THE MOON AND THE SON
7. SITA SINGS THE BLUES
8. THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES

And since the internet failed us during class, don't forget to check out Simon's Cat!

Screening List - May 23

1. ERSATZ
2. THE CEREMONY
3. MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
4. WAY TO YOUR NEIGHBOR
5. NEIGHBORS
6. WALKING
7. THE STREET
8. LOG DRIVER'S WALTZ
9. THE SWEATER
10. THE BIG SNIT
11. PARADISE (clip)
12. MINDSCAPE

Screening List - May 16

1. HOCKEY HOMICIDE
2. TWO SILHOUETTES
3. WHALE
4. HAPPY VALLEY
5. ONCE UPON A WINTERTIME
6. PECOS BILL
7. SONG OF THE SOUTH
8. HEADLESS HORSEMAN
9. CINDERELLA
10. ALICE IN WONDERLAND - CATERPILLAR
11. HOOK W/ TINKERBELL
12. TOOT, WHISTLE, PLUNK AND BOOM
13. HE’S A TRAMP
14. SLEEPING BEAUTY - MALEFICENT'S CURSE
15. SLEEPING BEAUTY - DRAGON
16. CRUELLA ENTRANCE

Screening List - May 14

1. SWAB YOUR CHOPPERS
2. RAGTIME BEAR
3. TELL TALE HEART
4. ROOTY-TOOT-TOOT
5. GERALD MCBOING-BOING
6. UNICORN IN THE GARDEN
7. GRIZZLY GOLFER
8. PINK AND BLUE BLUES (MR. MAGOO)
9. PIGS IS PIGS
10. CURIOSITY
11. SAMURAI JACK CLIP
12. SECRET OF KELLS   SCENE CONT'D

Screening List - May 9

1. A HAUNTING WE WILL GO
2. SEAPREME COURT
3. MUNRO
4. OLIO FOR JASPER
5. JOHN HENRY
6. MOVIE MADNESS
7. THE GREATEST MAN IN SIAM
8. BARBER OF SEVILLE
9. CRAZY MIXED UP PUP
10. LEGEND Of ROCKABYE POINT

Screening List - May 7

1. BOSKO'S EASTER EGGS
2. SWING WEDDING
3. THE BEAR THAT COULDN'T SLEEP
4. PEACE ON EARTH
5. THE MILKY WAY
6. DUMB-HOUNDED
7. RED HOT RIDING HOOD
8. KING-SIZE CANARY
9. BAD LUCK BLACKIE
10. THE THREE LITTLE PUPS
11. MOUSE CLEANING
12. ANCHORS AWEIGH (clip)
13. TOM'S PHOTO FINISH

Screening List - May 2

Here are the films from last Wednesday. If anyone finds The Big Snooze or full versions of the other cartoons, please post!

1. THE BIG SNOOZE
2. BIRDS ANONYMOUS
3. SHOW BIZ BUGS
4. HARE TRIMMED
5. BULLY FOR BUGS
6. ONE FROGGY EVENING
7. DUCK AMUCK
8. RABBIT SEASONING (could only find clip)
9. GEE WHIZ-Z-Z-Z
10. DEVIL MAY HARE
11. GORILLA MY DREAMS
12. WHAT'S OPERA DOC (could only find clip)

Screening List - April 25

Sorry folks, forgot to post last week!

1. THE THRIFTY PIG
2. DER FUEHRER'S FACE
3. VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER
4. TRAINING MONTAGE
5. HEALTH FOR THE AMERICAS
6. THE WINGED SCOURGE
7. THE NEW SPIRIT
8. LAKE TITICACA
9. THREE CABALLEROS
10. ANY BONDS TODAY
11. BUGS BUNNY NIPS THE NIPS
12. COAL BLACK
13. GRIPES
14. TULIPS SHALL GROW
15. RUSSIAN RHAPSODY
16. THE BLITZ WOLF

Screening List - April 23

1. I'VE GOT NO STRINGS
2. MONSTRO ATTACKS
3. THE NUTCRACKER SUITE
4. DANCE OF THE HOURS
5. NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN
6. DUMBO VISITS HIS MOTHER
7. PINK ELEPHANTS
8. LITTLE APRIL SHOWER
9. BAMBI ON ICE

Screening List - April 18

1. SINKIN' IN THE BATHTUB
2. SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO (could only find video with commentary)
3. I HAVEN'T GOT A HAT
4. PORKY IN WACKYLAND
5. YOU OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES
6. THE WILD HARE
7. SPOOKS
8. BALLOON LAND
9. CONFIDENCE
10. KNOCK KNOCK
11. MOLLY MOO-COW AND THE BUTTERFLIES

SUGGESTED READING LIST

Hi Everyone,
Here is a suggested reading list to help you with the class. Also, for those that have been asking about the final, Professor Solomon will talk about it in class tomorrow.

SUGGESTED READING

Bendazzi, Giannalberto. Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation. Bloomington and Indianapolis: University of Indiana Press, 1995.

Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales. New York: Vintage, 1977.

Finch, Christopher. The Art of Walt Disney. New York: Abrams, 2011.

Maltin, Leonard. The Disney Films. New York: Hyperion, 1995.

Maltin, Leonard. Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980.

Paik, Karen. To Infinity and Beyond! The Story of Pixar Animation Studios. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2007.

Shale, Richard. Donald Duck Joins Up: The Walt Disney Studio During World War II. Ann Arbor: UMI Press, 1982.

Solomon, Charles. The Art of Toy Story Three. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2010.

Solomon, Charles. The History of Animation: Enchanted Drawings. New York: Wings Books, 1994.

Thomas, Bob. Disney’s Art of Animation: From Mickey Mouse to Hercules. New York: Hyperion, 1997.

Thomas, Bob. Walt Disney: An American Original. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1976.

Thomas, Frank & Johnston, Ollie. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. New York: Abbeville Press, 1981.

Screening List - April 16

1. BED TIME
2. BETTY BOOP IN SNOW WHITE
3. HOUSE CLEANING BLUES
4. A DREAM WALKING
5. POOR CINDERELLA
6. DANCING ON THE MOON
7. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS (clip)
8. THE MECHANICAL MONSTERS
9. HOPPITY GOES TO TOWN (clip)
10. POPEYE MEETS ALI BABA'S 40 THIEVES

Screening List - April 11

1. THE GODDESS OF SPRING
2. THE COOKIE CARNIVAL
3. SNOW WHITE - THE DWARFS' YODEL SONG
4. SNOW WHITE (FEATURE)

Screening List - April 9

Here are the films from today's class.

1. THE SKELETON DANCE
2. FLOWERS AND TREES
3. THE OLD MILL
4. WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN
5. THREE LITTLE PIGS
6. THE COUNTRY COUSIN
7. MUSICLAND
8. THE UGLY DUCKLING (1931)
9. THE UGLY DUCKLING (1939)

In case you didn't get the email we sent out...

Hello Class,
Here are some issues we will be dealing with as we come up on 2nd week:
Enrolled: If you are enrolled, great job. If you are enrolled but missed both first week classes (one absence is fine) then you will be dropped. If you missed all of first week but you are planning on taking the class please email the TA's by Monday, 1pm with an explanation to your absences. Once dropped, your spot will automatically be filled by the waitlisted students, and you'll be on the bottom of the PTE reception list.
Waitlisted: If you are Waitlisted, you will automatically be enrolled as people drop.
PTE#s: If you have signed in during first week requesting a PTE#, they will be distributed at the end of class Monday. We are aware of impending ADD/DROP deadlines and the subsequent fees associated that affect you.
Please use Professor Solomon's contact information professionally; for student service matters (enrollment, website, deadlines, finals) please direct your general questions/complaints to the TAs.

Thanks,
Your loving TAs
Jessica, Vivian, Eric

Screening List - April 4

Here are the films from Wednesday's class. If anyone finds better versions of any of the films please post in the comments section.

1. NEWMAN LAUGH-O-GRAMS
2. PUSS IN BOOTS (please ignore Spanish narration - it was the only one we could find)
3. ALICE'S WONDERLAND
4. ALICE RATTLED BY RATS
5. THE OCEAN HOP
6. PLANE CRAZY
7. STEAMBOAT WILLIE
8. PLAYFUL PLUTO
9. THE BAND CONCERT
10. CLOCK CLEANERS
11. BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR

Screening List - April 2

Here are the clips from Monday's class. If anyone finds better versions, please post in the comments section.

1. ENCHANTED DRAWING
2. HUMOROUS PHASES OF FUNNY FACES
3. FANTASMAGORIE
4. LITTLE NEMO
5. COL. HEEZA LIAR AT THE BAT (clip)
6. GERTIE THE DINOSAUR
7. THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA (clip)
8. FLYING HOOFS (couldn't find - please share if you find it)
9. COMICALIMITIES

SYLLABUS

A History of Animation in America--Film and Television 122N--Spring 2012

A survey of the art of animation in America from its pre-cinema origins to recent films of Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Ghibli, et al. Discussions will include the place of animation in pop culture, its impact on ethnic stereotypes, the growth of the art form and how it reflects American society.

Lecture:                    MW 1-4

Location:                  Bunche 1209B

Units:                        5

Professor:                Charles Solomon (chazsolo@gmail.com)

Office Hours:           TBA

TA's:                         Jessica Hokanson, Vivian Lee, Eric Leppo 

                                 (animationhistoryta@yahoo.com)

Course requirements:

            1. Regular attendance

            2. Viewing of animated films

            3. Final exam                                       

 

Prerequisites:         A desire to learn about the history of animation and its effects on popular culture.

Texts:             There is no required reading for the course. But students will be                        expected to watch films that are not shown in their entirety in class and to see current releases. The films may be rented from video stores, Netflix, etc. In addition, the TA's will have a list of reliable books on various aspects of animation to aid in research.

Average cost per student: $25-$50 for video rentals and movie admissions.

Grading:          Class attendance/participation……………………………10%

                        Final exam………………………………………………….90%

Attendance:     Sign in sheets will passed around at the beginning of each class. If you are enrolled, but miss the first two classes you will be dropped to make room for the waitlisted students that did attend class. If you are dropped, but do intend to take the class please email the TAs and you will be put at the bottom of the PTE reception list.

NB: Plagiarism is a serious offense. It is the presentation of another author’s words or ideas as if they were your own. University regulations require that any case of plagiarism be sent to the Dean of Students for review. If you have any questions about documentation, quotations, and related matters, please do not hesitate to ask me before submitting your work.

Week/Date            Subject/screening:

April 2             Introduction:

            The origins of animation in pre-film toys and devices. The beginings of film animation: the work of J. Stuart Blackton and Emile Cohl. Silent animation: Winsor McCay, the earliest cartoons studios, and the triumph of the Felix the Cat series. The division between animation as an art form and an industry.

April 4             The Disney Era (1):

            The early work of Walt Disney and his studios: From the “Laugh-O-Grams” and “Alice” comedies to “Steamboat Willie” and the first Mickey shorts.

April 4             The Disney Era (2):

            From the “Silly Symphonies” to “Snow White”--an era of unpcedented artistic experimentation and education.

April 9             The Fleischer Studio:

            From the “Out of the Inkwell” shorts through “Betty Boop,” “Popeye” and “Gulliver’s Travels.” An alternate vision of what cartoon can and should be.

April 11             The Studio Cartoon in the 30's:

            The early work of Hugh Harman, Rudy Ising et al., from “Sinkin’ in the Bathtub”  to “I Haven’t Got a Hat” and “A Wild Hare” at Warner Bros. Harman-Ising move to MGM and establish another studio.

April 16            Minor Studios:

            The cartoons of Walter Lantz, Ub Iwerks, Paul Terry and Van Beuren.

April 18            Disney:

The great features: “Pinocchio,” “Fantasia,” “Dumbo” and “Bambi.”

April 23            Disney:

             The war years. The Strike of 1941 and its effects. Wartime production, including “Victory Through Air Power,” the South American films and “Song of the South.”

April 25            Warners Bros. after the war:

            The Golden Age of Jones, Freleng and McKimson.

April 30            MGM after the war:

            Tex Avery at his best, Hanna-Barbera’s Oscar-winning “Tom and Jerry” series.

May 2              Other studios after the war:

            Terry, Famous, Lantz, George Pal.

May 7              UPA:

            A graphic revolution in animation.

May 9              The Disney Postwar years and Interregnum:

            From “Make Mine Music” and the Package Features through “The Fox and the Hound” and “The Black Cauldron.”

May 14            Other visions (1):

            Alternatives to studio films: The Hubleys and independent animation. The artistic focus of animation shifts from the US to Zagrebfilm, the National Film Board of Canada and other countries.

May 16            Disney redux:

            From “The Great Mouse” through “The Lion King”; an arc of artistic and financial success.

May 21            Other visions (2) the changing feature:

Ralph Bakshi and "Fritz the Cat, Bill Melendez’s "Peanuts" features, “Yellow Submarine;” Don Bluth, Turner, Hyperion et al. attempt to challenge Disney’s domination of the feature market.

May 23            The Way We Are (1):

            Recent work from Disney, Dreamworks.

May 28             Memorial Day Holiday

May 30            Pixar:

CG animation in excelsis.

June 4            The Way We Are (2):

New works and new players, including Blue Sky, Sony.

June 6            The Way We are (3):

The most recent trends, including the impact of anime.

June 13            FINAL EXAM: 11:30am-2:30pm

                           BRING BLUE BOOKS