CHUCK JONES - PART 2

Jones played around with minimalism and styles. Graphic Imagery. Abstraction. Surrealism.

Be able to describe the artistic direction of Joness's cartoons from mid-1950s to mid- 1960s.

Bugs Bunny - never initiated fights but when he was pushed to the breaking point it would be all out war - smart Daffy -arrogent, greedy, and self inflicting harm

Be able to describe the character traits of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck under Chuck Jones's direction.

- HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! - RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI

Be able to name the one animated feature Jones directed and some of the television cartoon special titles Jones directed in the late 1960s through the 1970s.

Late 40's to late 50's

Jones's greatest period was at Warner Bros. and be able to name four of his cartoons that are among his very best work from this creatively prolific period.

For OPERA, Jones took 2 weeks off his latest ROAD RUNNER schedule and applied that time to OPERA, giving OPERA a 7-week production schedule and leaving his latest ROAD RUNNER with a 3-week production schedule. To not upset head office, Jones had his crew fudge their time cards so it seemed OPERA and his latest ROAD RUNNER both took the usual 5-week production time.

Know how Jones was able to give himself a longer production schedule for the making of WHAT'S OPERA, DOC?

- LONG-HAIRED HARE - RABBIT OF SEVILLE - WHAT'S OPERA, DOC? - Duck AMUCK experimants - HIGH NOTE (minimalism) - THE DOT AND THE LINE: A ROMANCE IN LOWER MATHEMATICS (minimalism + Graphic Imagery) - NOW HEAR THIS (abstract + surrealism)

Know some of the titles of his 1950s masterpieces (several of which were shown in class) and the titles of his 1960s experiments, including describing in a few words his approach to the '60s experiments.

- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Tom And Jerry

Know the name of the studio Jones went to work for when the WB cartoon studio closed in 1962 and be able to name the famous cartoon series Jones took over directing at this studio.

MAURICE NOBLE's stunning, stylized layout designs. Noble was arguably Chuck Jones's best layout designer, or at least most inventive.

Know who Maurice Noble was and what he contributed to Jones's cartoons.

Michael Maltese was the writer for the Chuck Jones Cartoons at warner Bro's

Know who Michael Maltese was and what he contributed to Jones's cartoons

Jack warner believed that the film industry would soon shift to 3-D on a permanent basis and that it would be too expensive to produce all his animated cartoons in the 3-D process.

Know why Jack Warner laid-off most of the WB cartoon staff in 1953 and where Jones went to work during this period before Jack Warner re-opened the WB cartoon studio.

- Sniffles - Inki and the Mynah Bird - Hubie and Bertie - Claude Cat - Charlie Dog - Road Runner - Wile E. Coyote - Pepé Le Pew - The Three Bears - Pussyfoot - Marc Anthony - Sam & Ralph (the sheepdogs) - Marvin Martian - Michigan J. Frog

Names of the WB cartoon characters that Jones created and developed from the late 1940s - late 1950s.

- FRESH AIREDALE - FAST AND FURRY-OUS - FOR SCENT-IMENTAL REASONS - A BEAR FOR PUNISHMENT - FEED THE KITTY - THE SCARLETT PUMPERNICKEL - RABBIT SEASONING - DUCK DODGERS IN THE 241/2th CENTURY - DUCK AMUCK - ONE FROGGY EVENING

Names of the WB cartoons that Jones created and developed from the late 1940s - late 1950s.

- LONG-HAIRED HARE - RABBIT OF SEVILLE - WHAT'S OPERA, DOC?

The Three cartoons in Check Jones's Opera series.

- The cartoons always take place in the same desert setting. - The Road Runner and Coyote never speak. - The Road Runner never leaves the road, unless Wile E. - Coyote paints a line off the road, such as into a fake - painted tunnel. - The Coyote's injuries are always self-inflicted. - No matter what misfortune the Coyote suffers, he always appears intact after the fade-out, ready to try again. (The Coyote is not physically hurt, but embarrassed, insulted and suffering from indignity.) - His mail-order machines and appliances are almost always from the Acme Corporation. - The Road Runner and the Coyote are always introduced by bogus Latin names. - The Coyote never catches the Road Runner.

The rules Jones applied to his ROAD RUNNER & COYOTE theatrical series.