Silent Animation: Fleischer and Disney

What was different about Mickey Mouse's design compared to other animated characters of the era?

He was much more rounded than the usually angular characters

How did Walt create his "Alice" Shorts?

He would film the girl on a black background and then animate around her.

What is "Out of the Inkwell"

It's an animation staring a clown that combined live action and cartoons, created by Max Fleischer

Who picked up Disney's "Alice" shorts

Margaret Winkler, but her husband Charles Mintz took over when she got pregnant.

Who invented the Rotoscope

Max Fleischer

Who created Cat Master Tom?

Otto Mesmer in the Feline Follies cartoon of 1919

What silent film star did Otto Mesmer make cartoons of?

Charlie Chaplin

Who was the first live action actor to be transposed into animation?

Charlie Chaplin

What is the name of the clown in "Out of the Inkwell"?

Coco the Clown

When Cat Master Tom was redeveloped, what did they change his name to?

Felix the Cat

Rotoscope

Form of animation whereby video is projected onto a glass surface then traced to give the animation a realistic appearance.

What was the first feature length rotoscope film?

Gulliver's travels

What is the background of Max and Dave Fleischer?

They are the sons of immigrants and grew up in the tenements.

Why did Walt and Ub's first agency fail?

They both got new jobs creating animations for a side company

How did Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney meet?

They were both fired from the same ad company.

What did Walt and a fellow service member do with German helmets they found during WW1?

They would paint them camo, shoot them, and sell them off.

Who became chief animator for Walt Disney?

Ub Iwerks

Who finalized Mickey Mouse's Design?

Ub Iwerks

Who retained the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit after Charles Mintz ousted Walt Disney?

Universal

Who created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1927?

Walt Disney and Charles Mintz

Why did Walt Disney create Mickey Mouse?

Because Mintz booted him and (univerasal) kept the rights to his character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

This animation linked silent film stars to animation

Felix in hollywood

Who was coco the clown modeled off of?

Dave Fleischer in a clown costume.

What studio did Walt and Roy Disney start?

Disney Bros. Studios

What was Walt Disney's upbringing like?

He grew up poor, constantly moving, with a strict religious father and was forced to run a paper route as a child.

What studio did Walt Disney create before going bankrupt and moving to Hollywood?

Laugh-O-Gram Studios

Mickey Mouse's original name was

Mortimer Mouse

What animation inspired Max Fleischer to animate/make rotoscope animations?

Winsor McCay's Gertie the Dinosaur

Walt Disney served in the Red Cross in _____ _____ _____

World War One

What was the focus of "Out of the Inkwell"?

focused more on the power and technique of animation more than a storyline or plot