Walt Disney feature animation part 2 (quiz 11)
What caused the labour strike of 1941 at the Disney Studio (4)
- Long hours with no overtime - Large work loads with little communication - Wide differences in Wages - Growing Gap of satisfaction between the old vets (admired walt) and young newcomers (didn't share walt's vision or passion)
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Know what makes BAMBI one of the most unusual animated features to come from Walt Disney.
-Realistic animal movements -not much caricatured actions -watercolor impressionistic background that suggest forests, moods and emotions rather than straight painting
what elements made disney's fourth feature film DUMBO a near perfect animated film and what made it truly resonate beyond being a "clever cartoon"? (3)
1. Cartooney with visual gags such as the pink elephants 2. cheaper than previous ones 3. 64 minutes (shorter than previous ones)
Know which important Disney animator was one of the key leaders of the Disney strike.
Art Babbitt
THE RELUCTANT DRAGON features which segment with a story told essentially through storyboard panels, with small touches of actual animation. with minimalism and simplicity, anticipates the stylized, limited animation of the UPA cartoon in the 1950s.
BABY WEEMS
Name disney's fifth feature film
Bambi
Who was the key animator of Stromboli?
Bill Tytla
Know the name of the man who animated the Black God/Chernabog in FANTASIA
Bill Tytla !!!!
Name disney's fourth feature film
Dumbo
name disney's third feature film
Fantasia
what special sound system was invented for disney's third feature film?
Fantasound
Know which important Disney animator whose talent for character design became the Disney design standard during this period in the studio's history.
Fred Moore
Know why the four Walt Disney animated features released after SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (in the early 1940s) didn't succeed financially as well as the first feature.
It was essentially because Snow White was completely new to audiences, it did better than the others. Fantasia was more experimental, thus not doing as well as the others.
Know the name of FANTASIA's music conductor and the name of the orchestra providing the score.
Leopold Stokowski
Know some of the film titles and the kinds of films Walt Disney made during his "Post- War Blues" period (2)
Make Mine Music Ichabod and Mr. Toad
who was disney's inspirational artist and colour stylist in this period?
Mary Blair
Other than animation, know which specific film medium Walt Disney began making in the post-war blues period
Packaged features
name disney's second feature film
Pinocchio
Name the main characters of Pinocchio
Pinocchio Jiminy Cricket Stromboli Geppetto Candlewick
what story and mood dynamics made PINOCCHIO a very different film from SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS?
Snow white= was a fairy tail laced with scary moments pinocchio= was scary with some comedy
Know where Walt travelled to and why during the heat of the strike.
South America He excused himself to this trip for art influence
Know the titles of at least 3 of FANTASIA's segments.
THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE THE NUTCRACKER SUITE NIGHT OF BALD MOUNTAIN
original title of FANTASIA
The Concert Feature
Name a disney cartoon that used the multiplane camera
The Old Mill
Name an animated feature film Walt Disney made during World War II with live action and animation combo
The Three Caballeros
the name of the Disney artist who inspired the background style of BAMBI.
Tyrus Wong !!!!
Know what important animation studio was formed after the Disney strike.
UPA
who was the key animator of jiminy cricket?
Ward Kimball
Know the name of the Academy Award-winning song in PINOCCHIO that became the signature tune for the Disney company and evolved into a pop music standard.
When You Wish Upon a Star
How does a multiplane camera work what does it achieve?
a camera set facing downwards takes photos of separate planes (foreground, mid ground, background, etc) that are capable of moving up, down and laterally to create the illusion of spacial depth in a scene
Know what the general critical reaction was to FANTASIA.
a mixed reaction because it was so different from disney's other features
best description of fantasia
an experimental feature length art film
