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Based on in-class instruction for Introduction to Animation. Created by J. Rinalducci
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Title: Blinkity BlankDirector: Norman McLaren
Permission: National Film Board of Canadahttp://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca
AnimeFrom Sailor Moon
Images from Wii Baseball Game
Horse animated by rotoscoping from Eedweard Muybridge's 19th c. photos
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Animated sequence of galloping race horsePhotos by Eadweard Muybridge (1887)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Muybridge_race_horse_animated.gif
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Possible Search Terms:Possible Search Terms:• McLaren, Norman• Animator• Animation
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Promotional still from Blinkity Blank from NFB of Canada
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SuggestedSuggested Journals Journals && MagazinesMagazines
Animation Journal* Sight & Sound Journal of Visual Culture
Animation Magazine* Art in America Journal of Popular Culture
Funnyworld (1974-1979) Leonardo American Cinematographer
American Artist Film Quarterly Film History
Print Broadcasting and Cable Diacritics
Variety Entertainment Weekly New York Times Magazine
Animatrix Journal of Popular Film & Television Post
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Apply the CRAAP Test as a checklist: Currency Relevance Authority Accuracy Purpose“Focus on Animation: Norman McLaren” from the National Film Board of Canada http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/filmmakers/Norman-McLaren/overview.php
WebsitesWebsites• Origins of American Animation (Library of Congress)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oahome.html21 animated films & 2 fragments (1900-1921). Clay, puppet & cut out animation,pen drawings. Connects newspaper comic strips to early films. Developmentof animation & social attitudes of the time.
• American Film Institute: Top 10 Animation http://www.afi.com/10top10/animation.html
• History of Animation Webpages (Texas A & M University) http://www-viz.tamu.edu/courses/viza615/97spring/history.html Based on student papers
• Animation Factory http://www.animationfactory.com/en Royalty free animations, 3D clip art, and templates
• 3D Café http://www.3dcafe.com Information on 3D modeling & animation
• Digital Game Based Learninghttp://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/games/digigbl.html Includes links to video game examples
• Animation Lab (Georgia Tech)http://gvu.cc.gatech.edu/animation/animlab.html Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center
• Focus on Animation (National Film Board of Canada) http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en Includes Animando, 12-minute film demonstrating 10 animation techniques (& how to use them)
• Animation Research Centre (University College for the Creative Arts) http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/index.cfm?articleid=11263
• The Animation Museum (Korea) http://animationmuseum.com/eng/en01.html (English version)
More WebsitesMore Websites
& More Websites& More Websites• Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research http://www.cartoonresearch.com Detailed filmographies, animator biographies, cartoon synopsis, animation history
• Related sites:– Jen Library Special Collections http://blog.scad.edu/speccoll – Cartoon Research Library (Ohio State Univ.)
http://cartoons.osu.edu Largest academic research facility documenting US cartoon art
– ImageTexT (University of Florida) http://www.english.ufl.edu/imagetext Online scholarly journal covering comic art and related subjects
• Other sources of information: Websites of animation studio websites or animators, YouTube, Google,& Wikimedia Commons
CurrentCurrent Animator?Animator?
Ex: Bruno Bozzetto → Check out his websiteFind images, videos, awards, exhibitions…
Reference Books:Reference Books:A great Place to StartA great Place to Start
• The animated film encyclopedia: a complete guide to American shorts, features & sequences 1900-1979 REF NC 1765 .W42 2000
• Animated films REF PN1997.5 .C55 2004 • Animation art: from pencil to pixel, the history of cartoon,
animé & CGI REF NC1765 .A535 2004 • The animation business handbook REF PN1993.5.U6 R365 2004
• Animated TV specials: the complete directory to the first twenty-five years, 1962-1987 REF PN 1992.8 .S64 W66 1989
• American animated films: the silent era, 1897-1929 REF NC 1766 .U5 G54 1990
• The animated film collector's guide: worldwide sources for cartoons on video & laserdisc REF NC 1765 .K52 1997
• Animation art: the early years, 1911-1953 REF NC 1765 .L74 1995
• Animation art: the later years, 1954-1993 REF NC 1765 .L744 1996
• Animation, caricature, and gag and political cartoons in the U.S. and Canada REF Z 5956 .C3 L45 1994
• Animation 101 REF TR 897.5 .P56 1998
• Animation unlimited: innovative short films since 1940 REF NC
1765 .F23 2003
• The anime encyclopedia: a guide to Japanese animation since 1917 REF NC1766.J3 C53 2006
• The anime movie guide: [movie-by-movie guide to Japanese animation] REF NC 1766 .J3 M33 1997
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Still MoreStill More Reference Books Reference Books
• The encyclopedia of animated cartoons REF NC 1766 .U5 L46 1999
• Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia, 1949-2003 REF PN1992.8.A59 E74 2005
• The Great cartoon stars: a who's who REF NC1766.U5 G7 1988
• European illustration REF NC 998.6 .E87 E9
• Search: the graphics Web guide: interface, typography,
illustration, photography, animation, film & video REF NC
1001.6 .C68 2002
• The world encyclopedia of cartoons REF NC 1325 .W67 1999
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