Heavy Metal (1981)
Created by Gerald Potterton, it is an animated adaptation of an adult comic book with heavy rotoscoping. Sex, violence, rock n roll. This film was the product of several studios and directors.
80's rock music will never be out of fashion.
Rock and Rule(1983)
Nelvana Studio, very similar to Heavy Metal, post apocalyptic animal world.
Paul Grimault partnered with Andre Sarrut to produce many animated shorts. They started a film in 1948 called The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep. They had a falling out when Sarrut screened an unfinished version in 1952. Grimault won the rights in 1967 and finished it in 1980 with the new name The King and the Mockingbird.
Pink Floyd's The Wall was created by Gerald Scarfe in 1982. The animated sequences were inspired by Geralds childhood memories of England being bombed in WWII by the Germans.
*Skipped over this slide in class, big sad =(( I wanted to watch the music video lol*
The Wind in the Willows in 1983 was created by Cosgrove Hall productions using stop-motion. There was a second film A Tale of Two Toads in 1989, and a 52 episode tv series created off the popularity of this film.
John Halas created Dilemma(1981), with the claim that is its the first fully digitized CG film. Tron(1982) and Autoban(1979) also made the claim. No-one knows how much is actually Cel animation made to look like CG.
Loved how this one showed different cultures so vividly that you knew what they were without being told.
Crac!(1981) was created by Frederic Back. Early example of the 80's pastel shaded look.
Dianne Jackson created The Snowman in 1982 which was nominated for the 1983 Academy Award for best animated short film.
Richard Condie created The Big Snit in 1985 using simple drawings and wobbly lines.
The music video for A-Ha's Take On Me was directed by Steve Baron, and animated by Michael Patterson using Rotoscoping for the lead singer. Baron also directed Money For Nothing by Dire Straits(a landmark in CGI and one of the first computer animated videos)
Iconic Good Night Kiwi was animated by Sam Harvey. Euan Frizzell worked on Heavy Metal, worked for Halas & Batchelor and launched Gnome Productions in Wellington. He is a founding member of the Games Animation Visual Effects Trust. Kids all over NZ knew it was bedtime when this came on.
Nina Shorina created the stop motion Door in 1986. The film is about peoples lives in an apartment building with the door boarded up, and their refusal to change habits once the door is opened.
When the Wind Blows is a 1986 adaptation of a graphic novel by Raymond Briggs. The backgrounds were photos of model sets. Directed by Jimmy Murakami.
Brothers Quay create nightmare stop-motion worlds best known for Street of Crocodiles in 1986. Jan Svankmajer was a major influence alongside eastern european surrealism and animation.
The song Sledgehammer was responsible for Peter Gabriel's career. The video was made by Aardman Animation and the Brothers Quay. Directed by Stephen R. Johnson, it was considered one of the best videos ever made.
Girls Night Out was Joanna Quinn's debt film. This short film follows a womans night out at a male strip club.
Family Dog's debut episode was part of Stephen Spielburg's tv Amazing Stories. The high production standards were standout at the time and it is credited with being part of the revival of quality animations like Who Framed Roger Rabbit(1988), The Little Mermaid(1989), The Simpsons(1990) and Ren & Stimpy(1991).
Yoshiaki Kawajiri directed Wicked City in 1987, a dark gothic sci-fi.
Akira(1988) is a japanese manga adaptation released by the artist Katsuhiro Otomo. The film brought anime to a new audience due to its success. It was reported to be the first japanese film to use western sound recording techniques( recording sound beforehand instead of dubbing).
Bruce Bickford is a stop motion animator whos specialty is stream of consciousness worlds. He created Prometheus Garden in 1988, based loosely on the greek myth.
Breakfast on the Grass(1987) is a multi award winning short film created by Priit Barn. His style has influence many Ukranian animators, including Rugrats.
Max Headroom was marketed as "The Worlds First Computer Generated TV Host". He first appeared in Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the future in 1985. He wasnt actually computer generated, but a human in prosthetics, a solid molded fibreglass suit, cel-animated backgrounds, editing and voice pitching.
I thought I recognised this guy, turns out he was the actor that played Pestilence in season 5(2009-2010) of Supernatural.
The Hill Farm(1988) was made by Mark Baker and is completely dialogue free. It took him 3 years working alone, and his trademark hilly terrain later featured in Peppa pig(2005) by Mark Baker and Neville Astley.
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