Thursday, 10 October 2019

Screen Arts 19/9

Animation 1990s (Catch up as I missed the class due to a Coding Workshop)

The Simpsons(1990) was created by Matt Groening as a way to keep the rights to his Life in Hell comic that he based them on.

Kinda appropriate considering its the end of the semester and Im trying to catch up on everything! lol
Ren and Stimpy(1991) is a Nickelodeon series created by John Kricfalusi. He was inspired by Warner Bros although he was fired for making it too violent and not Kid-friendly. I remember loving this series when I watched it as a kid.

Mike Judge is the creator of Beavis and Butt-Head and King of the Hill. Beavis and Butt-Head became so popular that a feature film was created in 1996. The quote Cornholio! has stuck around for many years.

In 1992, Bruce Timm created Batman: The Animated Series as a character revamp making it darker, with heavy inspiration from the 1986 comic Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller. The world wide success of this series led to Bruce producing Superman: The Animated Series in 1996.

Barry Purves created Screenplay(1992) in his bedroom in a single take. It is stop-motion style created in the style of Japanese Kabuki theatre.

The Tick is a spoof superhero created by Ben Edlund in college, and later turned into an animated tv series in 1994.

1994 was when the producer and writers of The Simpsons created The Critic.

Duckman(1994) is an adult cartoon created by Everett Peck and voiced by George Alexander from Seinfeld.



The Big Story is a stop-motion film created in 1994 by Tim Watts and David Stoten. The storyline follows an argument between a young and old Kirk Douglas. It was nominated for an Oscar, and won a BAFTA in 1995 after Quentin Tarantino liked it so much he wanted it to be screened before Pulp Fiction shows.



1991 is when the Cartoon Network bought Hanna-Barbara. 1993 was when they started releasing "creator driven" animated series like 2 Stupid Dogs(1993), The Powerpuff Girls(1995), Dexter's Lab(1995) and Johnny Bravo(1995).

The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb(1995) is a stop-motion/Pixellation hybrid similar to Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel created by Dave Borthwick.

The End of the World in Four Seasons is a 1995 piece by Paul Driessen. It features 8 stories shown in 8 split screens with the stories over lapping and nonlinear.



Toy story (1995) was the first fully computer generated film. It was a partnership between Disney and Pixar when it was still owned by John Lasseter and used the animation principles developed by Disney.

Felix in Exile (1995) was made by William Kentridge from South Africa. The story follows Felix in Paris, missing his home in SA during the apartheid. The basis of this piece is 30-40 charcoal drawings that are modified for each scene by erasing and redrawing sections.

Henry Selick directed James and the Giant Peach in 1996. Based on the book by Roald Dahl, it was produced by Tim Burton and features a beginning and end filmed in live action with the middle using stop-motion.

I Married a Strange Person(1997) is a Bill Plympton animated feature. He is the only animator credited with drawing every single frame in a feature film. The story follows a couples weeding night and all the weird things in the husbands imagination comes true.

Best animation series ever South Park! Matt Stone and Trey Parker created this in 1997 with cutout animation for the 1st episode only. The feature film South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut(1999) holds the record for the most swear words in an animated film, largely thanks to the song Shut Your F*#%ing Face, Uncle F*#%er! Really funny movie in my opinion!

The Gorillaz hold the record for most successful virtual band. Created by Bamon Albarn from Blur, with help from Tank Girl artist Jamie Hewlett, the Gorillaz came about due to these two not liking MTV music videos.

A Bugs Life vs Antz. Both were made in 1998, Antz by Dreamworks and Bugs Life by Pixar/Disney with Bugs Life ending up more popular. Jeffrey Katzenberg used to work for Disney, but created Dreamworks when Disney was in planning stage of A Bugs Life.



The Periwig Maker(1999) took Steffen Schaffler 5 years to make, was animated for an Academy Award and the story is set during the 17th century plague epidemic.

The Old Man and the Sea (1999) is an Oscar winning film by Alexandr Petrov using fingerpainting oil paints onto glass panes. It is based on the story of Ernest Hemingway.



Another physical art film is The Man with the Beautiful Eyes in 2000. Jonathan Hodgson won a BAFTA for Best Animated Short, and he calls his work "bad animation" - based on a poem by Charles Bukowski.



Dutch director Michael Dudok de Wit created the dialogue free film Father and Daughter in 2000. It won 3 British awards, and an OSCAR for the Best Short Film. The story follows a young girl whose father rowed out to sea and doesnt return, but she faithfully goes back to the same spot every day in hopes he will come back.


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