Matt Groening was asked to pitch ideas based on his Life in Hell comic strips – Not wanting to lose the rights to the comics, he pitched idea for the Simpsons instead
First appeared in The Tracy Ullman Show
Groening gave rough drawings to the animators, expecting them to be redrawn, but they were traced over
Characters were designed to be easily recognisable as silhouettes
Created and directed by John Kricfalusi for Nickelodeon (1991)
Kricfalusi was a fan of old Warner Bros. shorts and took the idea of extreme and dynamic poses from those cartoons in the TV format
Episodes were made with the team developing and animating the entire episode (rather than the industrialised method of dividing up the different stages to different people)
Kricfalusi was sacked after two series for making the show too violent, gross and adult for children
The show continued for a short time without him
Cartoon Network
In 1991 Cartoon Network purchased Hanna-Barbera and in 1993 started producing it’s own “creator driven” animated series (as instigated by John Kricfalusi’s Ren and Stimpy a few years earlier).
Notable new shows created were –
2 Stupid Dogs (1993) by Donovan Cook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCEGnxyUCj0
The Powerpuff Girls (1995) by Craig McCracken
Dexter’s Laboratory (1995) by Genndy Tarakovsky
Johnny Bravo (1995) by Van Partible
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Bruce Timm relaunched the Batman character as a dark, noir-inspired 1940s style character
Timm was inspired by Frank Millers 1986 comic Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
The series was acclaimed by the animation world and Timm went on to produce 1996 Superman: The Animated Series
Barry Purves (UK)
Created Screenplay (1992), a stop-motion animation, in his bedroom in one take
In the style of Japanese Kabuki theatre
Won many prizes worldwide and achieved cult status among animators
Jurassic Park (1993)
Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park became the biggest box office hit to date and along with James Cameron's The Abyss (1989) and Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), steered Hollywood toward CGI special effects
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BLOG TASK
Considering the documentary on Jurassic Park and the advancements made with combining CGI with live action, express your opinion in regards to the following questions –
Discuss a live action film where you feel the CGI detracted from the story
The Last Airbender which had an overly used amount of CGI and bad storyline spoilt the whole thing for me. The director chose to rely on random 3-D effects and a voiceover that describes every meaningful scene that was not shot.
The Last Airbender which had an overly used amount of CGI and bad storyline spoilt the whole thing for me. The director chose to rely on random 3-D effects and a voiceover that describes every meaningful scene that was not shot.
Discuss a live action film where you feel the CGI was seamlessly integratedThe Matrix which combined digital effects came out great. The slow-motions in the movie gave out a really special feel when it first came out.
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