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#Describe the efficient mode of production that developed for cartoon production in the 1930s. What were its basic (1) technological and (2) economic characteristics?  That is, how was cartoon production organized so that it could be profitable?
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'''Group 1 '''
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#What does this term mean in the context of cartooning: naturalism?
 
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#Which filmmaker's cartoons were associated with naturalism? What technological and aesthetic techniques did he use to achieve this naturalism? What technological device did he use that is also used in A-ha's music video ([https://vimeo.com/345100481 view video])? (A digital version of the same device is used in ''Son of Zorn'' [2016].)
#How do made-for-TV cartoons differ from made-for-movie-theater cartoons?
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#*[https://youtu.be/8xd-wcmqfp0 View a history of this device.]
#*What was the first made-for-TV animated cartoon? When?
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#How has cartooning balanced naturalism with abstraction?
#*What aspects of made-for-TV cartoons does ''The Flintstones'' exemplify?
 
{{Gallery|title=|width=300|height=200|lines=1|File:Fig11-16 CrusaderRabbit06.jpg|alt1=Frame capture from ''Crusader Rabbit''.|Frame capture from ''Crusader Rabbit''.}}
 
  
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File:Fig11-09 ah ha roto 01.jpg|alt=Screen shot from A-Ha's ''Take on Me''.|Screen shot from A-Ha's ''Take on Me''.
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File:Son of Zorn.jpg|alt=Screen shot from ''Son of Zorn''.|Screen shot from ''Son of Zorn''.
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</gallery>
  
'''Group 2'''
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'''Groups 6 & 2'''
  
 
#What does this term mean in the context of cartooning: abstraction?
 
#What does this term mean in the context of cartooning: abstraction?
 
#What studio was associated with (somewhat) abstract cartooning? What aesthetic techniques did it use to achieve this abstraction?
 
#What studio was associated with (somewhat) abstract cartooning? What aesthetic techniques did it use to achieve this abstraction?
 
#How has cartooning balanced abstraction with naturalism?
 
#How has cartooning balanced abstraction with naturalism?
{{Gallery|title=|width=300|height=200|lines=1|File:Fig11-11 Gerald copy.jpg|alt1=Frame capture from ''Gerald McBoing Boing''.|Frame capture from ''Gerald McBoing Boing''.}}
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File:Fig11-11 Gerald copy.jpg|alt=Screen shot from ''Gerald McBoing Boing''.|Screen shot from ''Gerald McBoing Boing''. [https://vimeo.com/345082178 View video.]
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File:Bob's Burgers 20131110qq00 00 38qq.jpg|alt=Screen shot from ''Bob's Burgers''.|Screen shot from ''Bob's Burgers''.
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</gallery>
  
 
'''Group 3'''
 
'''Group 3'''
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#How do made-for-TV cartoons differ from made-for-movie-theater cartoons?
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#*What was the first made-for-TV animated cartoon? When?
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#*What aspects of made-for-TV cartoons does ''The Flintstones'' exemplify? ([https://vimeo.com/345099661 View video.])
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File:Fig11-16 CrusaderRabbit06.jpg|alt=Screen shot from ''Crusader Rabbit''.|Screen shot from ''Crusader Rabbit''. [https://vimeo.com/345098010 View video.]
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</gallery>
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'''Group 4'''
  
 
#How does digital (CGI) animation differ from conventional cell animation? In particular:
 
#How does digital (CGI) animation differ from conventional cell animation? In particular:
 
#*How is that difference part of the production process?
 
#*How is that difference part of the production process?
 
#*How is that difference evident in how the animation looks?
 
#*How is that difference evident in how the animation looks?
#Which of these ''Simpsons'' frame grabs exemplifies CGI animation?
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#*[https://vimeo.com/347836559 View ''Simpsons'' 3D animation.] (Animation by Pacific Data Images.)[https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3dkwgb/the-team-that-brought-homer-simpson-into-the-third-dimension]
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|File:Fig11-26 Simpsons 000013.jpg|alt1=Frame capture from ''The Simpsons''.|Frame capture from ''The Simpsons''.
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File:Fig11-26 Simpsons 000013.jpg|alt=Screenshot from ''The Simpsons''.|Screenshot from ''The Simpsons''.
|File:Fig11-27 Simpsons 000003.jpg|alt1=Frame capture from ''The Simpsons''.|Frame capture from ''The Simpsons''. Homer enters a new, strange dimension.
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File:Fig11-27 Simpsons 000003.jpg|alt=Screenshot from ''The Simpsons''.|Screenshot from ''The Simpsons''. Homer enters a new, strange dimension.
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</gallery>
  
'''Group 4'''
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'''All Groups'''
  
#What does this term mean in the context of cartooning: naturalism?
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#Describe the efficient mode of production that developed for cartoon production in the 1930s. What were its basic (1) technological and (2) economic characteristics? That is, how was cartoon production organized so that it could be profitable?
#Which filmmaker's cartoons were associated with naturalism? What technological and aesthetic techniques did he use to achieve this naturalism? What technological device did he use that is also used in Ah-Ha's music video?
 
#How has cartooning balanced naturalism with abstraction?
 
{{Gallery|title=|width=300|height=200|lines=2
 
|File:Fig11-09 ah ha roto 01.jpg|alt1=Frame capture from Ah-Ha's ''Take on Me''.|Frame capture from Ah-Ha's ''Take on Me''.
 
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''. NY: Routledge, 2011.
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#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''. '''Third edition'''. NY: Routledge, 2011.
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/tvcritgallery/main.php/v/chapter11/ Chapter 11 illustrations]
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*[https://tvcrit.org/EO/DV/Animation.php Animation illustrations]
*[[wikipedia:Treehouse of Horror VI#Homer.C2.B3|Wikipedia article on "Homer3"]].
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*[[wikipedia:Treehouse of Horror VI#Homer.C2.B3|Wikipedia article on "Homer<sup>3</sup>"]].
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*Jason Koebler, "The Team That Brought Homer Simpson into the Third Dimension," ''Vice'', May 6 2015, https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3dkwgb/the-team-that-brought-homer-simpson-into-the-third-dimension
  
 
==External videos==
 
==External videos==
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpl0KRFdj1E ''Gerald McBoing Boing'']
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<!-- *[https://tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/Bob's%20Burgers%2020131110.php ''Bob's Burgers''] -->
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Latest revision as of 15:42, 13 October 2020

Groups 5 & 1

  1. What does this term mean in the context of cartooning: naturalism?
  2. Which filmmaker's cartoons were associated with naturalism? What technological and aesthetic techniques did he use to achieve this naturalism? What technological device did he use that is also used in A-ha's music video (view video)? (A digital version of the same device is used in Son of Zorn [2016].)
  3. How has cartooning balanced naturalism with abstraction?

Groups 6 & 2

  1. What does this term mean in the context of cartooning: abstraction?
  2. What studio was associated with (somewhat) abstract cartooning? What aesthetic techniques did it use to achieve this abstraction?
  3. How has cartooning balanced abstraction with naturalism?

Group 3

  1. How do made-for-TV cartoons differ from made-for-movie-theater cartoons?
    • What was the first made-for-TV animated cartoon? When?
    • What aspects of made-for-TV cartoons does The Flintstones exemplify? (View video.)

Group 4

  1. How does digital (CGI) animation differ from conventional cell animation? In particular:
    • How is that difference part of the production process?
    • How is that difference evident in how the animation looks?
    • View Simpsons 3D animation. (Animation by Pacific Data Images.)[1]

All Groups

  1. Describe the efficient mode of production that developed for cartoon production in the 1930s. What were its basic (1) technological and (2) economic characteristics? That is, how was cartoon production organized so that it could be profitable?

Bibliography

  1. Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. Third edition. NY: Routledge, 2011.

External links

External videos