Animation History Mid-Term Study Guide Name Period

Animation History Mid-Term Study Guide Name ______Period ______

1. What was the name of Winsor McCay’s newspaper cartoon character and the subject of his first animation?

2. McCay created an original character that is considered the first character with a personality. What is her name?

3. The United States entered World War 1 shortly after this ship was sunk by a German submarine. McCay did the first animated documentary on its sinking. What was the name of the ship?

4. Otto Messmer was responsible for animating a character that was the first animation star. What was his name?

5. Silent film stars were often great physical comedians. Know as the Great Stone Face of Comedy this actor was loved for this stunt filled movies. What was his name?

6. The Little Tramp was the most popular film star of the 1920s. This actor also wrote directed and starred in his own films.

7. The film Safety Last features this actor hanging from a clock. What is his name?

8. The Fleisher Studios were made up of the partnership of two brothers, which brother was credited as the director of the studios film and also once wore a clown suit to portray one of his characters?

9. What was the name of the oldest brother and head of the Fleischer studio?

10. What was the name of the character that was a clown?

11. What was the name of the character that was a leading star male dog?

12. The Fleischers created a companion for this dog and while she was originally also a dog, as she became more popular, she morphed into a human. What is her name?

13. She was a flapper, what is that?

14. What was the Hayes Code?

15. What was the name of the sailor who relied on spinach to give him an extra boost of power?

16. What was the name of the comic book character that was “faster than a speeding locomotive” that the Fleischers animated?

17. The Fleischer Studio used a technique to get very realistic movement for a character. An actor was shot acting out (in costume) the scene which will be animated. This film is then played back frame-by-frame on the underside of a piece of glass. On the topside of the glass is an animator who traced that frame of film. What is the name of this technique?

18. An animated cel would be placed between two pieces of glass (which acted simply as a 'holder') and then this glass was placed physical set. A camera photographed the scene and then a new cel was placed in. In addition the set could rotate slightly as needed. This all helped to give the effect of an animated character living not just in the real world but in a fully fleshed out 3-D environment. What did Fleischer studios call these?

19. The Fleischer’s first feature film was about a shipwrecked sailor who was surrounded by tiny people. What was the name of this movie?

20. Willis O’Brien was a stop-motion animator who animated a giant famous ape in what live action movie?