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Harryhausen’s creation called Dynamotion o Process involving split screen rear projection to insert the characters into the background of live-action plates  Harryhausen produces 16 movies using his Dynamotion from 1949 to 1981 o 1st Movies is Mighty Joe Young in 1949 o Movies such as Jason & the Argonauts, Trog & Clash of the Titans  Harryhausen starts a trend of stop-motion animated movies which starts the Science o Warner Brother’s produce The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms o Paramount expands by hiring the employees of the defunked Fleischer Brothers . Hire a director names , who is known as the father of screen by using , animation and  Tom Thumb (1958)  Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)  7 Faces of Dr. Leo (1963)

The Downfall of Disney

 Disney was still producing animated movies throughout the time where were fighting to be king. o Disney continue to rule the theaters . (1950)  Top Grossing movie that year . Alice in Wonderland (1951) . (1953)  Top Grossing movie that year . (1955)  Top Grossing movie that year . Sleep Beauty (1959) . 101 Dalmatians (1961)  Top Grossing movie that year . The Sword and the Stone (1963) . (1964)  Top Grossing movie that year . The Jungle Book (1967)  Top Grossing movie that year  died during the production of this movie

 With the death of Walt Disney, the quality of movies coming out of the company faltered o Artist did what they thought Walt would want and not what they thought was right 1950’s – Today Movie Theater History . The company was producing disappointing movie after disappointing movie  (1970)  Robin Hood (1973)  (1977)  The Fox & The Hound (1981)  The Black Calderon (1985)  The Great Mouse Detectives (1986)  Oliver & Company (1988)

Sci-Fi Movie go partial Animation

 As the 70’s ended and the 80’s began, stop action animation picks o Sci-Fi movies find its peak . Triology . Aliens . . o Disney got into the mix too . However Disney is slow to adapt to this new technology of and VCRs . Didn’t want to move from animation , turning down the scripts for ET: the Extra-Terrestrial and Raiders of the Lost Ark . (1982) was the 1st PG-rated movie from Disney  1st with over 20 minutes of animation  1st film to imaginatively attempt to computer generate a “cyberspace” o The cyberspace was referred to as “”  This film coined the phrase “hack”  The movie was disqualified for an academy award o The academy thought that using a computer to do the work was cheating o The academy reconsidered that stance after the Abyss (1989) . “Who Framed ” (1988)  The 1988 nomination came from a movie that Disney did with Touchstone film, which was a cross of live-action and animation- “?”

The Resurgences of Disney

 In 1985, Disney was given three ideas for animated movies, the first 2 were produced in 1986 and 1988, with the third being held off this till the end of the decade, because of its similarity to the movie “Splash” (1984) o While in production, Disney felt that the movie needed to go back to the musical numbers of the past and brought in some heavy hitters for the musical numbers. History of Animation 1950’s – Today Movie Theater History . Disney had won Best Score and Best Song for a movie 4 times before his death . No Disney movie was even nominated for an Academy Award from his death till 1988  The movie won 3 and was said to be the kick start to the uprising of Disney o Disney started in 1986 draw the movie . Opened in November 1989 . $211 million in the theaters worldwide . Won 2 Academy Awards (Best Score and Best Song) o Disney continued from there, animating old children’s tales, just like they had done in the early days of Walt Disney . 1991 – Beauty and the Beast  6 Academy Award nominations o Won Best Score and Best Song  1st ever Animated movie to be nominated for Best Picture (Lost to Silence of the Lambs) o 1 of 3 ever nominated for Best Picture ( 3 and UP)  Grossed $377 million in the theaters worldwide . 1992 –  5 Academy Award nominations o Won Best Score and Best Song  Grossed $504 million in theaters worldwide . 1994 – Lion King  3 Academy Award nominations o Won Best Score  Grossed $784 million in theaters worldwide o This amount included the merchandising, which Disney started before the movie was released  1st Disney movie to have no Humans o Disney produced the first animated movie about a real life person for their next movie . 1995 –  1 Academy Award nominations o Won Best Song o Disney continues with well known tales . 1996 – Hunchback of Notre Dame . 1997 –  1 Academy Award nominations . 1998 – . 1999 –  1 Academy Award nominations o Won Best Song History of Animation 1950’s – Today Movie Theater History and the movies

 1973 movie “Westwood” first to have a computer generated in the film  The movement doesn’t really get going until 1979, when saw a vision for computer animation in movies  In 1986, a division of LucasArt broke away and was purchased by Apple Computer and made into company called with 44 employees o Pixar’s first shorts was in Luxo Jr. o Pixar produced the first CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) character in the animated short “” (1988) o Pixar starts using its computer animation to do commercials . Tropicana Orange Juice . Life Savers . Listerine . Made 15 different commercials in 1991 o In 1991, Pixar signs a deal with Disney for $26 million to produce a 3 computer animated movie . 1995 –Toy Story hits the big screen  1st fully computer animated movie  Highest grossing film in theaters that year o Making $192 million in the U.S. o Pixar is constantly updating their animation to stay ahead of the competition . Release Geri’s Game with updated software to have more realistic skin on humans  Won an Academy Awards for Best Animated Short o In 1997, Disney and Pixar had a joint agreement to produce 5 more movies and causes Pixar to expand to a second , as the company reaches 375 employees . 1998 – Bugs Life  Grossed $163 million in the U.S. . 1999 –  Grossed $245 million in the U.S.  1st animated film to be created, mastered and digitally enhanced on the computer  1st animated to out earn the original . 2001 – Monster, Inc.  Grossed over $100 million in 9 days  3rd highest grossing animated movie of the year . 2003 –  Grossed on $70.2 million in the opening weekend . 2004 –  Wins 2 Academy Awards for Best Animated Film and Best Sound Editing History of Animation 1950’s – Today Movie Theater History o After the 5 film deal is over, Disney decides to buy all of Pixar’s stock for $7.4 Billion, in essence, buying the company  But Pixar was not the only game in town and as Pixar expanded, so did the other companies o Dreamworks started up in 1993 working on animation in live-action films such as 2 . In 1998, Dreamworks release , one month prior to a Bug’s Life  The movie was pitched to Pixar in 1988 by a then Pixar employee and was pitched to Dreamworks in 1994, after Pixar fired the same employee . Dreamworks was sold to Paramount in 2006, but still operates under the same name o Sony’ started producing Computer Animated films in 2001 . Final : The Within was a science-fiction animation based on the game and was the second highest grossing animated movie of the year o got into the animated movie business in 1998 . First movie was a low budget film based on the , the Movie o The Warner Brothers got back into the game too . 2001 – was a combination of live-action and computer animation  The movie did very poorly in the theaters

Dreamworks versus Disney Feud

 The 1998 computer animated movie that was so similar, started a silent feud between the companies to out duel the other.  Each Company each year tries to out due the other, though there are some outsiders that throw their movies in, these two giants go at year after year.  While Dreamworks is dealing solely in computer animation, Disney is producing computer animation through Pixar and hand drawn animation and computer animation through the Disney company o 1st sole Disney computer animation was produced in 2005, Chicken Little History of Animation 1950’s – Today Movie Theater History Year Dreamworks Disney Others 2000 Road to El Dorado Dinosaur Titan A.E.# The Emperor’s New Groove* 2001 Monsters, Inc. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius : The Lost Empire* 2002 Treasurer Planet* Lilo & * 2003 Finding Nemo * 2004 Sharks Tale The Incredibles The Polar Express Home on the Range* The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie 2005 Chicken Little Hoodwinked 2006 Over the Hedge Curious George Ice Age 2: The meltdown Open Season 2007 Shrek 3 Ratatouille Beowulf Persepolis* Movie* 2008 Wall-E Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Bolt Horton Hears a Who! 2009 Monsters vs. Aliens The Princess and the Frog* Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs A Christmas Carol Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs UP 2010 2011 Winnie the Pooh* Hoodwinked Too! Rio 2012 Madagascar 3 Wreck-it Ralph The Lorax 2013 Turbo Planes Cloud with a Chance of Meatballs 2 2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Big Hero 6 of Madagascar Planes: Fire & Rescue 2015 Home Inside Out Minions The Movie 2016 Ice Age: Collision Course Open Season: Scared Silly *- means hand drawn # – combination of hand drawing and computer animation History of Animation 1950’s – Today Movie Theater History

 Beowulf (2007) was the first animated movie to give movie goers the option of watching it in 2D or non-IMAX 3D  Disney version of A Christmas Carol (2009) was the 1st animated movie exclusively presented in 3D  Sausage Party is the 1st CGI animated movie rated-R