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Documents Sur Les Fleischer Studio Documents sur Les Fleischer Studio Vous pouvez également télécharger sur ce site un document sur le cinéma d'animation qui peut vous permettre de mieux faire comprendre aux enfants cette technique magique. Les Frères Fleischer : Les films au ciné 104 Koko le clown, Ecran 1: Betty Boop, Vacation Popeye, Betty Boop’s Ker choo Dancing on the moon Superman The Song of the bird Little swee pea Fire cheese Biographie des Frères Fleischer Les frères Fleischer sont les auteurs de per- sonnages animés comme Koko le clown, Betty Boop ou encore Popeye. Si ces trois noms sont passés à Ecran 2: la postérité, il n'en est pas de même pour celui de Max, Joe et Dave Fleischer qui doivent leur manque de reconnaissance actuel, en comparaison avec Koko dessinateur leur grand rival de l'époque Walt Disney, aux hasards malheureux du calendrier et à des moyens Ain’t she sweet financiers souvent faibles. Poor Cinderella Animation et innovations Cobwebhotel D'origine autrichienne, les frères Fleischer Customers wanted arrivent à New York en 1887. En 1915, alors qu'il tra- vaille au magazine Popular Science Monthly, Max a King for a day l'idée d'une invention améliorant la qualité et la flui- Superman dité des mouvements des dessins animés : le Rotoscope. Cette technique d'animation permet de transformer une scène filmée en dessin animé à l'aide d'une table de projection transparente sur laquelle les images du film se succèdent. Avec Joe Fleischer Studios, inc C'est la compagnie Fleischer Studios, Inc qui verra les deux frères attein- dre l'apogée de leur renommée. Max Fleischer bouillonne toujours d'idées. En 1934, il créé une machine capable de filmer un personnage animé dans un décor en trois dimensions. Le personnage était dessiné sur une feuille de celluloïd placé devant un décor en volume, avec en arrière plan le fond du décor. Cette innovation technique se révé- lera, dans cette forme, quelque peu contrai- gnante et sera peu utilisée dans les films des Fleischer. Pourtant, quelques années plus tard, c'est Walt Disney qui reprend l'idée pour créer la caméra multiplane, un procédé à la fabrication et Dave dans le rôle du clown, similaire à celui de Max Fleischer. En 1929, les trois frères utilisent cette technique pour le studio Fleischer créé la série Talkartoons, monter un film d'une minute, Experiment n°1 . des dessins animés parlants dans lesquels Pendant la guerre, Max réalise de petits films Betty Boop puis Popeye feront leur première pour l'armée. En 1919, il rejoint son ami J. R apparition. Pour concurrencer les studios Bray qui possède un studio pour lancer la série Disney, les Fleischer commencent en 1934 Out of the inkwell (Hors de l'Encrier) avec Koko une série en couleur, Color Classics, dont le le clown comme personnage principal. La série premier film est Poor Cinderella (Pauvre connaît beaucoup de succès en deux ans. Max Cendrillon) avec Betty Boop. Disney ayant et Dave s'associent alors en 1921 pour fonder l'exclusivité du Technicolor, Max Fleischer la société de production Out of the Inkwell doit produire son film à l'aide d'un procédé Films Inc. Le Rotoscope sera bientôt suivi du bi-color. Rotograph qui permet de faire interagir un per- sonnage dessiné avec des acteurs dans un De Gulliver à Superman décor réel. Les frères Fleischer se font une En 1937, une grève de six mois dans réputation d'excellence et de créativité. Ils sont les studios Fleischer oblige les deux frères à les premiers à utiliser un intervalliste, soit un déménager en Floride. Parallèlement, les dessinateur dédié à produire les dessins situés entre deux mouvements clés. Ils sont aussi les premiers à produire un film sonore, même si la postérité préférera encore retenir le nom de Walt Disney. Suite à une association avec le professeur Lee DeForest, ils sortent en 1924 le premier dessin animé sonorisé, bien avant le Steamboat Willie de Disney. Les deux frères fondent ensuite une nouvelle compagnie, la Red Seal Pictures et introduisent dans leurs productions une nouvelle innovation, la Bouncing Ball, l'ancêtre du karaoké, qui per- met de faire chanter les spectateurs au rythme d'une balle sautillant sur les paroles d'une chanson. La compagnie dépose le bilan en 1927 ainsi que la compagnie suivante, Inkwell imps. Fleischer s'attaquent à leur premier Fleischer se séparent alors, l'un part long métrage qui doit concurrencer Blanche travailler chez J. R Bray et l'autre chez Neige et les sept nains. Avec Universal notamment. De un temps de conception et nombreux artistes de l'ani- une enveloppe budgétaire mation comme Ozamu bien moindre que ceux à dis- Tezuka (Astro boy) ou position des studios Disney, Hayao Miyazaki (Princesse ils sortent Les Voyages de Mononoké) reconnaîtrons Gulliver en 1939. Pour s'être inspirés de ces deux constituer leur équipe sur ce précurseurs dans leur tra- film, les frères Fleischer par- vail. viennent à débaucher quel- ques anciens de chez Disney, mais ils recrutent Koko le Clown surtout des centaines de jeu- nes talents. Plus de sept cent personnes travaillent sur le Koko le clown est film et parviennent à le sortir l'une des premières vraies au bout d'un an à peine de stars de l'animation, avant même Félix le travail alors que Disney avait mis quatre ans chat, popularisé au début des années 1920. pour Blanche neige. Le succès étant au ren- dez-vous, la Paramount qui possède majoritai- Naissance de Koko rement les studios Fleischer, commande un Experiment N°1 , le premier court- second long-métrage, Mr Bug goes to town. métrage d'animation des frères Fleischer pro- Sorti en décembre 1941 au moment de l'atta- duit en 1915, peut être considéré comme que de Pearl Harbour, le film est un échec l'œuvre fondatrice annonçant la venue en considérable. La même année, les frères 1919 du personnage récurrent, qui prendra Fleischer animent le personnage de comics son nom définitif qu'un peu plus tard. C'est Superman. Commandée par la Paramount, aux studios J. R Bray à la fin de la première cette série n'aurait pas du voir le jour. En effet, guerre mondiale que la série Out of the Dave Fleischer ne voulant pas la réaliser Inkwell voit le jour. Koko suivra ensuite ses annonce un coût très élevé de production. Et maîtres quand ils quitteront ce studio pour la Paramount accepte contre toute attente. former le leur, Out of the Inkwell Films. Avec Avec, pour une fois, un budget à la hauteur, les l'apparition du parlant puis la série des frères Fleischer créent un chef d'œuvre. Cette Talkartoons dès 1929, Koko le clown verra la série de dix-neuf épisodes sera un beau suc- régularité de ses apparitions diminuer au pro- cès, grâce à une animation de grande qualité fit de Betty Boop et des scénarios puis de Popeye. Il intelligents adul- participe néanmoins tes et urbains. à plusieurs films de Endettés auprès Betty Boop, dont le de la Paramount, très bon Snow White à la suite surtout (Blanche Neige, de l'échec de leur 1933) qui sera second long- sélectionné pour métrage, les frè- être conservé au res Fleischer sont National Film renvoyés de leurs Preservation Board. propres studios C'est Koko enfin qui rebaptisés lance pour la pre- Famous Studios. mière fois la Max et Dave Bouncing ball dans sa série de films musicaux. A partir de valeur le fait que le texte est un objet 1962, Koko se voit offrir une nouvelle jeu- construit afin de mieux questionner l'acte lit- nesse avec une autre série de films. Deux téraire. Koko le clown est donc un person- nouveaux personnages rejoignent Koko, nage animé qui sort de son monde pour Kokette et Kokonut, mais Max Fleischer, rejoindre un pseudo monde réel, celui du ou voyant que la qualité de la série n'est plus des dessinateurs présents dans le film. Les celle d'antan, décide de l'abandonner dès le films de cette série montrent toujours un jeu premier épisode. de va-et-vient entre un monde réel, qui n'est pas LE monde réel car il est monté et mis en Originalité de la série scène, et le monde animé. Dick Tomasovic, Deux atouts majeurs assurent le suc- dans son article sur Le Cinéma d'animation cès de la série. Premièrement, elle bénéficie et ses thanatomorphoses, montre que ce va- pour la première fois de l'invention de Max et-vient entraîne parfois une confusion volon- Fleischer, le Rotoscope. Cet appareil permet taire entre les deux mondes : " Le moment le de reproduire sur une feuille transparente les plus fantastique dans la rencontre de ces mouvements, image par image, d'un acteur deux mondes n'est pas celui de l'intrusion que l'on a filmé. La fluidité des gestes repro- parfois fulgurante d'un élément animé dans duits est alors bien supérieure à la qualité de l'univers réel et vice versa, mais de la trans- l'animation permise par les autres techniques formation du monde réel en monde animé de l'époque. lorsque Koko fuit Deuxièmement, sa planche à des- l'inventivité des sin et traverse frères Fleischer l'espace de l'ate- permet à la série lier […] dès lors, de se renouveler le film change à chaque épi- brusquement de sode alors qu'ils logique : la ont tous plus ou démarcation moins la même entre les espaces trame : la main animé et réel d'un dessinateur, n'est plus mainte- Max Fleischer, nue et cette trempe sa plume confusion effraie dans un encrier même les anima- puis trace la teurs […].
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