What is your favorite bit of animation?

Snowflake · 04-15-2008, 11:44 AM

I've been thinking and thinking and thinking on LSPE's question.

One of the first bits of animation I really, honestly and truly appreciated would have to have been some of the early Fleischer's, the Betty Boops and some fo the early Popeye cartoons. Although I'm not a Popeye fan, some of their b/w animation was lovely and the whole moving background process Fleischer invented is still a visual image I look back on with fondness. Pre-multiplane, it gave a depth that I still remember as remarkable for its time.

I think one of the most influential pieces for me creatively is a film by Saul Bass, Why Man Creates. It had everything in it, simple line drawing and great ping pong animation! Educational film it may have been, but I still loved it.

For sheer beauty of animation, I am drawn back to Disney 1940 for Fantasia. Not only did this film introduce me to classical music, it remains one of my favorite Disney features. The animation was superb and it allowed much wondeful creativity by the animators who worked on it, stylistically different in each episode. Harbinger of Steophonic Sound, this film was a ground breaker, too. If I had to pick only one section, jeez that would be tough, but I think the Nutcracker Suite is just fabulous in the use of multiplane and music and character (out of objects which had no character in real life). I can watch this over and over and it is ever fresh to me.

Ponine · 04-15-2008, 12:05 PM

For me its a tie...
All Dogs go to Heaven will always make me smile, and cry. (the original)

The scene where Anne-Marie is admonsihed and ****s in the corner huging her knees, and where Charlie reads to her in bed.

Both for the obvious reason, her name, and the fact that she does indeed look like myself as a younger person,
and for the loss of a wonderful talent that was never allowed to bloom, Miss Barsi.

My other would be a scene from The Mouse and his Child
The moment with the mirror upon mirror reflections.

SzczerbiakManiac · 04-15-2008, 12:09 PM

Well I don't know if this is really my favorite, but when I read your question, Rock-A-Bye Bear is the first thing that popped into my head. I think it's hilarious on its own merits, but it also has additional humor value as well as sentimentality because it was (is?) usually shown and acted out before RHPS at the Nuart Theatre.

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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	I've been thinking and thinking and thinking on LSPE's question. One of the first bits of animation I really, honestly and truly appreciated would have to have been some of the early Fleischer's, the Betty Boops and some fo the early Popeye cartoons. Although I'm not a Popeye fan, some of their b/w animation was lovely and the whole moving background process Fleischer invented is still a visual image I look back on with fondness. Pre-multiplane, it gave a depth that I still remember as remarkable for its time. I think one of the most influential pieces for me creatively is a film by Saul Bass, Why Man Creates. It had everything in it, simple line drawing and great ping pong animation! Educational film it may have been, but I still loved it. For sheer beauty of animation, I am drawn back to Disney 1940 for Fantasia. Not only did this film introduce me to classical music, it remains one of my favorite Disney features. The animation was superb and it allowed much wondeful creativity by the animators who worked on it, stylistically different in each episode. Harbinger of Steophonic Sound, this film was a ground breaker, too. If I had to pick only one section, jeez that would be tough, but I think the Nutcracker Suite is just fabulous in the use of multiplane and music and character (out of objects which had no character in real life). I can watch this over and over and it is ever fresh to me.
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Ponine Virgin Ears Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,075	For me its a tie... All Dogs go to Heaven will always make me smile, and cry. (the original) The scene where Anne-Marie is admonsihed and ****s in the corner huging her knees, and where Charlie reads to her in bed. Both for the obvious reason, her name, and the fact that she does indeed look like myself as a younger person, and for the loss of a wonderful talent that was never allowed to bloom, Miss Barsi. My other would be a scene from The Mouse and his Child The moment with the mirror upon mirror reflections. __________________ There's something strange, There's something wrong. I see a change - It's like when love dies.
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SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	Well I don't know if this is really my favorite, but when I read your question, Rock-A-Bye Bear is the first thing that popped into my head. I think it's hilarious on its own merits, but it also has additional humor value as well as sentimentality because it was (is?) usually shown and acted out before RHPS at the Nuart Theatre. __________________
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