Early Sound in Animation - Benshi

The Grey Automobile - Inspired by the Japanese benshi.

I must say that it's just amazing, the way the "Voice actors" gives the silent film a feeling with live music makes it feel special, it's not just a movie, it´s art and I would love to attend one of these movies with benshi sound. It feels fun to watch and somehow like watching a theatre.

Max Fleischer - Rotoscoping

Max Fleischer - The Tantalizing Fly 1919 

I never tried Rotoscoping in my animation but I love it, the animation looks alive and I think it will give me a better understanding of timing and how to make the animation right, I really look forward to creating an Rotoscoping animation. Max Fleischer inspires me with his Rotoscoping animation and how he mixes it with stop motion animation.

Betty Boop

Betty Boop's character inspiration - Clara Bow

 Betty Boop - The Old Man Of the Mountain

 

Betty Boop is a character who was aimed at an adult audience, It's hard to not like her, she is a sweet cool girl who behaves in a very feminine way, her voice and behaviour are entertaining and the animation is great, it's a very clever way to go around Hays Code in 30s and a great animation from Max Fleischer who inspired whole world

Walt Disney - Silly symphony

Walt Disney - The Skeleton Dance 1929

The Skeleton Dance 1929 was the first Silly Symphony cartoon, Walt Disney did a really good job with sound thinking in these cartoons, it's hard to imagine how much work they did to make the sound and animation fit in an interesting way, I usually hate when there is music or singing in animation or films but did enjoy watching Walt Disney’s Silly Symphony series.

Walt Disney - Plane Crazy.

Walt Disney Plane Crazy 1928 Sound Cartoon

Plane Crazy was Walt Disney´s first Mickey Mouse Cartoon production, I love old cartoons, they were fun to watch and different than today’s cartoons, I didn´t care about the story when I watched it because it was just fun to watch and it just flow with an amazing animation, it´s interesting and good to see that the main character is not perfect in this cartoon.

Disney Propaganda Cartoon - Der Furher's Face

Der Furher's Face 1944, Disney

Walt Disney created a number of anti-German and anti-Japanese films during World War II. I enjoyed watching these movies because they are funny and I love Disney animation films but I dislike that animation used for a propaganda purpose, animation for me is a fantasy world without any poetic  or propaganda case and if they uses for that purpose then it will lose the soul of entertaining.

Early Sound - Edison's Phonograph

Edison phonograph demonstration

Thomas Edison discovered the secret of sound recording and built his first Phonograph in 1877. I believe that the phonograph is an amazing discover, it´s a simple complex idea to record and playback sound, music is a big part in my life and I never thought about that when lessening to Music or watching Movies so 1000 thanks to Edison who make it possible.

Early History - Ladislaw Starewicz.

Picture of Wladyslaw Starewicz in his studio.

 

Wladyslaw Starewicz - Frogland 1922

Wladyslaw Starewicz - The Devil's Ball

Ladislaw Starewicz was born 1882 in Russia; he is one of the greatest animators of all times. I love Ladislaw Starewiczs stop motion animation, he thought outside the box and created. amazing and entertaining animations, It´s hard to find the same style of stop motion as his, the stories are entertaining to watch and he puts a lot of work on the details in his animation