HUM 203: The World in Motion, Animation in Theory and Practice

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Computing | Writing | Lectures | Labs | Powerpoints

Computing

Information about the University of Washington's computing labs can be found at:

http://depts.washington.edu/sacg/facilities/labs/software.shtml

You can download a free trial versions of Adobe software here.

http://www.adobe.com/products/tryadobe/main.jsp

Students are also recommended to visit the Educational Partnerships and Learning Technologies Department website, which has information about free computer skills workshops that are available to students.

Writing

We encourage you to visit the CHID/AES./Women Studies writing center if you wish to improve your skills.

CHID/AES/WS WRITING CENTER HOURS and LOCATIONS:
Spring 2007

MONDAYS:
Time: 1:00-5:00
Location: Women Studies Conference Room (B110-G)

TUESDAYS:
Time: 9:00 -11:30 and 1:00- 3:30
Location: American Ethnic Studies Conference Room (A518 - 520)

WEDNESDAYS:
Time: 10:30 – 2:00
Location: CHID Lounge (C-101)

THURSDAYS:
Time: 9:00 -11:30 and 1:00 - 3:00
Location: American Ethnic Studies Conference Room (A518 – 520)

Lectures

Notes, filmography, links, etc...related to material discussed in lecture sections.

week1 [3/27]

filmography: GERTIE THE DINOSAUR, Dir./Animator Windsor McCay. USA. 1914
THE DINOSAUR AND THE MISSING LINK, Dir./Animator Willis O'Brien. USA Edison/Conquest Pictures. 1917
THE VALLEY OF GWANGI, Dir. James O'Connolly, Visual Effects Ray Harryhausen. USA Warner Bros./Seven Arts. 1969
GODZILLA VS KING KONG, Dir.Ishiro Honda, Japan Toho.1962
JURASSIC PARK, Dir. Steven Speilberg, Dinosaur Supervisor Phil Tippett. USA Universal/Amblin. 1993
THE LAND BEFORE TIME III, Dir. Roy Allen Smith. USA Universal Cartoon Studios. 1995
further reading: Berry, Mark F. THE DINOSAUR FILMOGRAPHY. North Carolnia, McFarland and Co. 2002

week2 [4/2]

filmography: BUBBLES, Dir. Dave Fleischer. USA. 1922
PUSS IN BOOTS, Dir. Walt Disney. USA 1922
FELIX IN HOLLYWOOD, Dir. Otto Messmer. Pat Sullivan Cartoons. USA 1923
"Night on Bald Mountain" from FANTASIA, Dir. Wilfred Jackson, Walt Disney Studios, USA. 1940

week3 [4/9]

filmography:THE CAMERAMANS REVENGE (Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora), Dir. + Animation Wladyslaw Starewicz. Khanzhonkov. Russia 1912. (Available on Google Video HERE)
JIRI TRNKA: PUPPET ANIMATION MASTER. Czech Republic. (Available on The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka, 1951 original release.)
THE PIED PIPER (Krystal), Dir. Jiri Barta. Jiri Trnka Studio. Czech Republic 1985. (Available on Jiri Barta: Labyrinth of Darkness, DVD 2006)
PUNCH AND JUDY (Rakvickarna), Dir. + Animation Jan Svankmajer. Krátký Film Praha. Czech Republic 1966. (Available on The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer, Vol. 1 - The Early Years, DVD 2002)

week4 [4/16]

week5 [4/23]

filmography:ASCHENPUTTEL (CINDERELLA), Dir. + Animation Lotte Reiniger. Institut für Kulturforschung, Germany 1922.
DREAM, Dir. Nina Shorina. Russia 1988. (Available on Masters of Russian Animation Vol. 4, 2007)
SPOOK SPORT, Dir. Mary Ellen Bute, Animation Norman McClaren. Music: Danse macabre by Saint-Saëns. Creative Film Society. USA 1940.
WOW (Women of the World), Dir. + Animation Faith Hubley. Hubley Studios. USA 1975. (Available on the Hubley Collection.)

week6 [4/30]

filmography:STAR BLAZERS, Dir. Billy West, USA adaptation, 1980-82. (originally SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO, Dir. Leiji Matsumoto, Toshio Matsuda, Noburo Ishiguro. Japan, 1973 +)
FUSHIGI YUGI (Mysterious Play), Author Yuu Watase, Dir. Hajime Kamegaki. Studio Pierrot, Japan 1992-96.
LAPUTA, CASTLE IN THE SKY (Tenk? no Shiro Rapyuta), Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli, Japan 1996.
PRINCESS MONONOKE (Mononoke Hime), Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli, Japan 1997.

week7 [5/7]

filmography:DOING WITH IMAGES MAKES SYMBOLS: COMMUNICATING WITH COMPUTERS, Featuring Alan Kay, University Video Communications, USA ~1982
TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (Les Triplettes de Belleville), Sylvain Chomet. Les Armateurs, France 2003.