Week by Week
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Wednesday August 31 |
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Friday, September 2 |
BLOG URL DUE |
Wednesday September 7 |
BLOG POST #1 DUE Lecture: Principles of Animation Reading: Leonard Matlin, Of Mice and Magic, Chap. 1 Screening: Eadward Muybridge Series, 1877–1885; Lumiere Programs, 1895–1897; A Trip to the Moon, 1902, Melies; Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, 1907, Blackton; Emil Cohl; Joyuous Microbes, 1909, Emil Cohl; Automated Moving Company, 1910, Emil Cohl; Neo-Impressionist Painter, 1910, Emil Cohl; Professor Bonehead, 1913, Emil Cohl |
Tuesday September 13 |
LAST DAY TO ADD CLASSES
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Wednesday September 14 |
BLOG POST #2 DUE |
Wednesday September 21 |
BLOG POST #3 DUE Lecture: European Pictorial Animation Reading: Leonard Matlin, Of Mice and Magic, Chap. 3 Screening: The Adventures of Prince Achmed, 1926, Lotte Reiniger; Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film, 1999, Katja Raganelli |
Wednesday September 28 |
BLOG POST #4 DUE Lecture: Max, Dave and Joe Fleischer Reading: Leonard Matlin, Of Mice and Magic, Chap. 4 Screening: Bimbo’s Initiation (Bimbo and Betty Boop), 1931; Boop-Oop-a-Doop (Betty Boop), 1932; Betty Boop’s Penthouse (Betty Boop), 1932; Snow White (Betty Boop), 1933; Little Swee' Pea (Popeye), 1936; Popeye Meets Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, 1937; Superman, 1941 |
Friday September 30 |
LAST DAY TO DROP CLASSES
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Wednesday October 5 |
BLOG POST #5 DUE Lecture: Disney & Warner Brothers Reading: Leonard Matlin, Of Mice and Magic, Chap. 5 Screening: Steamboat Willie (Mickey Mouse), 1928; Skelton Dance (Silly Symphony); The Three Little Pigs (Silly Symphony), 1933; Music Land (Silly Symphony), 1935; Porky in Wackyland (Porky Pig), 1938; Dough for Do-Do (Porky Pig), 1949, Bob Clampett; You Ought To Be In Pictures (Daffy and Porky), 1940, Duck AMuck (Daffy Duck), 1953, Presto-O-Chango (Bugs Bunny), 1939, Chuck Jones; Wackiki Wabbit (Bugs Bunny), 1943, Chuck Jones; Rabbit of Seville (Bugs Bunny), 1950, Chuck Jones; What’s Opera Doc? (Bugs Bunny), 1956, Chuck Jones, Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs, 1942, Bob Clampett |
Wednesday October 12 |
BLOG POST #6 DUE Lecture: Walt Disney: The Business & Art Reading: Leonard Matlin, Of Mice and Magic, Chap. 6 Screening: Snow White, 1937 |
Wednesday October 19 |
BLOG POST #7 DUE Lecture: War II, & Aftermath Reading: Leonard Matlin, Of Mice and Magic, Chap. 6; The Testimony of Walter E. Disney Before the House Committee on Un-American Activities Screening: Private Snafu: Spies, 1943, Chuck Jones; Donald Gets Drafted (Donald Duck), 1942, Walt Disney; Fall In-Fall Out (Donald Duck), 1943, Walt Disney; Der Fuerhrer’s Face (Donald Duck), 1943, Walt Disney; Education for Death, 1943, Walt Disney; Out of the Frying Pan into the Firing Line (Minnie Mouse & Pluto), 1942, Walt Disney; History of German Animation, 2000, Gerd Gockell |
Wednesday October 26 |
BLOG POST #8 DUE Lecture: The Cold War & TV Reading: Leonard Matlin, Of Mice and Magic, Chap. 7 Screening: Jet Fuel Formula (Rocky & Bullwinkle), 1961, Jay Ward; TV Animation Advertisements, 1950–1960, Various |
Wednesday November 2 |
BLOG POST #9 DUE Lecture: Bluth & American History Reading: Leonard Matlin, Of Mice and Magic, Chap. 8 Screening: An American Tale, Don Bluth, 1986 |
Wednesday November 9 |
BLOG POST #10 DUE Lecture: Disney & American History Reading: Leonard Matlin, Of Mice and Magic, Chap. 9 Screening: Pocahontas, Disney, 1995 |
Wednesday November 16 |
ANIMATIONS DUE Lecture: Dreamworks & American History Reading: Leonard Matlin, Of Mice and Magic, Chap. 10 Screening: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron, Dreamworks, 2002 |
Wednesday November 23 |
NO CLASS (Thanksgiving) |
Wednesday November 30 |
BLOG POST #11 DUE Lecture: Pixar: The Business & Art Reading: Leonard Matlin, Of Mice and Magic, Chap. 11 Screening: Toy Story 2, Pixar, 1999 |
Wednesday December 7 |
BLOG POST #12 DUE Lecture: Claymation, Stop Action, Puppets, and Weird Stuff Reading: Leonard Matlin, Of Mice and Magic, Chap. 12 Screening: The Nightmare Before Christmas |
Tuesday December 13 |
SELF-EVALUATION DUE BLOG POST #13 DUE |