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Walt Disney
Walt Disney was a born animator drawing on everything he could get his hands on, he attended the academy of fine arts to improve his drawing abilities. He later became one of the greatest animators of all time. -
Snow White
Walt disney created the first animated fairy tale movie, " Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Photo: (speakeasy.com)
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John Whitney
John Whitney is the pioneer of CGI, he paved the way for modern special effects. He also created the effects for the Hitchcock feature "Vertigo" Photo: Archer studio.com References:
Moritz William (1997), Digital Harmony, AWN.com -
NPR
Non Realistic Rendering came about in the 1970s. It is a technology that allows you to take a idealized animation and make it look like it was hand drawn. Photo: wikimedia.org References:
(2014) Why Choose Non-Photolistic Rendering, creativeblog.com -
Hayo Miyazaki
Hayo Miyazaki is a japanese world renowned animator who created his forst featured animated film "Lupin the Third" in 1979. also counless others such as " howl's Moving Castle, and Spirited Away." Phtoto: CND.com References:
Locker, Melissa (2013), Ranking His Top 10, Entertainment.Time.com -
Ed Catmull
He joined the Lucus film computer divison to create new technology for the film industry. References:
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Tom Sito
He worked on animated cartoons such as the Little Mermaid, an Beauty and The Beast. In 1995 He left Disney to help set up Dream Works animation. Photo: 4bp.blogspot.com References:
(2015) Moving inovation, CGW.com -
Spirited Away
MIyazaki's spirited away was released in 2002. Its was created without a script, and miyazaki literally did everything from animation to the story boards on the movie. Photo: Gstatic.com References:
Oconnell, Rebecca (2015) 15 facts about Spirited Away, Mentalfloss.com -
Japan earthquake
the Japanese earthquake had a global economic impact, but most of the suffering came from within japan. One industry that was greatly impacted was it's animation industry, Beacsue of rolling black outs people were unable to work. Photo: sldinfo.com References:
Kennedy Bruce (2011) Earthquake Rattles Japan, dailyfinance.com -
Hyperion Technology
In 2011 the creaters of "Big Hero Six" created a comuter program called "Hyperion" to make the city in the movie appear realistic. what Hyperion does is " copies the effects of global illumination." which means it makes things look in the film like it does in reality. Photo: ih3.ggoht.com References:
Weaver Cathy (2014) Film Makers Created New Techonolgy for 'BIg Hero Six
