Exercises
- Pick an individual or studio and do more research in the library or on the Internet.
- Choose a location or a time period, and do more research in this area. You might want
to research some areas that this history was unable to cover. - Research the history of animated video games.
- Watch an old animated cartoon or feature film. How is it different from current
animation? - How does animation history relate to you? Does it let you understand the animation
industry better? Does it inspire you to see some old films? Does it give you any ideas
about what you personally want to do? - Were writers important to early animated films? Explain. Are they important to most
animation today? Why? Discuss this in class. - In what ways has technology influenced animation?
- Who and what do you think are the important influences on animation today? Discuss.
- Write a short animation script using information from this chapter. Will you stick to the
facts and write something educational? Or will you use the facts as a starting place for
a fictional story? You may need to do more research before you begin. - Can you think of a way to make animated films that wasn’t discussed here?
- Do research that will help you in making a student film.
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2004
Shrek 2becomes the highest grossing
animated film of all time.