Screening List from 7/22

Hello!  Here is the list of the clips we watched on July 22nd:

Bolt -- "With Pigeons"

Princess and the Frog -- "Mama Odie"

Tangled -- "I've Got a Dream"

Big Hero 6

Luxo

Tin Toy

Toy Story

Toy Story 2 -- "Jessie's Song"

Finding Nemo

Incredibles

Ratatouille

Ratatouille -- "Cooking Clip"

Totoro

Up -- "Married Life"

Up -- "Walking through Jungle

Toy Story 3 -- "Spanish Buzz"

Be sure to come to class on Monday!  Papers are due, and we will have a guest speaker!

Screening List from 7/20

Here are the list of films and clips we watched on July 20th:

Pocahontas -- "Meet Smith"

Hunchback of Notre Dame- - "Siege"

Hercules -- "Zero to Hero"

Mulan -- "Shan Yu"

Tarzan -- "Kala"

Treasure Planet Clip

Samurai X Intro

Lilo and Stitch

Screening List from 7/15

Hello!  Here is the list of clips and films that we watched in class on July 15th:

The Little Mermaid -- "Part of Your World"

Roger Rabbit -- "Jessica's Song"

Beauty and the Beast -- "Something There"

Aladdin -- "Prince Ali"

Nightmare -- "This is Halloween"

Lion King -- "Stampede"

Beauty and the Beast -- "Work in Progress Edition"

Screening List from 7/13

Hello!  Here are the clips and films we watched during class on July 13th:

Jungle Book -- "I Want to be Like You"

Aristocats -- "Everybody Wants to Be A Cat"

Yellow Sub -- "Nowhere Man"

Robin Hood -- "Phoney King"

Fox and the Hound -- Bear Fight with Glen Keane Animation

Vincent

Great Mouse Detective -- Big Ben

The Rescuers

Important Names:

Dunning

We still have a few précis papers left.  Be sure to pick them up in class on Wednesday!

Screening List from 7/8

Hi all,

These are the videos we watched in class this 8th of July:

Alice - caterpillar sequence
Peter Pan - looking for his shadow
Lady and the Tramp - Bella Notte
Rooty Toot Toot
Pigs is Pigs
Sleeping Beauty - Procession for royal birth
Sleeping Beauty - Maleficent vs. Prince Philip
The Sword in the Stone - Wizards' duel
Cinderella

And a couple of names to keep in mind:

Eyvind Earle
Bill Pete

Also, for those of you that weren't in class on Wednesday: we have your Precis! Come to class!

Screening List from 7/6

These are the films and clips we watched on July 6th:

Willie Clip (The Singing Whale)

Peco's Bill Clip (Sweet Sue)

Melody Time - Blame it on the Samba

Song of the South Clip (Tar Baby)

Ichabod (Headless Horseman clip)

How to Play Golf (1944)

Little Rural Riding Hood

Cinderella

And here are some names we discussed in class:

Milt Kahl

Ward Kimball

Charles Perrault

Screening List from 7/1

Hello!  Here are the clips and films we watched on July 1st:

Dumbo "Roustabouts"

Dumbo Visits his Mother

Pink Elephants

Seven Wise Dwarves

Reason and Emotion

The Training Montage

The New Spirit

3 Caballeros "Baia"

3 Caballeros "Jesusita"

Bambi

And here are the list of important names:

Mary Blaire

Saltn

Henry Morganthou

Grierson

Screening List from 6/29

Hello!

Here is the list of films we watched in class on June 29th:

I've Got No Strings excerpt from Pinocchio

Nutcracker Suite

Sorcerer's Apprentice

Dance of the Hours

Night on Bald Mountain

Important names:
Multiplane camera
Carlo Lorenzini
Collodi
Stokowski
Deems Taylor
Dukas

And remember, your one-page precis is due this Wednesday July 1st. Bring a hard copy to class. 

Screening List from 6/24

Here is the list of films we watch on June 24th:

The Skeleton Dance

The Three Little Pigs

Goddess of Spring

The Cookie Carnival

Dance from Snow White

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

And here are important names to remember:

Art Babbitt

Bill Tytla

Don Graham

Chouinard

Grim Natwick

Lotte Reiniger

Screening List from 6/22

Hey everyone!  Here is a list of the short films we watched in class on June 22nd:

4 Newman Laugh-o-Grams

Little Red Riding Hood

Alice's Wonderland

Alice Rattled by Rats

Felix hits the Deck

Trolley Troubles

Plane Crazy

Steamboat Willie

Playful Pluto

The Band Concert

Through the Mirror

Lonesome Ghosts

Syllabus

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The Disney Feature: Then and Now--Film and Television 122J—Summer Session #1 2015

Lecture:                      Monday-Wednesday 1-4

Location:                    Haines A2

Units:                          5

Professor:                  Charles Solomon

Office Hours:             TBA

TA's:                         Graciela Sarabia and Heather Paul                                   

TA’s email:                 122jsummer2015@gmail.com

Course blog:               http://122jsummer2015.blogspot.com/

Access the class website by logging in to the students portal at http://intranet.tft.ucla.edu

Course requirements:

            1. Regular attendance

            2. Viewing of Disney features

            3. Midterm: a 1-page précis of the final paper: due July 1st.

            4. Final: A 10-15 page (double spaced) paper on one of the Disney features. 

Students who want to write about a related subject (the work of one animator, artistic styles, certain imagery, etc.) should speak with the Professor and/or TA no later than July 10.                                                         

Prerequisites: A desire to learn about the history of animation in general,    the Disney Studio in particular, and their effects on popular culture.

Texts: There is no required reading for the course, but students will be expected to watch films that are not shown in their entirety. The films may be rented from video stores, Netflicks, etc. In addition, the TA will have a list of reliable books on various aspects of Disney animation to aid in research.

Average cost per student: $25.-$50. for video rentals.

Grading:         Précis for paper………………………………………………..……20%

                      Final paper…………………………………………………………..80%

Week/Date   Subject/screening:

June 22:        The early work of Walt Disney and his studio. From the Laugh-O-Grams and Alice comedies to the first Mickey Mouse shorts.

June 24:       From the Silly Symphonies to Snow White--an era of artistic                                       experiments and education that culminate in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first American animated feature.

June 29:       1940: Disney's annus mirabilis: Pinocchio and Fantasia.

July 1:           Dumbo and Bambi: The last of the "Big Five." One page précis of final paper due.

July 6:            The "Package Features" and Song of the South.           

July 8:            The Silver Age: Cinderella through 101 Dalmatians

July 13:          The Interregnum: From Sword in the Stone to The Fox and the Hound and The Black Cauldron.

July 15:          The Disney Renaissance: The Great Mouse Detective through The Lion King: an arc of artistic and financial success

July 20:          The Renassiance Fades: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Dinosaur, Atlantis to The Princess and the Frog and Frozen.                       

July 22:          Disney and Pixar

July 27:          Guest speaker: Supervising Animator from Disney Studio. PAPERS DUE AT THE END OF CLASS.

Salutations!  

Welcome to Class 122J: Disney Feature.

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