In April, Animation Day was celebrated all over the world. “Moscow Evening” recalls how cartoons appeared, who was the “pioneer” of the genre, and also tells which cartoons will be released this year.
The first cartoon, according to some experts, was Edward Muybridge’s “A Horse in Motion” in 1878. This is a series of six photographs that, when viewed quickly, create the effect of a galloping horse. This “cartoon” was filmed in a clever way: they placed tripwires at a distance, and each of them was connected to the camera. As the rider and horse climbed the stretch, the camera snapped a photo.
— In fact, this is just a bold experiment by a photographer. The first complete cartoon is still considered “Phantasmagoria” of 1908 by the French artist and animator Emile Cohl. “It is made in the style of hand-drawn animation,” says film critic, film historian and author of the thematic cycle Philipp Frechter.
The golden age of animation came in the 1920s and 1930s. At this time, studios such as Walt Disney Productions and Warner Bros. On the scene, where she created the first classic characters and films in the history of animation.
In 1928, Walt Disney introduced the world to Mickey Mouse in the short film Steamboat Willie, which became a landmark in the history of animation. It was the first animated film to use synchronized sound. In 1937, Disney released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first fully animated film.
The next boom in animation came in the 1990s, when Pixar released its first computer-animated film, Toy Story.
Animation icon
The success of Mickey Mouse opened the door for many other characters, such as Donald Duck, Goofy, and Minnie Mouse, who became global cultural icons.
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The second complete Luntik adventure, “Luntik. The Far Side of the Moon.” The production will be carried out by Melnitsa Studio and director Darina Schmidt. The first part of the story, in which Luntik finds his mother, was very warmly received by the audience. The second part will tell about their joint adventures on the moon.
Story about father
It is worth paying attention to Japanese animation. On June 18, Cinemana will release a new full-length anime by Yoshitoshi Shinomiya titled “And the Dawn Will Come.” Viewers will see the life of a man, Keitaro, who attempts to restore an old fireworks display in an abandoned factory in memory of his missing father, while at the same time contemplating the subject of family and its loss. Emotions guaranteed.
The return of the legend
On June 17, Toy Story Part 5 will be released worldwide. This time games will face the problem of children’s love for tablets. They will fight for the child’s attention. The fourth part of the franchise is recognized by the majority of viewers as not only the worst in the series, but also a very bad cartoon in principle.
Save the planet
Right now, a new animated film from Pixar called “Jumpers” is in theaters. This is the first successful project of the famous studio in many years. The story revolves around a young environmental activist, Mabel, who with the help of modern technology is transferred to a beaver robot and with its help explores the animal world and saves it.
Let my mother hear
Only a few days ago it became known that on October 1st the cartoon by Alexander Voytinsky “The Adventures of the Mammoth Kid” will be released. I’m looking for my mother.” This is a full-length computer remake of a Soviet cartoon about a little mammoth. Recent similar remakes have generally upset the viewer. Maybe this time we will have an exception. The production is carried out by Timur Bekmambetov’s Bazelevs studio.
Kirill Sorokin, historian, candidate of historical sciences, associate professor at a private university:
— It is always worth keeping in mind that cartoons are a full-fledged art and not entertainment for children. Take, for example, the famous 1930s cartoon character Betty Boop. She was a sex symbol for an entire generation of American adults. In addition, sometimes cartoons are able to talk about very serious and not childish topics. For example, about death, as in “Coco’s Mystery”, or about the birth of the soul, as in “Soul”.
Domestic cinema is also enthusiastically reworking Soviet classics – in some places it strictly follows the old script, in others it turns everything upside down and intrudes on the success of the original. Goals and objectives are named differently, but the meaning seems to be the same. Whichever one is in the material “VM”.