CHUCK AMUCK

It's 2012. The world didn't end, neither did the blog. After finals and well deserved rest...let's inaugurate the year 2012 with a documentary about Chuck Jones.

CHUCK AMUCK, The Movie (1991)
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"Bugs is an aspiration, Daffy is a realization"
   Chuck Jones.

Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter,producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio. He directed many of the classic short animated cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Sylvester, Pepé Le Pew and a slew of other Warner characters. Three of these shorts (Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening and What's Opera, Doc?) were later inducted into the National Film Registry. Chief among Jones' other works was the famous "Hunting Trilogy" of Rabbit Fire, Rabbit Seasoning, and Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1951–1953).

After his extraordinary career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing memorable cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including a new series of Tom and Jerry shorts and the television adaptation of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. He later started his own studio, Chuck Jones Productions, which created several one-shot specials, and periodically worked on Looney Tunes related works.

 

Chuck Jones' website

ANIMAL LOCOMOTION: The Muybridge Works at University of Pensilvania..

Here's a nice book for those interested in animal locomotion. It's a study on Muybridge's method and result of his work with animals at the University of pensilvania. It has a deeper explanation of how animals move around with very clear diagrams.

Like these fellas here:

And the best of it... It's public domain.
Download it here as a PDF
(Right click...save link as...for downloading it)

TOP 11 TAKES of animation history.

Here is a link to a blog with the top eleven cartoon takes of all time!

http://nicocartoons.blogspot.com/2009/05/top-11-greatest-cartoon-takes.html

HAPPY UNBIRTHDAY. A Lipsync process.

The following is a clip featured on www.drawn.ca about the recording sessions Disney animators filmed for inspiration on acting and lip-sync.

  Alice in Wonderland was released on 1951, produced by Disney and directed by Clyde Geronimi Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske.

LEARNING TO WALK

There's a Buddhist quote that says "All know the Way, but few actually walk it" 

These guys walk it. A 1978 short from Zagreb Films by Bordo ( Borivij Dovnikovic.)

 

 Walking by Ryan Larkin, produced by the NFB in 1968

 

Enjoy!

ON STORYBOARDING AND LAYOUT

Hi. I´m beginning with some great animation resources on storyboarding, composition and layout; I´ve found on the web. I think they will be very useful to have in mind for the boarding of Chekov´s scene.

(All this info can get pretty overwhelming, so take it easy).

First, some advice by Sherm Cohen. The guy who storyboarded Spongebob Squarepants.

Complete Source of examples

Some other tutorials by the same guy

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This is how the Simpsons do it 
by Chris Brown.










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Some things to have in mind, by SPUMCO (The people that did Ren and Stimpy)

There are many more resources at ANIMATION MEAT

And Finally STORYBOARDING TEMPLATES If you want to try them.

PS. The 22 Panel´s that always work by Wally Wood (Online High Quality)

Hope this is useful.

See you.

Simón.