Animation Time Date Professor Title: Blinkity Blank Director: Norman McLaren Permission: National Film Board of Canada http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca Anime From Sailor Moon Images from Wii Baseball Game Horse animated by rotoscoping from Eedweard Muybridge's 19 th c. photos

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Search: Norman McLaren Possible Search Terms: McLaren, Norman Animator Animation Subject Search -> ANIMATION (Cinematography) Narrow further -> Animation AND History Animated films National Film Board of Canada Motion pictures Motion picture producers & directors Specific films/project (ex: Blinkity Blank ) Promotional still from Blinkity Blank from NFB of Canada http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/medias.php?id=10917 -> Helpful Hint: Try combining some of these search terms

Possible Search Terms:

McLaren, Norman

Animator

Animation

Subject Search -> ANIMATION (Cinematography)

Narrow further -> Animation AND History

Animated films

National Film Board of Canada

Motion pictures

Motion picture producers & directors

Specific films/project (ex: Blinkity Blank )

Find Books Begin with general KEYWORD SEARCHES : Animation Animated film Animation and history Animated film and history Animation and COUNTRY Animated film and COUNTRY Animation and technique Stop motion NAME of animator 3D Animators Animation and television Name of animation studio Animated television Animé Animated cartoons OR Cartoons Cartooning Cartoon characters CGI Computer animation Video games Gaming

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Keyword vs. Subject Searches Start with a general keyword search to get a feel for what’s available. Once you find a book or article that looks good, take note of the subjects used to describe it. Most catalogs and databases let you click on these subjects as links. You can also rework your search based on these subjects. Changing your search terms, even slightly, can lead to new and useful results.

Start with a general keyword search to get a feel for what’s available.

Once you find a book or article that looks good, take note of the subjects used to describe it.

Most catalogs and databases let you click on these subjects as links.

You can also rework your search based on these subjects.

Changing your search terms, even slightly, can lead to new and useful results.

Refine Your Search: Subject Searches Animation OR Animation (Cinematography) -> Narrow further —Animation (Cinematography) – History Animation (Cinematography) – Technique Animation (Cinematography) – Handbooks, manuals, etc. Animated films -> Narrow further —Clay animation films Animators ( OR specific animator -> Last name, 1 st name) Computer animation OR Computer graphics OR Three-dimensional display systems Television broadcasting of animated films Animated television programs Caricatures and cartoons OR Cartoons and comics Video games -> Narrow further – Fantasy games

Animation OR Animation (Cinematography)

-> Narrow further —Animation (Cinematography) – History

Animation (Cinematography) – Technique

Animation (Cinematography) – Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Animated films -> Narrow further —Clay animation films

Animators ( OR specific animator -> Last name, 1 st name)

Computer animation OR Computer graphics OR Three-dimensional display systems

Television broadcasting of animated films

Animated television programs

Caricatures and cartoons OR Cartoons and comics

Video games -> Narrow further – Fantasy games

Related Subject Searches Popular culture Social aspects Psychological aspects Design Comic books, strips, etc. Graphic novels Marketing Drawing Film OR Motion pictures

Popular culture

Social aspects

Psychological aspects

Design

Comic books, strips, etc.

Graphic novels

Marketing

Drawing

Film OR Motion pictures

Find Articles Start your search with the following databases: Art Fulltext Wilson Omnifile Lexis Nexis Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) Film and Television Literature Index

Start your search with the following databases:

Art Fulltext

Wilson Omnifile

Lexis Nexis

Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)

Film and Television Literature Index

Not finding anything? Try these databases… *Sometimes, it is just a matter of finding the right database for your topic. Communication and Mass Media Complete JSTOR Project Muse

*Sometimes, it is just a matter of finding the right database for your topic.

Communication and Mass Media Complete

JSTOR

Project Muse

Suggested Journals & Magazines Animation Journal* Sight & Sound Journal of Visual Culture Animation Magazine* Art in America Journal of Popular Culture Funnyworld (1974-1979) Leonardo American Cinematographer American Artist Film Quarterly Film History Print Broadcasting and Cable Diacritics Variety Entertainment Weekly New York Times Magazine Animatrix Journal of Popular Film & Television Post Computer Graphics World 3D World Computer Arts

Evaluate Websites Apply the CRAAP Test as a checklist: Currency Relevance Authority Accuracy Purpose “ Focus on Animation: Norman McLaren” from the National Film Board of Canada http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/filmmakers/Norman-McLaren/overview.php

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Currency

Relevance

Authority

Accuracy

Purpose

Websites Origins of American Animation (Library of Congress) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oahome.html 21 animated films & 2 fragments (1900-1921). Clay, puppet & cut out animation, pen drawings. Connects newspaper comic strips to early films. Development of animation & social attitudes of the time. American Film Institute: Top 10 Animation http://www.afi.com/10top10/animation.html History of Animation Webpages (Texas A & M University ) http://www-viz.tamu.edu/courses/viza615/97spring/history.html Based on student papers Animation Factory http://www.animationfactory.com/en Royalty free animations, 3D clip art, and templates 3D Café http://www.3dcafe.com Information on 3D modeling & animation

Origins of American Animation (Library of Congress) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oahome.html

21 animated films & 2 fragments (1900-1921). Clay, puppet & cut out animation,

pen drawings. Connects newspaper comic strips to early films. Development

of animation & social attitudes of the time.

American Film Institute: Top 10 Animation http://www.afi.com/10top10/animation.html

History of Animation Webpages (Texas A & M University )

http://www-viz.tamu.edu/courses/viza615/97spring/history.html

Based on student papers

Animation Factory http://www.animationfactory.com/en Royalty free animations, 3D clip art, and templates

3D Café http://www.3dcafe.com Information on 3D modeling & animation

Digital Game Based Learning http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/games/digigbl.html Includes links to video game examples Animation Lab (Georgia Tech) http://gvu.cc.gatech.edu/animation/animlab.html Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center Focus on Animation (National Film Board of Canada) http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en Includes Animando, 12-minute film demonstrating 10 animation techniques (& how to use them) Animation Research Centre (University College for the Creative Arts) http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/index.cfm?articleid=11263 The Animation Museum (Korea) http://animationmuseum.com/eng/en01.html (English version) More Websites

Digital Game Based Learning

http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/games/digigbl.html

Includes links to video game examples

Animation Lab (Georgia Tech)

http://gvu.cc.gatech.edu/animation/animlab.html

Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center

Focus on Animation (National Film Board of Canada) http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en Includes Animando, 12-minute film demonstrating 10 animation techniques (& how to use them)

Animation Research Centre (University College for the Creative Arts) http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/index.cfm?articleid=11263

The Animation Museum (Korea) http://animationmuseum.com/eng/en01.html (English version)

& More Websites Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research http://www.cartoonresearch.com Detailed filmographies, animator biographies, cartoon synopsis, animation history Related sites: Jen Library Special Collections http://blog.scad.edu/speccoll Cartoon Research Library (Ohio State Univ.) http://cartoons.osu.edu Largest academic research facility documenting US cartoon art ImageTexT (University of Florida) http://www.english.ufl.edu/imagetext Online scholarly journal covering comic art and related subjects Other sources of information: Websites of animation studio websites or animators, YouTube, Google, & Wikimedia Commons

Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research http://www.cartoonresearch.com

Detailed filmographies, animator biographies, cartoon synopsis, animation history

Related sites:

Jen Library Special Collections http://blog.scad.edu/speccoll

Cartoon Research Library (Ohio State Univ.) http://cartoons.osu.edu Largest academic research facility documenting US cartoon art

ImageTexT (University of Florida) http://www.english.ufl.edu/imagetext Online scholarly journal covering comic art and related subjects

Other sources of information:

Websites of animation studio websites or animators, YouTube, Google,

& Wikimedia Commons

Current Animator? Ex: Bruno Bozzetto -> Check out his website Find images, videos, awards, exhibitions…

Ex: Bruno Bozzetto -> Check out his website

Find images, videos, awards, exhibitions…

Reference Books: A great Place to Start The animated film encyclopedia: a complete guide to American shorts, features & sequences 1900-1979 REF NC 1765 .W42 2000 Animated films REF PN1997.5 .C55 2004 Animation art: from pencil to pixel, the history of cartoon, animé & CGI REF NC1765 .A535 2004 The animation business handbook REF PN1993.5.U6 R365 2004 Animated TV specials: the complete directory to the first twenty-five years, 1962-1987 REF PN 1992.8 .S64 W66 1989 American animated films: the silent era, 1897-1929 REF NC 1766 .U5 G54 1990 The animated film collector's guide: worldwide sources for cartoons on video & laserdisc REF NC 1765 .K52 1997

The animated film encyclopedia: a complete guide to American shorts, features & sequences 1900-1979 REF NC 1765 .W42 2000

Animated films REF PN1997.5 .C55 2004

Animation art: from pencil to pixel, the history of cartoon, animé & CGI REF NC1765 .A535 2004

The animation business handbook REF PN1993.5.U6 R365 2004

Animated TV specials: the complete directory to the first twenty-five years, 1962-1987 REF PN 1992.8 .S64 W66 1989

American animated films: the silent era, 1897-1929 REF NC 1766 .U5 G54 1990

The animated film collector's guide: worldwide sources for cartoons on video & laserdisc REF NC 1765 .K52 1997

Animation art: the early years, 1911-1953 REF NC 1765 .L74 1995 Animation art: the later years, 1954-1993 REF NC 1765 .L744 1996 Animation, caricature, and gag and political cartoons in the U.S. and Canada REF Z 5956 .C3 L45 1994 Animation 101 REF TR 897.5 .P56 1998 Animation unlimited: innovative short films since 1940 REF NC 1765 .F23 2003 The anime encyclopedia: a guide to Japanese animation since 1917 REF NC1766.J3 C53 2006 The anime movie guide: [movie-by-movie guide to Japanese animation] REF NC 1766 .J3 M33 1997 More Reference Books

Animation art: the early years, 1911-1953 REF NC 1765 .L74 1995

Animation art: the later years, 1954-1993 REF NC 1765 .L744 1996

Animation, caricature, and gag and political cartoons in the U.S. and Canada REF Z 5956 .C3 L45 1994

Animation 101 REF TR 897.5 .P56 1998

Animation unlimited: innovative short films since 1940 REF NC 1765 .F23 2003

The anime encyclopedia: a guide to Japanese animation since 1917 REF NC1766.J3 C53 2006

The anime movie guide: [movie-by-movie guide to Japanese animation] REF NC 1766 .J3 M33 1997

Still More Reference Books The encyclopedia of animated cartoons REF NC 1766 .U5 L46 1999 Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia, 1949-2003 REF PN1992.8.A59 E74 2005 The Great cartoon stars: a who's who REF NC1766.U5 G7 1988 European illustration REF NC 998.6 .E87 E9 Search: the graphics Web guide: interface, typography, illustration, photography, animation, film & video REF NC 1001.6 .C68 2002 The world encyclopedia of cartoons REF NC 1325 .W67 1999

The encyclopedia of animated cartoons REF NC 1766 .U5 L46 1999

Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia, 1949-2003 REF PN1992.8.A59 E74 2005

The Great cartoon stars: a who's who REF NC1766.U5 G7 1988

European illustration REF NC 998.6 .E87 E9

Search: the graphics Web guide: interface, typography, illustration, photography, animation, film & video REF NC 1001.6 .C68 2002

The world encyclopedia of cartoons REF NC 1325 .W67 1999

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