Ladislaw Starewicz was a pioneer in stop-motion animation who created puppet films starting in 1910. His films featured grotesque insect characters and explored unconventional topics like infidelity, with one 1912 film titled "The Cameraman's Revenge" depicting adultery among insects. While aimed at children, his films had more intense subject matter than typical children's content of the early 1900s. The document discusses Starewicz's background and impact, provides a link to a clip of his animation, and notes aspects viewers enjoyed and saw potential for improvement.

2. August 8th 1882 Lithuania
In Moscow

3. How did they become interested in
animation?
Ladislaw Starewicz created the first puppet animation.
What was their background?
Starewicz began making 3-d stop motion animated films
(puppet films, as he called them) in 1910 and
continued creating them until his death. His films,
although emotionally aimed at children, are what we
today would deem "strange" because of the often
grotesque characters and situations... keep in mind,
what was considered "for children" in the early 1900s
is much more intense than what is produced for
children today.

4. Here is a clip of his Animation
Short clip of Ladislaw Starewicz Animation – The
cameraman’s Revenge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIC0Sb6pLvI
About the Animation
The Cameraman's Revenge (1912, 13 minutes) is
about infidelity among the insects, a topic which I
dare say has never before or after been attempted
on film.

5. Things we liked about the Animation:
• That the characters were insects – very creative
• That they used music and no speech to tell the story
• It had a old fashion quality
• It was entertaining
• Change of scenes were clear enough to understand
Would improve:
Quality - Use of scenery - Long Introduction

6. Why their work is relevant today?
• Observations of how puppet animation could
be improved in the future
• Unique and different
• Entertaining to watch