Methods and Procedures for the Production of Fully-Animated Cartoon Films Using New Animascope® Automatic Animation Processes

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Volume: 76, No. 10, pp. 1012–1016
Abstract: Today's production costs and the shortages of animation artists have made it almost impossible to produce fully-animated cartoon films. While some methods did develop the outline drawings of the character by various chemical or optical means, all of the early methods required the making of large, transparent “cels” for each frame, which had to be hand-colored and retouched before being re-photographed by conventional animation techniques. The new system produces not only the most complex character outline drawings but also the flat, cartoon-style coloring directly onto 35mm film by means of simple laboratory printing and processing. An automatic traveling matte is used to combine these images with the backgrounds. Production procedures parallel those of normal live-action filming. The principles involved for each production and laboratory step are described and illustrated.
Publication Date: 1967-10-01
DOI: 10.5594/J09092
ISSN: Print: 0361-4573
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J09092
Author(s): Leon H. MaurerWestworld Artists Productions, Inc., 370 East 76th St., New York, N.Y. 10021
Harry WuestWestworld Artists Productions, Inc., 370 East 76th St., New York, N.Y. 10021
Copyright: © 1967 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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1. U.S. Patent 2,181,405, Kosa, Nov. 28, 1939. EXTERNAL
2. U.S. Patent 2,998,313, Maurer, Aug. 29, 1961. EXTERNAL
3. U.S. Patent 3,190,955, Maurer, June 22, 1965; Canadian Patent 695,926, Maurer, Oct. 13, 1964; Canadian Patent 740,537, Maurer, Aug. 9, 1966; Japanese Patent 433,827, Maurer, July, 1964; Japanese Patent 439,107, Maurer, Nov. 1964. EXTERNAL
4. U.S. Patent 3,301,626, Maurer, Jan. 31, 1967; French Patent 1,472,932, Maurer, Feb. 6, 1967; British, Canadian Patents allowed, and other foreign patents pending (Licensor). EXTERNAL

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