Cil3 - Wednesday, November 24, 1982 - North Shore News ON THE HOME SCREEN Animation: the sophisticated art form Animation has evolved into a sophisticated art over the 20th century through the creative innovations of several individuals. A beloved pioneer in the realm of cartoons and films, known throughout the world for his contributions in these fields, is Walt Disney. At the core of Disney's films is his desire to make fantasy seem real. Mickey Mouse, who appears to have more human characteristics than those of an animal, is featured in Steamboat Willie; released in 1928, it is the first-cartoon with a fully synchronized soundtrack. _____ Mickey was joined by his A network of animators, female counterpart, Minnie Mouse, and his _ friends Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto during the 1930s and 1940s. During this period, the Silly Symphonies series was produced by Disney animators who ex- -perimented With “and in- corporated new graphic and movement ideas into the films. Animation classics Outstanding animation features were also produced at this time. These eternal classics — Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinnochio (1940), Fantasia (1940), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942) ~- are revived each year and enjoyed by children and adults alike. the .one’ you previously occupied. Besides the variety of space games, there are sports and intellectual games that may be played by one or more players. Choose your sport Sports competitions in- clude skiing, bowling, golf and tennis. Word games, checkers, chess and backgammon are among those games which make meeting of the minds fun. Increasing levels. of ¢x- pertise, based upon acquired skills, encourage challenging tournaments. When purchasing software for your game computer, it is important to make sure that the game cartridges will fit your machine. Until recently, consumers had no alternatjves but to buy the same brand car- tridges as their machines. Today, due to the growing market of home video games, some companies arc producing interchangeable cartridges. To be sure a new game may be used on your cquipment, ask. Akhthough home video games can provide hours of fun for the cntire family. they are not yet comparable to elaborate arcade games. The hardware on the home vidco games consists of fairly old microprocessors (computer “brain” chips) with Hmited programs and Through Disney's initia- tive, supervision and guid- ance, the art of animation developed. Just as Shakes- peare expanded the English language by creating new words to describe people and their actions, Disney added a glossary of terms to describe work with animation. Editing of individual shots, timing and pacing of action within a scene, composition of the — film frame, camera movement and depth of. field became © part of a growing vocabulary | collaborators to allowing exchange ideas. background artists’ and effects animators used their individual talents to help. Disney achieve his an- ticipated results. Though Disney stopped drawing animation himself,” he became creative director - of the productions and in- spired himself and _ his collaborators through art sessions with artists from other fields. The production of a Disney film usually began . with the sprouting of a story — seed. The story grew during. conferences between Disney. and his writers. Animators were told the type of characters needed to fit with . the story. Next, was detailed. Characte -ediocre controls. More - complex -- microprecessors—: “have been developed and may be incorporated in new. : home video game com- puters. But, inclusion of the new : video chips would not be. economical as it would make the current game cartridges © The ' cartridge’s .. coded instructions would not ‘| be comprehensible to the | obsolete: hew computer mechanism. Some new developments. 4 are being added as they ° evolve. Three-dimensional © images and voice ‘syn- thesizers are in the . developmental stage and are anxiously awaited. Despite the consensus that home video games are not a5 fascinating as their, arcade _ predccesssors, the casy accessibility of home video games has made them a success. According to Ralling Stone magazine, “.... the percentage of American homes with game computers (is) expected tq rise from five . per cont to ten per cent next . year, (and) the entire in- dustry, redict business sources, will double itsclf.” Flashes of color. ex- plosions, musical spurts, strategic court moves and mind-boggling openers invite players to participate in an casy-to-s¢t-up, casily accessible activity. Instead of laying back and passively watching the tube, why not provide yourself and your family with an active means of recreation, a vidco game computer! the plot unfolded ©. and scene-by-scene action & . a Se _ a . . ‘| 2 : as —— . : } a 5 - nee ae Poa a ; i" . koran - a Peg oa a * : ~J 7 . > res ts ie — * te Bs s ‘4 , é § . i : . x . : were honed to become as realistic as possible ‘by studying human behavior and analyzing scuiptural forms and animals for shape. Finishing touches brought the animation to life. Back- _ grounds, including. abstract and true-to-life elements, completed the visual aspects of the film while sound © effects and music set the mood. The animated image on a screen is the result of a series of thousands of. drawings, . each with a subtle change, viewed at a very high speed. The illusion of continuous action is created when the still image on -each film frame. passes through. the projector at 24 frames per second for a sound movie. 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