A Animation Historical Figure Max Fleischer By Aidan

A Animation Historical Figure Max Fleischer By Aidan Walsh

Invented the Rotoscope • Fleischer were granted a patent in 1917 for the rotoscope, a mechanism used for transferring live action film into animated cartoon through tracing resulting in very lifelike animation. This invention was caused by Fleischer's frustration with cel animation, creating their first rotoscoped cartoon character Koko the Clown. In which the star's body showed all of the subtle changes made by a moving human form.

Out Of The Inkwell • J. R. Bray, a pioneer of early animation, was intrigued by Max’s early rotoscope work, featuring his brother Dave Fleischer in a clown suit, and hired Max with the idea of producing a series of Koko films to be released under the title “Out of the Inkwell. ”

Out of the Inkwell, Inc • In 1921 Max left Bray Studios and, together with his brother Dave, launched a new company: “Out of the Inkwell, Inc. ” They hired one employee, Charlie Shettler, who stayed with the studio until it closed twenty years later. Out of the Inkwell’s first “studio” was a New York City basement apartment. But demand for the Fleischers’ cartoons quickly grew. By 1923 they had a staff of 19 and the studio was able to move into what would become its longest lasting location: 1600 Broadway in the heart of New York City.

First sound cartoon • It was during this period that the Fleischers partnered with Lee De. Forest, a pioneer in the fledgling field of sound technology, to create the first cartoon using synchronized sound, My Old Kentucky Home, which was released in 1926 (nearly two years before Walt Disney’s 1928 Steamboat Willy) A clip from My Old Kentucky

characters • Unlike other cartoon “stars” of the day, Fleischer characters like Betty Boop, Grampy, and Koko the Clown were modeled on human beings. With their surreal, edgy, often gritty, urban setting the Fleischers were part of what was referred to as the ‘East Coast Style of Animation’

sources • http: //www. fleischerstudios. com/history. html • https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Max_Fleischer