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Jiri Trinka Veronica Co rneau Anna Gladk ikh Film 344 Se ction 10

Jiri Trinka Veronica Co rneau Anna Gladk ikh Film 344 Se ction 10

Background 0 Born on February 24, 1912 in Pilsen, Czech Republic 0 His father

Background 0 Born on February 24, 1912 in Pilsen, Czech Republic 0 His father was a plumber and his mother was a dressmaker 0 Went to School of Applied Arts in Prague(Academy of Architecture, Art, and Design) 0 Worked as a children’s book illustrator 0 Best known as puppeteer and animator

His Years as an Illustrator 0 First illustration - Mr. Boska: The Tiger of

His Years as an Illustrator 0 First illustration - Mr. Boska: The Tiger of Vitezslaw Šmejc in 1937 0 Famous illustrations include: The Brothers Grimm, several works of Shakespeare, and folktales from Jirí Horák and Jan Pálenícek 0 Illustrated over 130 stories 0 Illustrations for Bajaja by Vladimir Hoan, the story was later turned into an animation

Early Years as an Animator 0 1936 – Created puppet theater but disbanded due

Early Years as an Animator 0 1936 – Created puppet theater but disbanded due to war 0 1945 – Joined up with Jirí Brdečka and Eduard Hofman, created “Grandfather Planted a Beet” 0 1946 – Formed a new studio now known as the Jiri Trnka Studio 0 Animals and Bandits, The Springer and the SS Men, The Gift 0 https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=l. Kj. KTKX 4 BXI 0 Began using puppets in 1946

Puppet Animation 0 First puppet animation “The Czech Year” 1947 0 Short film comprised

Puppet Animation 0 First puppet animation “The Czech Year” 1947 0 Short film comprised of six parts 0 Illustrated folk customs of the time 0 Won award at Venice Film Festival 0 Studio began receiving subsidies from the government in 1948 0 Made second film “The Emperor’s Nightingale” 1949 0 Based on story by Hans Christian Anderson 0 Continued to make short puppet animations throughout the year

The fifties 0 Experimenting with new techniques: 0 - 1951 “Golden Fish” 0 -

The fifties 0 Experimenting with new techniques: 0 - 1951 “Golden Fish” 0 - “The Merry Circus” uses stop motion and 2 dimensional paper cutouts; 0 1953 -Old Czech Legends – quarter-length movie, 7 episodes about history of Czech people. Challenges. 0 1959 - “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, his last feature by Shakespeare. Used plastic puppets.

The sixties 0 Only a few short films, pessimistic notes 0 1962 – “The

The sixties 0 Only a few short films, pessimistic notes 0 1962 – “The Passion” 0 - “Cyber Grandma” – a satire 0 1965 – “The Hand”(Ruka) ( he considered it his greatest work, a short). It was his last film. Ruka is a protest against the conditions imposed by Czechoslovak communist state to artistic creation. 0 http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=_qzv. C Zojn. WQ 0 1969 – he died of a heart condition 57 years old.

Animation Techniques 0 Trinka experimented with different animation techniques: from traditional cartoons in his

Animation Techniques 0 Trinka experimented with different animation techniques: from traditional cartoons in his first shorts to animation with shadow puppets; 0 Preferred method – stop-motion puppet work 0 Even he did not invent puppet animation, his style was different: He did not alter the appearance of dolls to display their emotions, but instead worked with lighting and framing. 0 Music played an important role to him. In all his films the composer of the music – Vaclav Trojan.

Summary 0 One of the most famous European cartoon makers, “The Walt Disney of

Summary 0 One of the most famous European cartoon makers, “The Walt Disney of Eastern Europe” 0 Illustrator and puppet maker 0 Most of the movies for adults 0 “Puppets films are truly unlimited in their possibilities: they can express themselves with the greatest force precisely when realistic expressions of the cinematographic image often faces insurmountable obstacles”.

References 0 http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Ji%C 5%99%C 3%AD_Trnka 0 http: //www. awn. com/mag/issue 5.

References 0 http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Ji%C 5%99%C 3%AD_Trnka 0 http: //www. awn. com/mag/issue 5. 04/5. 04 pages/dutkatrnka. php 3 0 http: //www. radio. cz/en/section/czech-history/jiri-trnka-100 th-anniversary-ofthe-birth-of-a-great-czech-animator 0 http: //www. rembrandtfilms. com/jiritrnka. htm 0 http: //www. spjst. org/jiritrnka. html 0 http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=_qzv. CZojn. WQ