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Title: Blinkity BlankDirector: Norman McLaren

Permission: National Film Board of Canadahttp://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca

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Research Databases:Research Databases: Art Fulltext Wilson Omnifile DAAI (Design and Applied Arts Index) Lexis Nexis Film and Television Index Communication and Mass Media JSTOR Project Muse

Search: Search: Norman McLaren

Possible Search Terms:Possible Search Terms:• McLaren, Norman• Animator• Animation

– Subject Search → ANIMATION (Cinematography)– Narrow further → Animation AND History

• Animated films • National Film Board of Canada• Motion pictures • Motion picture producers & directors• Specific films/project (ex: Blinkity Blank)

Promotional still from Blinkity Blank from NFB of Canada

http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/medias.php?id=10917

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Animation Animated film

Animation and history Animated film and history

Animation and COUNTRY Animated film and COUNTRY

Animation and technique Stop motion

NAME of animator 3D Animators Animation and televisionName of animation studio Animated televisionAnimé Animated cartoons OR CartoonsCartooning Cartoon charactersCGI Computer animationVideo games Gaming

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Animation OR Animation (Cinematography) →Narrow further —Animation (Cinematography) – History

Animation (Cinematography) – Technique

Animation (Cinematography) – Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Animated films → Narrow further—Clay animation films Animators (OR specific animator → Last name, 1st name)

Computer animation OR Computer graphics OR Three-dimensional display systems

Television broadcasting of animated films Animated television programs Caricatures and cartoons OR Cartoons and comics Video games → Narrow further – Fantasy games

RelatedRelated Subject SearchesSubject Searches

Popular culture Social aspects Psychological aspects Design Comic books, strips, etc. Graphic novels Marketing Drawing Film OR Motion pictures

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Start your search with the following databases:

Art Fulltext

Wilson Omnifile

Lexis Nexis

Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)

Film and Television Literature Index

Not finding anything?Not finding anything?Try these databases…Try these databases…

*Sometimes, it is just a matter of finding the right database for your topic.

Communication and Mass Media Complete

JSTOR

Project Muse

SuggestedSuggested Journals Journals && MagazinesMagazines

Animation Journal* Sight & Sound Journal of Visual Culture

Animation Magazine* Art in America Journal of Popular Culture

Funnyworld (1974-1979) Leonardo American Cinematographer

American Artist Film Quarterly Film History

Print Broadcasting and Cable Diacritics

Variety Entertainment Weekly New York Times Magazine

Animatrix Journal of Popular Film & Television Post

Computer Graphics World 3D World Computer Arts

Evaluate WebsitesEvaluate Websites

Apply the CRAAP Test as a checklist: Currency Relevance Authority Accuracy Purpose“Focus on Animation: Norman McLaren” from the National Film Board of Canada http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/filmmakers/Norman-McLaren/overview.php

WebsitesWebsites• Origins of American Animation (Library of Congress)

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oahome.html21 animated films & 2 fragments (1900-1921). Clay, puppet & cut out animation,pen drawings. Connects newspaper comic strips to early films. Developmentof animation & social attitudes of the time.

• American Film Institute: Top 10 Animation http://www.afi.com/10top10/animation.html

• History of Animation Webpages (Texas A & M University) http://www-viz.tamu.edu/courses/viza615/97spring/history.html Based on student papers

• Animation Factory http://www.animationfactory.com/en Royalty free animations, 3D clip art, and templates

• 3D Café http://www.3dcafe.com Information on 3D modeling & animation

• Digital Game Based Learninghttp://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/games/digigbl.html Includes links to video game examples

• Animation Lab (Georgia Tech)http://gvu.cc.gatech.edu/animation/animlab.html Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center

• Focus on Animation (National Film Board of Canada) http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en Includes Animando, 12-minute film demonstrating 10 animation techniques (& how to use them)

• Animation Research Centre (University College for the Creative Arts) http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/index.cfm?articleid=11263

• The Animation Museum (Korea) http://animationmuseum.com/eng/en01.html (English version)

More WebsitesMore Websites

& More Websites& More Websites• Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research http://www.cartoonresearch.com Detailed filmographies, animator biographies, cartoon synopsis, animation history

• Related sites:– Jen Library Special Collections http://blog.scad.edu/speccoll – Cartoon Research Library (Ohio State Univ.)

http://cartoons.osu.edu Largest academic research facility documenting US cartoon art

– ImageTexT (University of Florida) http://www.english.ufl.edu/imagetext Online scholarly journal covering comic art and related subjects

• Other sources of information: Websites of animation studio websites or animators, YouTube, Google,& Wikimedia Commons

CurrentCurrent Animator?Animator?

Ex: Bruno Bozzetto → Check out his websiteFind images, videos, awards, exhibitions…

Reference Books:Reference Books:A great Place to StartA great Place to Start

• The animated film encyclopedia: a complete guide to American shorts, features & sequences 1900-1979 REF NC 1765 .W42 2000

• Animated films REF PN1997.5 .C55 2004 • Animation art: from pencil to pixel, the history of cartoon,

animé & CGI REF NC1765 .A535 2004 • The animation business handbook REF PN1993.5.U6 R365 2004

• Animated TV specials: the complete directory to the first twenty-five years, 1962-1987 REF PN 1992.8 .S64 W66 1989

• American animated films: the silent era, 1897-1929 REF NC 1766 .U5 G54 1990

• The animated film collector's guide: worldwide sources for cartoons on video & laserdisc REF NC 1765 .K52 1997

• Animation art: the early years, 1911-1953 REF NC 1765 .L74 1995

• Animation art: the later years, 1954-1993 REF NC 1765 .L744 1996

• Animation, caricature, and gag and political cartoons in the U.S. and Canada REF Z 5956 .C3 L45 1994

• Animation 101 REF TR 897.5 .P56 1998

• Animation unlimited: innovative short films since 1940 REF NC

1765 .F23 2003

• The anime encyclopedia: a guide to Japanese animation since 1917 REF NC1766.J3 C53 2006

• The anime movie guide: [movie-by-movie guide to Japanese animation] REF NC 1766 .J3 M33 1997

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Still MoreStill More Reference Books Reference Books

• The encyclopedia of animated cartoons REF NC 1766 .U5 L46 1999

• Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia, 1949-2003 REF PN1992.8.A59 E74 2005

• The Great cartoon stars: a who's who REF NC1766.U5 G7 1988

• European illustration REF NC 998.6 .E87 E9

• Search: the graphics Web guide: interface, typography,

illustration, photography, animation, film & video REF NC

1001.6 .C68 2002

• The world encyclopedia of cartoons REF NC 1325 .W67 1999

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