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	History of Canadian animation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The History of Canadian Animation involves a considerable element of the realities of a country neighbouring the United States and the formidable competition from Hollywood.
		Animation was essentially an afterthought, but an initial and short-lived period of co-production with the Walt Disney Company in the making of animated propaganda films helped establish a core of animators who continued production after Disney withdrew.
		The Ottawa International Animation Festival which takes place every fall in Ottawa Ontario is one of the largest and most respected animation festivals for drawing professional, commercial, independent and amateur animators and animation enthusiasts alike from all over the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Canadian_animation (1211 words)

	History Did You Mean history? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		From history we may learn factors that result in the rise and fall of nation-states or civilizations, motivations for political actions, the effects of social philosophies, and perspectives on culture and technology.
		Winston Churchill alluded to another philosophy of history when he quipped, "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." Churchill's joking comment is a variant of the famous: "History is written by the victors." In this view, the winners in human conflicts get to put their own spin on historic events.
		History of Dubuque, IA History of Dubuque, Iowa
	www.did-you-mean.com /History.html (1929 words)

	The True North, Strong and Meek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		With the release in 1998 of Gene Walz’s Cartoon Charlie and the recent Cartoon Capers: The History of Canadian Animators by Karen Mazurkewich however, it appears, much to the chagrin of tree huggers everywhere, that a few more trees are leaving the forest.
		Virtually no Canadian voice of the past is left unheard and readers are presented with a decent overview of animation beyond the National Film Board of Canada.
		Understandably selling a book on Canadian animation to a general audience is a tough task that needs glossy pictures, an easy to read style, a loopy, "cartoony" cover, and proof that we’ve been accepted by focusing on Canadians who have made it in Hollywood.
	www.awn.com /mag/issue5.01/5.01pages/robinsoncaper.php3 (881 words)

	History of Canada information information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		France sent the first large group of settlers in the 17th century, but Canada came to be dominated by the British until the country attained independence in the 20th century.
		With the construction of a the Canadian Pacific Railway, the new country expanded East, West and North, to assert its authority over a greater territory, including the new provinces of Manitoba in 1870, and British Columbia in 1871.
		Canadian forces were involved in the failed defence of Hong Kong, the Dieppe Raid in August 1942, and the Allied invasion of Italy.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/History_of_Canada (2513 words)

	Animation Software Companies and Individuals in CGI
		Langlois wanted to create animated films but was dissatisfied with the existing technology, which he felt was insufficient for his needs and designed to be used by computer scientists and technologists.
		He was the animation director at two large commercial animation houses in Toronto from 1986-1990 and worked on or directed over 300 hundred computer animated pieces in that time.
		Girard and Amkraut were the creators of the famous animation Eurythmy while they were students at Ohio State, and developed the cult legend "Dancing Baby" as a test of their software.
	accad.osu.edu /~waynec/history/tree/ani-software.html (6165 words)

	History of Canadian animation (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Animation was essentially an afterthought, but an initial and shortlived period of coproduction with the Walt Disney Company in the making of animated propaganda films helped establish a core of animators who continued production after Disney withdrew.
		The situation began to change with the rise of Nelvana Animation which took advantage of the new canadian content broadcast rules to produce a successful series of acclaimed TV specials.
		In the 1980s the animation department of the French division of the CBC in Montreal took center stage by winning two Oscars for its animation shorts: Crac in 1981 and The Man Who Planted Trees in 1987.
	history-of-canadian-animation.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888 (602 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This history is not definitive in nature and some of the you, the readers, may feel that I have omitted certain animators, inventors, or creative works.
		This history was formed by using a number of resources and in fact there may be instances where I may have made enteries that may be in conflict by a year or two.
		The SCANIMATE computer animation was unveiled which allowed original art to be transferred to the computer cathode-ray tube by a television camera which permitted images to be resized, rotated, and manipulated.
	schools.spsd.sk.ca /mount/hoffman/Animation/Reference/History.html (7148 words)

	History of Canada (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		By far the most important factor that opened the west to settlement and linked east to west was the construction of the transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway which had been promised to the colony of British Columbia in 1871.
		Post-confederation History is largely a story of territorial consolidation and the working out of the relative powers of the federal and provincial governments.
		Young Canadians fought on many battlefronts around the world - the Battle of Britain, the Battle of Hong Kong, the Dieppe Raid, the Allied invasion of Italy, the Italian campaign, the Battle of Normandy and the liberation of the Netherlands.
	history-of-canada.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (2038 words)

	History of animation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first animated film was created by frenchman Charles-Émile Reynaud, inventor of the praxinoscope, an animation system using loops of 12 pictures.
		Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, often considered to be the first animated feature when in fact at least eight were previously released, was the nevertheless first to use Technicolor and the first to become sucessfull within the English-speaking world.
		History of animation in Croatia (in former Yugoslavia)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_animation (1056 words)

	FLIP: Books - Animation History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		If you think the extent of Canadians in animation is obscure National Film Board shorts and Dudley Do-Right, Cartoon Capers will set you straight.
		The book provides a detailed account of the history of Canadian animation studios, and of Canadian animators abroad.
		A world history of animation, from its beginnings in 1895 to a century later, told in an easygoing though somewhat subjective manner.
	www.5x5media.com /flip/books/history.shtml (254 words)

	Ottawa 04 International Animation Festival
		The history of Canadian animation is kind of like that of the National Hockey League.
		The NFB was the first Canadian studio to use innovative artistic techniques and styles within a commercial setting.
		The result is that the Canadian animation industry, by bridging past, present and future, has produced a highly original and successful body of work that bridges past and future.
	www.awn.com /ottawa/OIAF04/prog_faces.html (545 words)

	Retro Junk \| The History of Ocean Group and Anime Dubs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		However they have made quite the prominent history in anime english dubs which has got them quite the fanbase over the years.
		But still it is without a shadow of the doubt in my mind that they have had quite the history indeed.
		Then, they just made up a story from the animation and fit the lines so that each mouth movement was one syllable of speech.
	www.retrojunk.com /details_articles/326 (5944 words)

	Amazon.com: Animation Art: From Pencil to Pixel, the World of Cartoon, Anime, and CGI: Books: Jerry Beck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		While mentioning such precursors as the nineteenth century's zoetrope and the lantern slides that afforded crude animated effects as early as the seventeenth century, Beck and his contributors concentrate on the history of film animation and provide a comprehensive overview.
		Animation Art is a comprehensive look at the history, development and cultural effects of animation and cartoons.
		I highly recommend this volume to anyone interested in animation art, of course, but also to those who have an interest in the creation and evolution of comic books.
	www.amazon.com /Animation-Art-Pencil-Cartoon-Anime/dp/0060737131 (1205 words)

	WWW-VL: History: Military History
		The History of the Nursing Sisters of Canada
		A Brief History of the Rhodesian Army 1889-1981
		RETURN TO WWW-VL: History was established as HNSource (Kansas History Gateway) on 6 March 1993.
	vlib.iue.it /history/mil/index.html (1944 words)

	Barbelith Underground > Comic Books > History of Canadian comic artists?
		The National Archives of Canada have a website devoted to their exhibition on Canadian superheroes, Guardians of the North.
		This prompted Canadian publishers to fill the gap and create their own characters, including my favourite Johnny Canuck and Nelvana from whom the famous animation studio took its name.
		That in itself is kind of fascinating, since it was a temporary, artificial, accidental government-created boon to the industry, the likes of which we haven't seen since.
	www.barbelith.com /topic.php?id=12085 (1404 words)

	Video-Creeping Flesh- The Horror Fantasy Film Book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A full-on history of the zombie's on-screen evolution from Caribbean bogeyman to flesh-eating corpse.
		Spanning seven decades of horror movie history with hundreds of stills, artwork, and an exhaustive filmography, this is the complete, long-awaited history of one of horror cinema...
		Engagingly written, extensively researched, and lavishly illustrated with rare stills and poster art, Vatnsdal adjusts the focus on Canadian horror films, and unwinds the history of this neglected genre to learn "why we fear what we fear and how it came to be that way".
	www.avimpeg.net /z_video/A_they_came_from_withi-1894037219.htm (478 words)

	Pryo.net - 3D animation, Architecture, Philippines History and Constitution, Philosophy, Web Design, Currency Guide, ...
		You will often note a Filipino or Canadian slant on things, that is not by accident, but rather by design.
		A growing reference section on the Philippines including the History, the complete reference guide to the Constitution, PHP Peso Currency Guide, a bit on Famous Pinoy and Crafts of the Philippines.
		We were asked to create a coin toss animation utilizing an ancient Roman coin for use in thier popular Pay-Per-View boxing television show entitled "So You Wanna Fight".
	www.pryo.net (567 words)

	The History of Animation
		It is not considered animation but a prototype of animation, as it is not continuous frame by frame filming.
		In this film the animation was created by stop motion and effects animation of 3D objects - wine poured into a glass, bread cut, and a table set without a human present.
		The interaction of a live action animator with the animation was a commonly used technique during this period.
	animation.filmtv.ucla.edu /program/anihist.html (9081 words)

	Study Canada- Canadian Schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It's not surprising that Canada is home to some of the best animation schools in the world: the country has a global reputation for excellence in this industry.
		Last but certainly not least, Canada is a major player in the game industry, home to industry giant Electronic Arts (EA), based in Burnaby, B.C. According to EA producer Jules Burt, most of his company's employees are recruited from Canadian animation schools.
		The calibre of students coming from these schools is high, says Burt, as is their ability to hit the ground running.
	www.studycanada.ca /english/ezine_animation_programs_canada.htm (660 words)

	A decade of canadian animation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Canada's nationally-funded animation program is world-class, attracting the best animators from around the world.
		Treating history as a fabric woven from personal stories, animator Torill Kove follows a thread of family history, embroidering it with playful twists along the way.
		Sokurov covers 300 years of Russian history by winding his way through the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg...with the help of thousands of extras and four live orchestras.
	www.undo.net /artinpress/1057269600.1057234971.html (761 words)

	Animation: Arts at Canadian Content (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Animation EffectBox creates GIF and AVI animations on the base of predefined effects (such as moving objects, small particles, running text, wave, shake, appearance, explosion, changing brightness).
		The Microwave screen saver shows an animation of a mug of coffee and some pies cooking in a microwave.
		The corner stone of the Gyrodrome Screensaver animation are few rings placed one inside another and rotating around all the three world axes.
	www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Arts/Animation (746 words)

	Culture.ca: My perspective (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		“Certainly, many countries look up to Canadian animation producers (especially the National Film Board of Canada who continues to be a leader in producing consistently original and provocative animation),” says Chris Robinson, the acting managing director and artistic director of the annual Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) that takes place in the fall.
		Robinson entered the animation world by accident as a summer student working as the box office manager at the Canadian Film Institute.
		As a noted animation critic, curator and historian, Robinson has a comment on the convergence of animation and mobile phones/TVs.
	www.culture.ca /perspective-pointdevue-e.jsp?data=200610/tcp03600102006e.html (527 words)

	Movies: Animation at Canadian Content (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Additional Information: This category is for general sites offering information and resources on animated movies - theatrical, direct-to-video and/or DVD and television.
		Animation news, pages on various feature films with information on cast and crew, pictures, profiles, and interviews.
		Development of early American animation represented by collection of 21 animated films and 2 fragments, spanning the years 1900 - 1921.
	www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Arts/Animation/Movies (647 words)

	Animation World Magazine Table of Contents, April 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mike Lyons meets Richard and Robert Sherman, one of the most popular and celebrated songwriting duos in animation history.
		While the weather might be cold, wet and rainy, Vancouver has turned into a hotbed of animation activity.
		No part of the periodical may be reproduced without the consent of Animation World Network.
	www.awn.com /mag/issue5.01/5.01pages/5.01toc.php3 (655 words)

	Stevey.com » Blog Archive » Animation Film History and Pixar
		“Animated media has roots in history that stretch as far back in time to when ancient man learned to illustrate using even the most primitive tools.
		Though they probably didn’t create what we would consider to be animations or ‘illustrations-in-motion,’ they did try and portray remembered moments from past hunts, future quests, or encounters with deities.” …
		You’re currently reading “Animation Film History and Pixar,” an entry on Stevey.com
	www.stevey.com /2005/08/17/animation-film-history-and-pixar (292 words)

	CBC.ca - The Greatest Canadian - Interactives
		Test your knowledge of Canadian history and trivia.
		Unscramble the puzzle pieces and re-assemble the image of some Great Canadians.
		See the results of the Greatest Canadian polls.
	www.cbc.ca /greatest/interactives (84 words)

	Internet Archive: Details: The Canadian Militia : a history of the origin and development of the Force
		Internet Archive: Details: The Canadian Militia : a history of the origin and development of the Force
		1907The Canadian Militia : a history of the origin and development of the Force
		The Canadian Militia : a history of the origin and development of the Force
	www.archive.org /details/canadianmilitia00chamuoft (53 words)

	Historic Charlottetown 1864 - a celebration of Canadian History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Historic Charlottetown 1864 - a celebration of Canadian History
		Welcome to Historic Charlottetown 1864 This site is a celebration of Canadian History in 3D with video, audio,text, animation and photos.
		Monitor resolutions of at least 800 x 600 are required for proper viewing.
	www.1864.com /index1.html (43 words)

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