On this blog I will be looking at the early stages of animation through to more recognisable and well known animation we are all familiar with.

Sunday, 8 January 2012

Felix The Cat In Hollywood 1923

Pat Sullivan was the creator of Felix The Cat. The animation is very simplistic and the story isn't in my opinion any thing extraordinary. I really didn't like having to rely on text to explain the animation. I believe a good animator can explain a simple story such as this using very little text and the text shown being in the cartoon itself rather than speech bubbles.
considering earlier examples of how visually entertaining animation can be by either using a great deal of imagination or referring to real life movements and situations i found this animation lacking. The animation though is a good building block and introduction to Felix The Cat as a character and a brand name, which of course he latter becomes.

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