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Dec 11 88
"RRH.rif" Zoetrope animation file
Here is the famous Red Riding Hood dancing girl animated by Preston Blair
back in the '40s. This character served as the original inspiration for
the pneumatic Jessica Rabbit (sharing the credit with Veronica Lake and
several dozen Varga Girls). This character appeared in at least 6 MGM
cartoons:
"Red Hot Riding Hood(1943)"
"The Shooting of Dan McGoo(1946)"
"Swing Shift Cinderella(1945)"
"Wild and Wolfy(1945)"
"Uncle Tom's Cabana(1947)"
and the unbelievable "Little Rural Riding Hood(1949)"
(I believe there were a few cameos as well..)
All of these were directed by Tex Avery in his glory years. For more on
Avery (and you'll want more...) get a hold of "Tex Avery - King of
Cartoons" by Joe Adamson, Da Capo Press, which I've used here to refresh my
memory. Anyway, for the Zoetrope version, I acted the part of the Ink and
Paint (and Photography) departments. The actual sequence for this dance is
available in the book, "How to Animate Film Cartoons" by Preston Blair,
published by Warren T. Foster and available in many art stores which may
carry the whole line of Foster How-to books. For this reason, this sequence
may be one of the most ripped-off pieces of animation in history. This
particular one is full of information you may want to have when you try out
animation with Zoetrope, or anything else for that matter. There is another
book in the series, "Animated Cartoons" which may also be helpful. The
original animation given shows just one kick and then the "Betty Hutton"
pose, but it's designed so that the kick may be reversed and spliced into
the sequence, thus reusing the cels and saving a lot of labor. In my case,
I used the "APM" feature of Zoetrope to reverse the kick section.
Obviously, various colors can be changed in the costumes, and new girls
over- and under- laid (bad choice of words there?) to make a chorus line
which is very effective. You may want to "Edge In" a black border around
the finished action to help it read better in front of a (Cabaret)
background, especially if you Anti-alias the show later.
" Remember - here in the city we do not shout and whistle at
the ladies." - the City Wolf, "Little Rural Riding Hood"
Animation fan J H H Lowengard
CIS 76625,2425