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2547: 265: 759:, in substance, and often animation, were pioneers in children's animated series of their time and paved the way for broader storytelling. Examples include He-Man's "The Problem with Power" which dealt with He-Man believing he had killed an innocent bystander. Another is "Teela's Quest" which introduced a now-famous mythology on the Sorceress being Teela's mother, who is thus the heir to the mantle of safeguarding Grayskull, the versed continuity shared between He-Man and She-Ra, among others. Other notable examples include the 2589: 284: 2575: 1339:(1989; unreleased until 1993). In 1986, Omega Entertainment inked a worldwide television pact with Filmation in order to distribute the company's non-animated products, such as theatrical feature films, for worldwide TV distribution. Also that year, on October 22, Filmation is beginning to serve as representative for three animated films at the MIFED, in order to cleaning up unsold territories on various Filmation productions, which accordingly hit by a lawsuit from 3984: 915:
number of clumsy/stupid things, etc.); although as previously mentioned, Filmation made various attempts to rise above the norm. Many of the sound effects used in its cartoons are also very familiar, the majority of them being recycled from Hanna-Barbera (this was, and still is, a common trait among animation companies, though Filmation's copies of the Hanna-Barbera sound effects were of a distinctively lower quality), though the company's
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to be released theatrically in the United Kingdom, two more years before its 1974 U.S. release, and yet another two (1976) before it finally found its audience in network television, the very medium in which Filmation became successful. There, the film was expanded with live-action segments featuring
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in the 1990s, only PAL-format copies were made, with the original film negatives and print rolls apparently discarded, as well as the original sound masters and other archival material belonging to Filmation. This was due to Hallmark's previously unstated (but long-suspected) short-sighted policy of
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series credited "Filmation Associates" with "Production Design" in addition to Scheimer and Sutherland as directors. (SIB Productions, whose logo bore a resemblance to the original Filmation logo designed by Ted Littlefield, would soon go on to become "Sib-Tower 12 Productions" and produce the first
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A trademark of the company's productions, beginning in 1969, was a rotating, circular "Produced by" (and on some series, "Executive Producers") credit seen in the ending credits (and in later productions, the opening sequences) of Filmation programs, as a device that was supposedly created to allow
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both state in the ending credits that they were "made entirely in the U.S.A." This occurred during a time when rival studio Hanna-Barbera shifted from saying in the final production credits (immediately before the production logo appearances) "A Hanna-Barbera Production" to "Produced in Association
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was, unlike most Filmation shows, shot on NTSC format tape (rather than film), so even if those did come from PAL masters, they would not have exhibited 576i speedup, as that only applies to material sourced from film masters. Other exceptions included the shows which were licensed properties, such
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had the same scheme (bad guys develop an evil plan, the heroes are needed but always absent, Ghost Buggy the talking car complains about their dangerous position, Tracy the Gorilla pulls out of his back pack exactly the miscellaneous item the Ghostbuster needs in a moment of despair, Eddie doing a
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This frequent use of stock footage saved production money, but often resulted in sacrifice of continuity. This was countered by cutting from one stock shot to another after only a second or two, long enough to set the scene but before the eye could notice all of the unexplained errors. This became
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only distributing Filmation's in-house shows outside of the United States. As a result, many of Entertainment Rights' DVD releases (distributed by BCI Eclipse LLC in the United States prior to the latter company's folding) were based on the international versions (which have PAL prints).
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Prescott and Scheimer to share equal billing. Previously, Scheimer's name had been placed above Prescott's. However, the later Filmation productions credited only Scheimer, in the form of his signature ("Lou Scheimer, (Executive) Producer"), starting with
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They eventually left True Line, and Scheimer began working on commercials, including for Gillette and others, which began what became Filmation. He met lawyer Ira Epstein, who had worked for Harmon but had left the firm, and now put together the new
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series). It also re-used the same animated sequences over and over, many times, to the point where the Filmation style was instantly recognizable. One example of this can be seen in She-Ra's and He-Man's transformation sequences.
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in 1995, and were managed by its Hallmark Entertainment subsidiary. However, since the rest of Filmation's output was based on characters licensed from other companies, such titles are under the control of other studios (such as
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as "Tracy the Gorilla". The characters worked as paranormal investigators, working for an unseen "Chief" named "Zero" who delivered their "Ghost Busting Assignments" in whimsical disguised recording devices as in
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specials. A first for American children's cartoons, the original airing of this episode included mild profanity that has, however, been edited out of re-airings and home video versions. Likewise, the scripts for
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Many of its series—particularly the productions of the late 1970s and 1980s—are notable for imparting a simple moral or life-lesson (explained by a key character, in a child-friendly manner) in the epilogue.
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with Scheimer and Sutherland. It officially became Filmation Associates as of September 1962, so named because "We were working on film, but doing animation"; so putting them together yielded the
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during action sequences, another Filmation trademark was the recurring use of long establishing shots in which the camera would pan slowly across a very wide background painting, thus filling up
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cartoons. Eventually Larry Harmon closed the studio by 1961. Scheimer and Sutherland went to work at a small company called True Line, one of whose owners was Marcus Lipsky, who then owned
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Filmation also ventured into the feature film business. With their success in television firmly established by 1970, the company became profitable enough to return to the shelved
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Filmation is also noteworthy for its background paintings under the direction of long-time department head Erv Kaplan, such as the purple-colored "night sky" backgrounds used in
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for vehicles in 2-D animated productions. However, it had a distinctive "flicker" to it, because some of the painted lines went in and out of visibility as the miniatures moved.
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based on their earlier series. Like its other shows, it used stock footage heavily; in one episode, character designs and animation sequences were recycled from the
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In 1977, Dean Andre (Wallschlaeger), a 24-year-old composer/recording artist/producer, began writing theme and featured music for Filmation. His first series
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This was not Filmation's last dalliance with classic cartoon characters; in the late 1970s the company produced new series based on the characters from the
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project, completing the animation and some minor voiceover work begun in 1962, and finished the film in 1971. It would take another year for
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part of the Filmation style during a period when most television and motion picture productions tended to run minimum shots of 4–5 seconds.
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division, acquired Filmation along with its purchase of TelePrompTer's cable and entertainment properties in 1981. In 1971, Filmation and
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format, Filmation's strong point was its adaptations of popular television series, movies and other works, although at least one series,
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sound not found on many other made-for-TV cartoon series of that period; though as time went on, it became more contemporary and often
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credits, where "Ellis" is credited for "Sabrina background music", and "Michaels" is credited for "Groovie Goolies background music".
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cartoon. This premiered on September 10, 1966, and was followed by several of the other DC superheroes, and then, in 1968, the first
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Unlike many American studios, Filmation never relied on animation studios outside the United States for the bulk of its production;
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and on May 11, 2009, it was announced that the subsidiaries and offices of Entertainment Rights would be absorbed under the name
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was working there at the time, along with other animators that had worked for Warner Bros. Animation in the late 1960s, such as
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In 1989, Westinghouse sold Filmation to Paravision International, an investment consortium led by the French cosmetics company
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whipped cream. SIB Productions, a Japanese firm with U.S. offices in Chicago, approached them about producing a cartoon called
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conversion artifacts also include softness and ghosting. The exception appears to be at least three titles from ER's library:
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In March 2004, ownership of the Filmation in-house library, which was under the ownership of Hallmark, was sold to UK-based
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Filmation's fifth and final logo, used from 1983 to 1989. The cursive version of the word 'Presents' was introduced in 1986.
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in which the soundtrack plays 4% too fast, which results in the pitch being a half-step higher than it was originally (see
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with sequences requiring little or no animation. Filmation also pioneered other animation technologies, particularly in
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writers and starred most of the original cast. Other favorably remembered Filmation series included a 16-part animated
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Like other animation studios, Filmation had its stock company of voiceover actors. Some of the most famous included
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series. These series appear to have been sourced from original NTSC transfers for their U.S. release by BCI. The
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is an acronym for Mangy Unwanted Shabby Heroes since all the character were dogs stationed in the arctic area.
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Because they were taken from PAL-based transfers, without correction, these releases exhibit the so-called
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Characters, as well as plots, were typically run-of-the-mill for the time. For example, most episodes of
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soon purchased SIB Productions, and True Line's staff increased, including the arrival of former radio
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back in 1985 in order to prevent making films that the company claims to be based on Disney classics.
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Norm Prescott, who became a partner in the firm. He had already been working on the animated feature
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In 2012, it was announced that Classic Media, owner of the Filmation library, would be acquired by
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Silverman, Marie Saxon (1986-03-05). "4 Live-Action Pics by Omega Handled Via Filmation Pact".
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In the meantime, the new Filmation studio turned their attention to a more successful medium,
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Filmation rotary logo seen in the company’s shows and credits from 1969 till the departure of
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Silverman, Marie Saxon (1986-10-22). "Filmation Repping Three Of Its Own Animated Projects".
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episode "The Price", which includes the death of a character due to drug addiction. The 1985
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went into effect requiring companies to give employees 60 days' notice before a mass layoff.
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and some other projects for other companies and made an unsuccessful pilot film for a
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On April 1, 2009, it was announced that Entertainment Rights would be acquired by
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Filmation incorporated live-action into some of its animated series. Series like
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made use of deliberately haunting woodwinds to create a science fiction flavor.
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of Japan; however, the storyboards and graphics were made by Filmation itself.
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assets have changed hands on a number of occasions. The in-house productions (
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Filmation routinely included a plug for its music publisher, Shermley Music (
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The studio created very few original animated characters. Two examples were
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and live-action programming for television from 1963 until 1989. Located in
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featured live-action footage of an audience watching the bands perform and
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Much of Ellis's background music in the late 1960s had a distinct, richly
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created strong themes and backing cues using a large orchestra, until the
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credits and both "Ray Ellis", and "Jeff Michaels" appear side by side on
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Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003
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with a distinct look. This technique involved limiting of the number of
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effects to represent energy fields (a technique that was later used in
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To avoid confusion, the animated series based on the film was called
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featured the voice of Daws Butler. He went on to compose themes for
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signed an agreement to distribute cartoons for film and television.
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cartoon series. They also tried to develop an original series named
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entry in 1968, which used sparser production and jazzier themes.
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In 1981, Dean also took on the position of musical director for
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accompanying some of the DVDs of Filmation's shows, composer
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In its final years, Filmation produced feature films of its
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Filmation had a reputation for exploiting the technique of
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The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle
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The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle
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toys, opened up a new North American market for first-run
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Norm Prescott brought in Filmation's first major project,
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provided the music for Filmation's final animated series
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portion of the series, singing songs and telling jokes.
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cartoons of 1966–67 used more realistic sound effects.
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episode "Busted" was a direct homage to the primetime
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For the company's 1960s superhero efforts, composer
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Norm Prescott
Lou Scheimer
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Group W Productions
Universal Television
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Reseda
California
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Ghostbusters
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
The Archie Show
BraveStarr
Parent
TelePrompTer Corporation
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
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Reseda, California
Lou Scheimer
Hal Sutherland
Norm Prescott

Norm Prescott
Hal Sutherland
Lou Scheimer

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