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616: 38: 380: 559: 2461: 695:"a monumental work in the history of the animated film". Though it was admired by his animation contemporaries, Canemaker wrote that it "did not revolutionize the film cartoons of its time" as McCay's skills were beyond what animators of the time were able to follow. In the era that followed, animation studios made occasional non-fiction films, but most were comedic shorts lasting no more than seven minutes. Animation continued in its role of supporting feature films rather than as the main attraction, and rarely received reviews. 666: 270: 2593: 2605: 551:'s registration pegs, used to keep cels aligned when photographed. Hurd had patented the cel method in 1914; it saved work by allowing dynamic drawings to be drawn on one or more layers, which could be laid over a static background layer, relieving animators of the tedium of retracing static images onto drawing after drawing. McCay adopted the cel method beginning with 273: 632:"realistic graphic style". The film has a dark mood and strong propagandist feel. It depicts the terrifying fates of the passengers, such as the drowning of children and human chains of passengers jumping to their deaths. The artwork is highly detailed, the animation fluid and naturalistic. McCay used 277: 276: 272: 271: 631:
The animation combines editorial cartooning techniques with live-action-like sequences, and is considered McCay's most realistic effort; the intertitles emphasized that the film was a "historical record" of the event. McCay animated the action in what animation historian Donald Crafton describes as a
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took twenty-two months to complete. McCay had assistance from his neighbor, artist John Fitzsimmons, and from Cincinnati cartoonist William Apthorp "Ap" Adams, who took care of layering the cels in proper sequence for shooting. Fitzsimmons was responsible for a sequence of waves, sixteen frames to be
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McCay made stylistic choices to add emotion to the "historical record", as in the anxiety-inducing shots of the submarines lurking beneath the surface, and abstract styling of the white sheets of sky and sea, vast voids which engorge themselves on the drowning bodies. Animation historian Paul Wells
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technology. McCay and his assistants spent twenty-two months making the film. His subsequent animation output suffered setbacks, as the film was not as commercially successful as his earlier efforts, and Hearst put increased pressure on McCay to devote his time to editorial drawings.
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himself. The cels were an added expense, but greatly reduced the amount of drawing necessary in contrast to McCay's earlier methods. The cels used were thicker than those that later became industry standard, and had a "tooth", or rough surface, that could hold pencil,
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After 1921, when Hearst learned McCay devoted more of his time to animation than to his newspaper illustrations, Hearst required McCay to give up animation. He had plans for several animation projects that never came to fruition, including a collaboration with
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an assistant painstakingly traced and retraced the backgrounds thousands of times. Rival animators developed a number of methods to reduce the workload and speed production to meet the increasing demand for animated films. Within a few years of
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ideas that had begun circulating in the years before the film's release. Scholar Ulrich Merkl suggests that as a newspaperman, McCay was likely aware of Freud's widely reported work, though McCay never publicly acknowledged such an influence.
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boast of McCay as "the originator and inventor of Animated Cartoons", and of the 25,000 drawings needed to complete the film. McCay is shown working with a group of anonymous assistants on "the first record of the sinking of the
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was registered for copyright on July 19, 1918, and was released by Jewel Productions who were reported to have acquired it for the highest price paid for a one-reel film up to that time. It was included as part of a
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from Hearst's Berlin correspondent August F. Beach, who was in London at the time of the disaster and was the first reporter at the scene. The film was the first attempt at a serious, dramatic work of animation.
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cycled over McCay's drawings. McCay provided illustrations during the day for the newspapers of William Randolph Hearst, and spent his off hours at home drawing the cels for the film, which he took to
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as "a seminal moment in the development of the animated film" for its combination of documentary style with propagandist elements, and considered it an example of animation as a form of
431:(1912), naturalistically shows a giant mosquito draw blood from a sleeping man until it burst. McCay followed this with a film that became an interactive part of his 2695: 2670: 401: 362:–1934) produced prodigiously detailed and accurate drawings since early in life. He earned a living as a young man drawing portraits and posters in 2650: 607:. Its première in England followed in May 1919. Advertisements called it "[t]he world's only record of the crime that shocked humanity". 2660: 1972: 480:
on May 7, 1915, during a voyage from New York; 128 Americans were among the 1,198 who lost their lives. Newspapers owned by McCay's employer
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upon its completion in 1906. McCay displayed a fondness for it, and featured it in the episode for September 28, 1907, of his comic strip
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McCay said it took him about eight weeks to produce eight seconds' worth of film. The claimed 25,000 drawings filled 900 feet of film.
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brought McCay about $ 80,000. McCay made at least seven further films, only three of which are known to have seen commercial release.
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his son brought home, McCay said he "came to see the possibility of making moving pictures" of his cartoons. His first animated film,
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during World War I, and in April 1915 the German government issued a warning that it would target British civilian ships. The
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praised the film, especially the scene in which the first torpedo explodes, which it called "more than reality". The
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Different accounts have given McCay's birth year as 1867, 1869, and 1871. His birth records are not extant.
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propaganda, and is often called the longest work of animation of its time. The film is likely the earliest
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in the confusion. The liner tilts from one side to the other and passengers are tossed into the ocean.
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John Canemaker dates the first showing as July 20; Earl Theisen dates the première as August 15, 1918.
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The film opens with a live-action prologue in which McCay busies himself studying a picture of the
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The sinking itself was never photographed. McCay said that he gathered background details on the
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Mikulak, Bill (Spring 1997). "Mickey Meets Mondrian: Cartoons Enter the Museum of Modern Art".
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Hoffer, Tom (Spring 1976). "From Comic Strips to Animation: Some Perspective on Winsor McCay".
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would make the film 26 minutes long, not 12, assuming that one drawing was produced per frame.
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DelGaudio, Sybil (1997). "If Truth Be Told, Can 'Toons Tell It? Documentary and Animation".
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s release, it became near-universal practice in animation studios to use American
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to simulate the feel of a newsreel, which reinforced the film's realistic feel.
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A lost animated film from Britain depicted in animation the sinkings of the
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curbed McCay's animation work to focus his employee on editorial cartooning.
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This article is about the 1918 animated film. For the historical event, see
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The Complete Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (1904–1913) by Winsor McCay 'Silas'
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and featured on the cover of an issue of Universal's in-house publication
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The Way of the Ship: America's Maritime History Reenvisoned, 1600–2000
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was not a commercial success; after a few years in theaters,
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The Earwig's Tail: A Modern Bestiary of Multi-Legged Legends
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was the first film McCay made using the new, more efficient
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The film followed McCay's earlier successes in animation:
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downplayed the tragedy, as Hearst was opposed to the
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slices through the waters and fires a torpedo at the
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University of Illinois Press: 23–32. 2211:Journal of the University Film Association 1820:Before Mickey: The Animated Film 1898–1928 248:(1914). McCay drew these earlier films on 36: 2183: 1770: 1742: 1721: 1693: 1668: 1623: 1611: 1599: 1587: 1563: 1527: 1504: 1386: 1346: 1327: 1247: 1232: 1216: 1204: 1144: 1128: 1116: 1104: 1092: 1088: 1076: 1064: 1024: 1012: 1000: 988: 976: 943: 928: 913: 880: 726:Animation historian Paul Wells described 470:employed submarines in the North Atlantic 342:And yet they tell us not to hate the Hun. 2229: 2171:(3). Indiana University Press: 223–228. 2162: 1918: 1897:Action!: Acting Lessons for CG Animators 1539: 1413: 1192: 1180: 1168: 664: 614: 557: 378: 268: 186:re-creating the never-photographed 1915 49:engulfed in smoke after being torpedoed. 2651:American animated black-and-white films 2318: 2292: 2246: 2105: 2080: 1816: 1789: 1644: 1468: 1456: 1444: 1432: 1363: 1303: 1279: 1264: 1132: 1052: 1040: 964: 947: 892: 660: 2618: 2528:Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland 2208: 2084:Animating Space: From Mickey to Wall-E 2053: 1946: 1863: 1551: 1480: 1316:Kundert-Gibbs & Kundert-Gibbs 2009 1291: 1156: 1036: 819:is significantly shorter than that of 578:As with all his films, McCay financed 201:selected it for preservation in 2017. 16:1918 silent animated short documentary 2661:American World War I propaganda films 2390: 2132: 2003: 1508: 1492: 1044: 511: 463:A Pilgrim's Progress by Mister Bunion 293:as a model for his film-in-progress. 2025: 1575: 227:on his own time with his own money. 2666:American animated documentary films 547:technology, combined with Canadian 13: 2342: 2276:Motography staff (July 13, 1918). 2236:International Journal of Comic Art 1221:Roland, Bolster & Keyssar 2008 42:A still from the film showing the 14: 2737: 2646:Black-and-white documentary films 2372: 2319:Hubbard, Amy (October 15, 2012). 188:sinking of the British liner RMS 2603: 2591: 2459: 2416: 2311: 2716:Surviving American silent films 2681:Films set in the Atlantic Ocean 2278:"Pays Big Price for One-Reeler" 2230:McKinney, Kirsten (July 2015). 2136:Animation: Genre and Authorship 1877:University Press of Mississippi 840: 799: 786: 777: 764: 687:. 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Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
A black-and-white drawing of a sinking ship, exploding with thick, black smoke.
RMS Lusitania
Winsor McCay
Winsor McCay
Universal Films
Silent
intertitles
silent
short film
Winsor McCay
propaganda
sinking of the British liner RMS Lusitania
animated documentary
National Film Registry
German submarine
RMS Lusitania
William Randolph Hearst
U.S. joining World War I
Little Nemo
How a Mosquito Operates
Gertie the Dinosaur
rice paper
cel
Intertitles
Statue of Liberty
New York Harbor
SM U-20
capsize
The man

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