Sunday, September 02, 2012

Raoul Barre, Canadian animator


Raoul Barré, January 1874 – May 1932, Canadian animator –cartoonist  is one of the pioneer in the evolution of cartoon animation. He invented two processes that made animation simpler and faster without losing the quality of the motion.
·         The SLASH SYSTEM,  He cut a window in the paper used for “décor”  background and placed the window in such a way that only the picture to be animated will show. This process did not last long but was fairly popular at the time
·         La REGLE A TENONS, “PEG BAR”:  on a ruler he fixed two pegs, one at the top and one at the bottom where the pages will be fixed. The paper movement was restricted by the  two pegs , as the images moved on for the animation, to keep their drawings lined up. This process helped to guarantee the perfect movement of the images without losing any of the  background details.
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After working for a while with Edison, Barré, in 1914 decided to start his own studio. He wanted to  concentrate his time to animation and be independent of Edison.. With his partner Nolan he started a series for the Animated Grouch Chaser series, distributed by Edison.
http://youtu.be/ADy4NXvaDgI

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yj_8OBnumc


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