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Sorted by Themes


I. Human Relations 1. Marriage  2. Neighbors 3. Children
4. Career 5. Aging
II. Humor  III.Canadian Culture   IV.Music and Images V. Life and Death
VI. Myth VII. Psychology VIII. Environment and Politics IX. Fairy-Tales & Indian Legends
Under Construction, Last Updated 9/28, 1998
  • This page includes the titles of the animations sorted under different themes.  English composition and conversation teachers can choose those under a certain theme of your interest to serve as conversation starter or stimulus to students' writing. 
  • The animations listed here can be found  in either the Fu Jen Multimedia Center (search) or English Learning Center at the English Department of Central University.  Please contact Kate Liu for purchasing information.
  • One animation can appear under different thematic categories.

    • (C) means the collection is located at Central University; (F) means at Fu Jen.





 

I. Human Relations

1. Marriage  and Family
Title Animator Source and Location Features & 
Teaching Methods
Special Delivery (7:07) John Weldon Discuss It (C)
The Big Snit (9:49)  Richard Condie Discuss It (C)
Charles and Francois (1988 15:24) Co Hoedman 

 2. Neighbors and Friends
Title Animator Source and Location Features & 
Teaching Methods
Strings(10:18) Wendy Tilby Frame by Frame (F)and Animation Festival (C)
George and Rosemary(8:48) Alison Snowdon and David Fine Discuss It (C)
Night Angel (1986, 18:41)
  • clay + pinscreen
  • no dialogue
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    3. Children and Child Imagination
    Title Animator/Author Source and Location Features & 
    Teaching Methods
    Jonas and Lisa(9:11)   Rights from the Heart (C) children & poverty
    Overdose (5:25)   Rights from the Heart (C) children & lessons
    The Artist Rights from the Heart children's imagination
    "The Tournament" (6:31) Rights from the Heart handicapped children
    The Street (1976)(10:12) Caroline Leaf/ 
    Mordcai Richler     		 Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites (C)
  • drawing made of sand on a glass slide lit from below 
  • nominated for Academy Award 
    		•
    *The Sound Collector a combination of collage, paper cut-outs and colored inks on glass

    4. Career
    Title Animator Source and Location Features & 
    Teaching Methods
    My Financial Career (1962) Gerald Potterton (British) Discuss It (C)
    The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones (1983)  Gerald Potterton (British) Frame by Frame (F)

    5.  Aging
    Title Animator Source and Location Features & 
    Teaching Methods
    Second Dé but
  • about retirement
  • narration and dialogue 
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    Humor and Fantasy
    Title Animator Source and Location Features & 
    Teaching Methods
    Getting Started (12:22) Richard Condie Frame by Frame(F), A Short Film Festival (C) procrastination
    The Cat Came Back (7:37) Cordell Barker Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites (C) obsession
    Bob's Birthday 1995 (12:18) Alison Snowdon and David Fine (C)
    An Old Box (1975, 9:11)  Paul Driessen Relationship between a man and a box
    George and Rosemary (1987, 8 min 48 sec) David Fine, Alison Snowden Discuss It (C)

    III. Canadian culture
    Title Animator Source and Location Features & 
    Teaching Methods
    The Sweater (10:21) Sheldon Cohen's animation, Roch Carrier's story and narration  Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites (C) a child's admiration of a hockey star
    Who Are We? (9:27)    (F)
    Blackfly
     

     

    		 --1949 song 
    Canada Vignette 1. W.C. Mitchell's story; 2. Log-Driver's Waltz 
    Old Lady's Camping Trip

    IV.Interarts, or Music, Images and Shapes
    Title Animator Source and Location Features & 
    Teaching Methods
    Le Paysagiste or Mindscape (7:31; 1976) Jacque Drouin Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites Alexandre Alexeï eff's pinscreen
    Begone Dull Care (1949)(7:48) Norman McLaren Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites
  • painting, drawing and scratching on the film
  • animation of Oscar Peterson's Jazz music
    		•
    Street Musique (9:00) A Short Film Festival colorful animation of music
    Carried Away Frame by Frame(F) an artist's experience
    "Paradise" (1984) Ishu Patel(Indian-Canadian)
    "Animando" different styles of animation
    Pas de Deux(13:22 ) Norman McLaren (F) 
    Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites (C)
    Balablok (1972)  Bretislav Pojar (Czech)
    Tchou Tchou
    Matrioska (1970 4:46)  With Russion Dolls

    V. Life and Death
    Title Animator Source and Location Features & 
    Teaching Methods
    "Paradise" (1984) Ishu Patel(Indian-Canadian) Paradise vs. the world
    Afterlife (1978, 7:12) Ishu Patel
    Bead Games (1977, 5:35)  Ishu Patel
    Sand Castle
  • shapes made with sand to suggest human construction & disintegration
  • Academy Award Winner
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    VI. Myth
    Title Animator Source and Location Features & 
    Teaching Methods
    Icarus (7:42) Paul Bochner 
    Greek Goddess The World's Greatest Animation (C)

    VII. Psychology
    Title Animator Source and Location Features & 
    Teaching Methods
    Le Paysagiste or Mindscape (7:31; 1976) Jacque Drouin--Alexandre Alexeï eff's pinscreen
    The Man Who Stole Dreams narration and dialogue
    The Black Dog

    VIII. Environment and Politics
    Title Animator Source and Location Features & 
    Teaching Methods
    The Phoenix
  • about commercialism, animal abuse
  • narration
    		•
    Le tresor de Grotoceens (1980) foam-rubber puppets 
    Splash
    "E" wars and standardization
    "The Lump" politician
    X. Fairy-Tales & Indian Legends--all with narration
    Title Animator Source and Location Features & 
    Teaching Methods
    The Owl and the Raven (1973) Co Heodeman animation of three-dimensional objects, sealskin puppets
    Lord of the Sky
    The Snake and the Fox
     The Man and the Giant (1975 7:33)  Co Hoedman 
    The Owl Who Married a Goose (1974, 7:38) Caroline Leaf
    The Long Enchantment narration
    The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin (1981, 9:57)  Janet Perlman