The Real Ghostbusters

The Real Ghostbusters is an American animated television series based on the 1984 film Ghostbusters. The series ran from 1986 to 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television, DiC Entertainment and Coca-Cola. The series continues the adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, their secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost Slimer.

There also were two ongoing Real Ghostbusters Comics, one published monthly by now comics in USA and the other published weekly by Marvel Comics in the United Kingdom, and a popular toy line manufactured by Kennar (the toyline lasted longer than the television series itself).

 

Ghostbusters was a film that became a cult hit when it continued on after the original movie. The T.V series ran for seven seasons with episodes like knock knock and adventures in slime and space.

The iconic symbol has been around for over 27 years and is one of the most recognised symbols in film history it was created by none other than Dan Aykroyd the heart and soul of The Ghostbusters.

The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man was first seen in the 1984 Ghostbusters film as the form of the traveller Gozza enhabits Mr Stay Puft and wreaks havok in New York.

He has since been seen as one of the iconic figures of the Ghostbusters world. He has been in the animated T.V show appeared more than once in the comics and There are a wide variety off toys and products of Mr Stay Puft.

More recently he was used in Ghostbusters the video game set after the events of the second film and was used in a way that captured the scenes of the original film.

In this clip from youtube Dan Aykroyd tells of his idea of the Ghostbusters and how it came about. He also goes on to tell you what he thought of the animated series and how the characteristics of the characters never changed even though their image had. The video also goes on to tell you how many people are involved to make the animated series and how many different departments there are.

Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane attended and studied animation at the Rhode Island School of Design and, after he graduated, he was hired by Hanna-Barbera Productions (Now called Cartoon Network Studios) working as an animator and writer on the TV series Johnny Bravo (1997) and Cow and Chicken (1995).

 Executives at FOX called him into their offices and gave him $50,000 to create a pilot for what would eventually become "Family Guy" (1999).

On September 11, 2001, he was scheduled to return to Los Angeles on American Airlines Flight 11 after being a keynote speaker at his alma-mater in Rhode Island. Due to a mix-up by his travel agent, he was told that his flight was scheduled to depart at 8:15am but it really departed at 7:45am and he had arrived at Boston Logan Airport a few minutes after boarding was stopped on his flight and he was told he would have to wait for the next flight. At 8:45am, one hour after the departure of American Airlines Flight 11, it was hijacked by terrorists and crashed into One World Trade Center (North Tower) in New York City killing all on-board. He was able to contact his parents within 20 minutes of Flight 11 striking the first tower to tell them he was okay. He said that he thanked his travel agent for screwing up the departure time or he would have been on board.

Family Guy is one of my favourite T.V shows I think it is inventive, controversial and hilarious too watch. Each episode is different to the next and you never know what is going to happen throughout the episode with it having little sub-plots e.g Peter fighting a chicken in several episodes.

Joseph Barbera

Born: 24-Mar-1911
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 18-Dec-2006
Joseph Barbera was a banker who doodled. He sent drawings to magazines, collecting rejection slips until Collier's Magazine published one and sent him a check. With a few more sales, Barbera decided to change career paths.

 He was hired to do sketches and storyboards for Van Beuren Studio (home of "Felix the Cat"). He later jumped to Terrytoons (remembered mostly for "Mighty Mouse") before being hired by MGM's animation department. There Barbera met another recent hire, William Hanna. Their first effort together, Puss Gets the Boot, was the debut of Tom & Jerry (though Tom was called Jasper), and it was nominated for an Oscar.

In 1957, though, the studio announced it was quitting the cartoon business, so Hanna and Barbera started Hanna-Barbera Productions. Until then, cartoons shown on TV were the same cartoons that had run in movie theaters years before, but Hanna-Barbera wanted to make original cartoons for the small screen.

When that was successful, they were able to launch an entirely original half-hour show, Huckleberry Hound, in 1958. And after that they introduced Yogi Bear, Pixie and Dixie, and Quick Draw McGraw.

With that success, Hanna-Barbera decided to try prime time TV, and The Flintstones debuted on ABC in 1960. It ran six seasons, and was recycled for generations of Saturday morning and after-school reruns and spin-offs. Hanna-Barbera ruled animation for decades, with The Jetsons, Jonny Quest, Scooby Doo, Josie and the Pussycats, Top Cat, The Smurfs, Captain Planet, and many more.

Looking At Storyboarding

Looking at a few examples of storyboards a few typical ones like Wallace And Gromit, UP and Toy Story.

For a Storyboard this is amazing, I have seen the film and it has everything a great story, very few characters and it is a heart felt film not only for children but for adults. Pixar are perfect at producing incredible films that don't just only get watched by young children but all ages. The quality of their films are incredible and it shows in the storyboard below because it is immaculate.

The use of angles and facial features demonstrates movement in a animation most effectively and I used lotso as a example.