Cartoons in the USA and Russia. Sofia Barannik Class 5“A” School 1208 Moscow Scientific adviser – Alabina Galina Victorovna

About countries. America and Russia are both big countries. My country is Russia. It stays on two biggest continents – Europe and Asia and it is the biggest country on the planet. I love my Motherland. America is a friendly country with friendly people. There are fifty states in America. The American capital is Washington DC. Both countries are very beautiful. Since there are a lot of children in Russia and in the USA, cartoons are very popular there. Washington DC Moscow

A Few Words about Animation The word “animation” comes from Latin “anima” which means “soul”. “Multiplication” is used for cartoons only in Russia and actually means one of techniques of making a cartoon. A cartoon (from the Italian "cartone" meaning strong, heavy paper or pasteboard) is a full-size drawing made on rough paper. Animated cartoon or motion pictures are full and right description of what we call “cartoons” nowadays.

Cartoons We all love cartoons. There a lot of styles for them. For example: Anime American cartoons. Russian cartoons

History of A nimation Animation is known from Ancient Greece and Rome times August, 30 th, 1877 is the birthday of animation. French scientist Emile Raynaud patented the device for showing animated pictures on the screen – some cartoons were filmed in Europe and USA 1915 – first animation studios in USA

Animation in the USA During the first years American animation studios did not make films for children. They made instructive and educational movies is the birthday of Mickey Mouse by Walt Disney. “Streamboat Willy” filmed in 1928 is the oldest cartoon with sound which exists. “Metro Goldwin Mayer” makes the first series of “Tom and Jerry” in In 1975 the US cartoonists started to use computers to help in drawing and modifying pictures. In 2000 American Movie Academy decided to have a separate nomination for the best cartoon of the year.

Animation in the USA American cartoons are full of actions. Heroes are often animals which behave like people and look like people. Cartoons are very colorful Voices of characters sound sometimes strange American cartoons are mostly funny

Animation in Russia The first animator in Russia was Ladislas Starevich, who was Polish. He was a biologist and he started to make animation with embalmed insects for educational purposes, but soon realized the possibilities which he discovered. His first few films, made in 1910, were dark comedies on the family lives of cockroaches, and were so revolutionary that they earned Starevich a decoration from the Tsar. Starevich's 41-minute 1913 film The Night Before Christmas was the first example of the use of and live action in the same scene.

Animation in Russia The most famous Russian studio of animated cartoons is Soyuzmultfilm was founded in , Walt Disney sent a film reel with some shorts of Mickey Mouse to the Moscow Film Festival From 1936 till 1938 Russian animators learned how to make cartoons in Disney style

Animation in Russia In 1947 the first 1 hour cartoon was filmed in Russia. It was “Konek Gorbunok” After there were made a lot of wonderful masterpieces of Russian animation: “Seraya Sheika (1948), “Alenky Tsvetochek (1949), “12 mesyatsev (1956) and many others. Then Soyuzmultfilm started to film cartoon series like beloved “Nu pogodi”, “Maugli”, “Krokodil Gena”, etc.

Animation in Russia The major feature of all Russian cartoons is their goodness, kindness and educational sense. We know painted and puppet cartoons in Russia. The most part of Russian cartoons are not very long. The major characters are usually realistic.

American vs. Russian Animation I believe that there are excellent, good and bad cartoons in both countries The major difference that American cartoons always had to be commercial. Russian cartoonists made them driven by soul and inspiration. You can never see blood and wars in Russian cartoons. The modern American cartoons can be breathtaking and very creative.

American vs. Russian Animation The best animated films of all time list was made at the Laputa animation festival in 2003 (140 animation artists from all around the world were asked to list their favorite 20 films, and these lists were then combined into one) The 1 st prize won “Hedgehog in the Fog” The 2 nd – “Tale of Tales” There were no American cartoons in Top Russian cartoons were named among 150 best films

Animated films in Russian, with English Audio Tracks or Subtitles. Some of wonderful animated stories made in Russia's Soyuzmultfilm Studio were first introduced in the United States by one of the world's greatest dancers. "When I was growing up there was a film studio in Moscow that produced extraordinary, award- winning animated films for the children of Russia", - Mikhail Baryshnikov wrote presenting the animated series. "They were artistically beautiful", he reflected. "These stories were warm and inspiring. Exactly the kind of programs I want to watch with my children. Now you and your children can watch them, too"... The Adventures of Cheburashka and Friends Who Are These Birds? Oops, Here I Come (Tryam, Zdravstvyite) The Adventures of The Dog Called Pif We are lucky that we can enjoy the best cartoons from all over the world now!