Class questions, Answered.

-Who is the Animator with the Gorilla?
Ray Harryhousen

-What style of animation did he work in?
Special Effects Animation (or Stop-Motion)

-Name two films he animated and year.
The Story of the Tortoise & the Hare (2003)

Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

On how Ray filmed his skeleton scene:

"The way I understand the skeleton fight scene, it was accomplished by using a single frame rear screen projection of the actor fighting the air. Each frame was projected onto the rear screen. Ray H. then animated his skeletons, one frame at a time in front of the rear screen projection of the actor. A camera was placed and focused so that it could capture the skeleton and the rear screen image together."

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