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About the film
Artists at work. Creating the drawings. Filming the drawings. A fragment of the animated film "Polka".
Lector: Łapicki Andrzej
Director of Photography: Sieński Maciej
Editor: Kaźmierczak Wacław
Subject Number: 10
Object: animated films studio
Event: making of a cartoon
Time: 1948
Place: Poland
Production: Przedsiębiorstwo Państwowe "Film Polski"
Rights: WFDiF
Sound: mono
Frame Size: 4:3
Colour system: black and white
Sequence description
| 00:00:04:22 | The interior of the studio. Artists at work. |
| 00:00:07:10 | A woman drawing. Close-up. |
| 00:00:12:00 | A man drawing. Close-up. |
| 00:00:17:08 | Cartoonists making silly faces in front of a mirror. |
| 00:00:26:22 | Capturing a drawing for the film. |
| 00:00:41:03 | Cartoon sailor dancing. Animation. |
| 00:01:56:21 | Closing credits: "POLISH FILM - Foreign Exchange ...". |
| 00:00:00:22 | Inscription: "Inside animated films studio". Drawings. |
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Probably not everyone knows that there is a animated films studio in here. Work on producing a cartoon is a truly tedious and time-consuming act. The smallest change in motion requires a great number of drawings. To properly study the facial expressions of a character one has to have a face made of rubber. Each drawing is filmed separately. Several thousands of drawings, many months of work and patience will be handsomely rewarded with your single smile.
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