The Ink and Paint Folk Podcast
TV & Film
Welcome to the Ink and Paint Girls podcast where we celebrate women working in animation and explore representation behind the scenes and on the screen.
In an era where women mostly worked in the Ink and Paint Department, a young woman named Bianca Majolie was hired to (as one news outlet reported) invade "the strictly masculine stronghold" of the story department at Disney Animation. She was the first recorded woman to work as a storyboard and concept artist for the company. Her most remembered accomplishment was creating the Silly Symphony cartoon, Elmer Elephant, as well as was a source of inspiration for animators like Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston who sited her philosophies on pathos for how the studio's storytelling style eventually evolved. A lesson that the gag-driven storytellers in the room weren't ready for at the time!
Hosted by Rebecca Nelson and Cassie Soliday.
Additional research by Samantha Conroy @anim_heroine
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The episode artwork of Bianca Majolie was drawn and painted by the wonderful Madi Hodges. Check her work out at http://madidrawsthings.tumblr.com and https://www.instagram.com/madidrawsthings !
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RESOURCES USED
Library Collections:
NYU Fales Library
John Canemaker Animation Collection
http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/cane/
Books:
Canemaker, John (1996). Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney Inspirational Sketch Artists. Hyperion Books.
Ghez, Didier (2015). They Drew as They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney's Golden Age. Chronicle Books.
Johnson, Mindy; Foray, June (2017). Ink & paint : the women of Walt Disney's animation. Disney Editions.
Websites:
http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/disneys-silly-symphony-woodland-cafe-1937/
https://www.waltdisney.org/blog/worth-much-man-cracking-celluloid-ceiling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bianca_Majolie
https://www.californiawatercolor.com/pages/carl-westdahl-heilborn-biography
I&PF-122, Dino Ranch Week! Caitlin Langelier, Animation Writer
I&PF-121, Mia Resella, Writer (part 2)
I&PF-120, Mia Resella, Writer (part 1)
IPG-119, Meghan Caporali, Post-Production Supervisor
I&PG-118, Sandra Payne, Writer & Creator
I&PG-117, Jean Kang, Storyboard Artist
I&PG-116, May Grehan, Writer & Director of live action indie film "Zombie Bro"
I&PG-115, Say Hello to Animation Wild Card!
I&PG 114, Keely Propp, Storyboard Artist
I&PG-113, Fadia Alhallak, Storyboard Artist
I&PG-112, Patricia Pham, Storyboard Artist
I&PG-111, Whitney Tang, Storyboard Artist
I&PG-110, Lexie Kahanovitz, Writer
I&PG-109, Eva Konstantopolous, Writer
I&PG-108, Jasmine Katatikarn, Senior Lighting Technical Director & Co-Founder of The Academy of Animated Art
I&PG-107, Thandiwe Mlauli, Founder of Studio Yezi & Creator of "Sola"
I&PG-106, Jessica Kleinman, Background Painter & Illustrator
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I&PG-104, Anime and Manga with Vivian Lee & Vanessa Yee (part 4)
I&PG-103, Anime and Manga with Vivian Lee & Vanessa Yee (part 3)
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