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&PG- 022, Kim Wood & Rae de Mesa, Production and Social Media (part 1)
I&PG- 021, Melissa Suber, Storyboard Artist and Director (part 2)
I&PG- 020, Melissa Suber, Storyboard Artist and Director (part 1)
I&PG- 019, Joanna Romersa & Bronwen Barry
I&PG- 018 Sue Nichols, Story and Visual Development Artist
I&PG- 017 Kaukab Basheer, Character Designer and Storyboard Artist
I&PG- 016 Catherine and Sarah Satrun, Animators and Designers
I&PG- 015 "Choose Yourself" with Hannah Spangler
I&PG- 014 Linda Miller, Veteran Animator (Part 2)
I&PG- 013 Linda Miller, Veteran Animator and Jill of all Animation Trades (Part 1)
I&PG- 012 Esther Pearl, Founder of Camp Reel Stories
I&PG- 011 Rae McCarson, Background Painter
I&PG- 010 Resumes with Jennifer Nelson
I&PG-009 Katie Gugger, Production Coordinator
I&PG-000 Here's to 2016!
I&PG-008 CTN-X Audio Diary with Erin Lindeke
I&PG-007 Bronwen Barry, Union Board Member
I&PG-006 Jennifer Nelson, Production Supervisor
I&PG-005 Nancy Frazen, Editor
I&PG-004 Joanna Romersa, Animator and Timing Director
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