Children’s Media Digitization Project

Children’s Media Digitization Project is an effort to preserve student work created in the media programs at Capital Children’s Museum in Washington, D.C.

Chuck Jones and David Cook at Animation Lab in DC
David Cook and Chuck Jones in the Animation Lab.

Former director of Media Arts at CCM, Christopher Grotke is digitizing old videotaped work and uploading files to the Internet Archive. It’s a labor of love, done in free time, to save some great animation and video projects spanning the mid 1980’s through the early 2000’s.

So far, 1987-1996 U-matic tapes have been converted and uploaded.  Please consider a donation to this project to help compensate for the time and effort, and to help get all of these important projects preserved and archived.



 

Children’s Media Digitization Project

Here are the projects available to date. We’re digitizing and uploading the 3/4″ U-matic video tapes first, then VHS tapes, then Betacam tapes.

The U-matics have been digitized and are being uploaded:

1987 U-matic

Animation at Capital Children’s Museum begins. Projects shot on 16mm film and transferred to 3/4″ umatic.

EllingtonWorkshop_Raw_1987_U001

EllingtonWorkshop_Final_1987_U002

Chromakey_1987_U003

DigitalEffects_1987_U004

StansFaces_1987_U005

1988 U-matic

Projects are shot using 8mm videocameras and transferred to 3/4″ umatic.

ListenToTheMusic_1988_U006

AnimationCorps_1988_U007

DrawnOnFilm_1988_U008

DrawnOnFilmLoops_1988_U009

DanDarlymple_1988 _U010

MarcCrisafulli_JoeJoeBear_1988_U011

ChristopherGrotke_Cyclone _1988_U012

RonNoble_PowerofAdvertising_1988_U013

DonovanReid _MiceAndMan_1988_U014

Tom Ferguson Grunt U 086

StudentWork_1988_U015

1989 U-matic

The Animation Lab opens, and most projects now shot on an animation stand directly to 3/4″ tape using a single frame controller.

BornToBeWild_Master_1989_U019

Grotke_path_timing_1989_U020

Igoe_WonderfulWorldofAnimation_1989_U021

Grotke_PaperDance_1989_U022

ToptHat_1989_U023

ToptHat_Scenes_1989_U024

ChuckJones_AnimationLab_RibbonCutting_1989_U025

ChuckJones_Anilab_Intv1_1989_U026

ChuckJones_Anilab_Intv2_1989_U027

Grotke_NestorsPhoto_1989_U028

Grotke_DogChristmas_1989_U029

Grotke_Experiments_1989_U030

Grotke_PuppyLearnsAboutCars_1989_U031

Animation Lab
Animation Lab at CCM. Chuck Jones drew Bugs Bunny (“Whatcha shooting, Doc? Not rabbits, I hope”). The red text says “With love to all the children, Michael Jackson.” He was convinced to sign the wall after being reminded that he had been an animated character in cartoons and videos.

1990 U-matic

Student projects take off, and special guests make visits.

Grotke_Alphabet_1990_U032

Grotke_WantToAnimate_1990_U033

JamieCarr_Pansophic_1990_U034

Pansophic_Animation_1990_U035

Pansophic_Animation2_1990_U036

Computer_person_1990_U037

3rd_and_H_title_1990_U038

3rdandH_Logos_1990_U039

UnicornDreams_Master_1990_U040

JoeBarbera_Interview_1990_U041

MichaelJackson_UTV_1990_U042

Options_ThereWasATime_1990_U043

DavidCook_SpaceDog_1990_U044

Cher_CCM_1990_U045

3rdandH_Master_1990_U046

MuseumPromo_1990_U047

UTV_Christmas_1990_U048

CCM_HappyHolidays_1990_U049

MyPrerogative_1990_U050

ThreeWishes_1990_U051

1991 U-matic

More sophisticated use of the animation stand, lighting, and styles of animation are evident.

Flower_1991_U052

Willemse_AnAfricanFolktale_1991_U053

SidwellFriends_Spring1991_U054

Ema-Nuru_StoryOfRosaParks_1991_U055

Ward_TheTurnip_1991_U056

LollyWard_Titles_1991_U057

DavidCook_DiscOfSaturn_master_1991_U058

DavidCook_DoS_Outake_1991_U059

DavidCook_DoS_Outake2_1991_U060

 

1992 U-matic

Class projects, stories, and music videos.

SidwellFriends_1992_U061

Willmott_Little Mermaid_U062

Jacobs_SnowmanThatNeverMelts_1992_U063

Braff_Sylvia_U064

Braff_MailDog_U065

 

1993 U-matic

Flipbooks, pencil tests, and full productions.

Reggio_U066

SidwellFriends_1993_U067

Cook_BackBeyondKeon_1993_U068

GhanaFolktaleJamm_1993_U069

ThoseCakes_U070

WillieMoore_PT_U071

WilliesRap_U072

1994 U-matic

Seems like an experimental year.

SidwellFriends_1994_U073

T. Carlow Williams works with Kris, Enderlee, and others. Note his multiplane rig on the animation stand.
T. Carlos Williams works with Kris, Enderlee, and others. Note his multiplane rig on the animation stand.

ExperimentalAnimation_1994_U074

ExperimentalAnimation2_1994_U075

Figures_1994_U076

JazzyWoodblocks_1994_U077

1994_Experiments_U078

Williams_AnimAfrica_Demo_U079

AnimatedMorph_U080

1995 U-matic

Work with the public, and pencil tests.

TakeMeHome_MuseumVisitors_U081

Banana_PencilTests_U082

1996 U-matic

Clay animation and mixed media.

CMA_ClayIntro_U083

ElinaClaymation_U084

SunAtItsBest_U085

More projects will be added as they are converted and uploaded. You can contribute to help fund the process.