
#1
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Created by: Touchstone Pictures
Release year: 1988
Synopsis: Toon Roger suspects his wife of having an affair with Marvin and hires a detective, Eddie Valiant. But when Marvin is found dead, Roger is accused of murder.
Why I like it:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is one of the first animated movies to incorporate toons into the real world. This type of mix-media was extremely hard to achieve back in the 80s. Actors and actresses are first required to shoot the live-action segments of the film before animators pain-stakingly draw the toons over them. Before this film, cartoons seemed “pasted on” instead of blending into the scene. The animators combined traditional pencil drawn animation with new technology that allowed drawings to be printed directly onto a frame of film.