View source for 'Columbia College Student Film', 'Muffy Meets the Mafia' and 'Changes' (lost and incomplete Genndy Tartakovsky student films; 1991-1994)

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{{#ev:youtube|https://youtu.be/p5q6hwK13t4?t=5m41s|320x240|right| ''Genndy's Scrapbook: The Story of Genndy Tartakovsky'' that discusses Genndy Tartakovsky's student films (5:41 - 13:07).|frame}}
{{#ev:youtube|https://youtu.be/zlgv5-X3vHQ?t=5m10s|320x240|right|Keynote in which Genndy Tartakovsky mentions "Muffy Meets the Mafia" and showcases his other CalArts student film "Changes" (5:10 - 8:15).|frame}}

Before becoming a much revered industry person and creator of ''Dexter's Laboratory'', ''Samurai Jack'' and ''Sym-Bionic Titan'', '''Genndy Tartakovsky''' took an animation class at Columbia College Chicago and then studied animation at The California Institute of the Arts. At Columbia College, he made the three minute animated short, "Columbia College Student Film" and at CalArts, he wrote, directed, produced and animated [http://web.archive.org/web/20090619095331/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/ap/gtartakovsky.html two student films].

==Films==

===Columbia College Student Film===
In "Columbia College Student Film" (1991), the plot is described by Tartakovsky as having a kid getting in trouble with his teacher and changing after going into a locker to then be chased by little wooly creatures. He painted it, did all camera work for it, and says it was a mess.

===Muffy Meets the Mafia===
His first year student film at CalArts was the silent black and white four-and-a-half minute movie "Muffy Meets the Mafia" (possibly from 1993) and it [http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/25/entertainment/la-et-mn-hotel-transylvania-20120826/2 was about] a cat who saves a dog and then can't shake the grateful canine. In his keynote, he said it was fully animated and very Tex Avery style, and its full but not great animation is what caused his next student film to be unfinished (in animation, at least).

===Changes===
His [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rZ9CfXS6cF4C&pg=PA136&lpg=PA136&dq=Changes+student+film+dexter%27s+laboratory&source=bl&ots=MdHJ1ye8U0&sig=_qzFn8X8iUCEbnKr-1zl8VEdRaI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEoQ6AEwCGoVChMIwYLIjfmCyAIVDlnbCh3B5g7W#v=onepage&q=student%20film&f=false second year] student film served as the basis for his "Dexter's Laboratory" pilot on ''What A Cartoon!'', perhaps in the same way "Whoopass Girls" and [http://lostmediawiki.com/Mess_O%27_Blues_(lost_prototype_Johnny_Bravo_short;_1993) "Mess O' Blues"] did for ''The Powerpuff Girls'' and ''Johnny Bravo'' respectively, and was selected for the Cal Arts Producers Show. It was called "Changes" (1994) and was a two-and-a-half minute (there may have been only one-and-a-half minutes of full animation) idea of a film and only half of it was (barely) animated because Tartakovsky wanted to make a whole lot of really good scenes. Dexter's accent [https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/10l1an/i_am_genndy_tartakovsky_the_director_of_hotel/c6gkoyt?context=3 originated] from the student film because he only had his roomate's humorous french accent and it seemed like a funny fit. Impressed by his student films, Craig McCracken [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/569948%7C0/Genndy-Tartakovsky/biography.html recommended] him for an art director position with Hanna-Barbera. [http://www.newsarama.com/1954-animated-shorts-craig-mccracken-talks-powerpuff-girls.html And when they were both working at the studio], one of their line producers, Larry Huber, saw it and said he should pitch it as a short. Tartakovsky hadn't even considered it. It was another producer who had come up with the idea he should do the boards and then he went with it. Although it's claimed [http://www.browndailyherald.com/2008/11/17/cartoon-network-animator-traces-his-path-to-the-top/ here] that Cartoon Network saw his work at an CalArts exhibition and wanted to make a pilot out of his "Changes" film. The "Dexter's Laboratory" pilot would also contain a battle between Dee Dee and Dexter with the creation that turns them into animals at the push of a button.

==Clips==
A few clips of "Columbia College Student Film" can be seen in ''Genndy's Scrapbook: The Story of Genndy Tartakovsky'' and only drawings from "Muffy Meets the Mafia" can be seen in Genndy Tartakovsky's keynote, while "Changes" was only partially shown in the same keynote (a clip not shown in this extract can be seen in ''Genndy's Scrapbook: The Story of Genndy Tartakovsky''). On [http://www.browndailyherald.com/2008/11/17/cartoon-network-animator-traces-his-path-to-the-top/ at least] [http://www.animationmagazine.net/events/tartakovsky-and-hartman-lift-spirits-in-ottawa/ a couple] occasions, Tartakovsky publicly showcased his "Changes" student film and it also exists in [http://variety.com/2012/digital/news/creative-minds-unleashed-1118059642/ the CalArts animation archives], but as for the other two student films, they may have been shown with "Changes" [http://web.archive.org/web/20050304005348/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2005_03.html here], at least.

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