Uproar in the Studio

Uproar in the Studio is a black and white Chinese animation made in 1926 by Wan Laiming and Wan Guchan. The mini-film helped the Wan brothers become recognized as the official pioneer of the animation industry in China.

Translations

The film was combined with live footage. It is about an artist in his studio working and suddenly he is disturbed by a small paper person jumping out of the page causing an uproar. The artist in the footage was Wan Guchan

History

The segment was created for non-commercial use by the Wan brothers when they were working at the Great Wall Film Company. The animation ran for 10 ~ 12 minutes in black and white to showcase the technology.

Controversy

In 1985 Marie-Claire Quiquemelle's essay "The Wan Brothers and 60 years of Animated Film in China" in stated that there are really 2 separate films produced in 1926. "Uproar in the Studio" is modeled after the U.S film Out of the Inkwell by Max Fleischer. The "Paperman makes Trouble" is called or . The content has to do with the paper person receiving a letter. Because the contents between the productions are so similar, there are a lot of confusion about the fact. It is believed the younger Wan brother's studio was bombed as part of the January 28 Incident.