The dilemma is like a wall blocking the line of sight

As we all know, Tom and Jerry are world famous cartoon characters. This is a natural birth to a family that is destined to bring laughter to the world. But when Joseph Barbera and William Hannah created them together, they were twisted and twisted and almost died.

However, in the midst of this pair of live treasures, in 1957, MGM disbanded the animation department without giving any advance notice. Both Joseph and William were unemployed at the same time, and many years of efforts were lost. They left MGM with unfinished drafts and regrets. That may be the darkest period in the history of animation. Almost no company is willing to take them in. Like Tom in the film, they are driven out of the house by their owners and wandering the streets.

In the midst of a critical situation, they made a decision that has influenced the present: making animations for the then emerging industry, television. They ran between the homes and the sights, but they hit the wall again and again. Just when they were almost desperate, there was finally a TV station that would accept them, but the owner of the TV station answered that the budget for each episode was only $2,700 – and before MGM, the budget for each movie was $40,000, which is simply Kaaba Night! However, Joseph and William seemed to have seized a life-saving straw and held it in their hands. The economic bail-out has forced them to consider how to reduce expenses and increase the ridiculousness of animation. In this case, they decided to take risks: use limited animation. In this way, an animation of 25,000 - 40,000 images is usually drawn, and it is compressed to 1200 - 1800. This limited-activity cartoon can greatly reduce the amount of animation drawn, and enhance the animated effect of the animation, resulting in an unexpected effect. Once the limited animation was launched, it was immediately popular and quickly spread all over the world.

If MGM did not close the animation department, Joseph and William might not be forced to go to the TV station; if the TV station had ample budget, limited animation would not come out! The dilemma is like a wall, the loser sees the wall forever. And the winners have seen the success behind them.