Ashley Kimbell

 “Rooty Tooty Toot” short film uses simple patterns and drawings for the background and people, as well as specific colors to help distinguish certain characters and aid in the storytelling. The movements in the film are very dramatic, such as when she sits at the bar or when they show different scenarios where one person says she pulled the trigger and her lawyer says she didn’t, and she just found the gun. The characters’ movements also give them distinct personalities. The colors and patterns help to narrate the scenes, and despite the simplicity of the style, it presented enough information to understand the story and characters.

Each dwarf in the film Snow White was made to look similar to each other, but each dwarf demonstrated their differences through their appearances and actions. The sleepy dwarf was designed to appear tired, so he has droopy eyes, eye bags, and a droopy face. His voice sounds crackly and weary. His body languages, such as stretches and yawns, will also reflect that he is tired. His voice sounded drowsy as if he had just woken up. The grumpy dwarf has a frown and furrowed eyebrows. His voice is raspy and deep. His behavior in the film also shows that he is upset, as he crosses his arms in the film.

Private Snafu used humor to make his point by demonstrating what not to do with your military guns. This was during WWII, so they demonstrate what could happen if your guns were not properly cleaned in a humorous manner. Throughout the story, they use voice and movement to convey humor. Private Snafu sings songs about his guns and wants to be a hero, but he can’t shoot any of his guns because he didn’t clean them properly, which is the moral of the story: clean your guns. They made private snafu short and scrawny, Whereas the Nazi appeared to be tall and bulky. When private snafu points a gun at him and he becomes intimidated and afraid. The movement of these characters is quite comical when Private Snafu points a gun at him and the nazi becomes intimidated and afraid, putting his hands up which ends up showing his belly, as his shirt becomes too short. The guns also react to not being clean, such as the machine gun melting due to overheating or the Cannon, which had creatures living inside singing about how unclean it was.

Ji Trnka’s short film “The Hand” was deemed subversive by the communist government because, in the film, the hand appeared out of nowhere and intruded into an artist’s home. The artist wanted to make a pot, but the hand only wanted him to make hand sculptures. When the artist defied the hand, the hand became violent and forceful, defying the artist’s wishes and capturing him to make more hands. It definitely demonstrated how far a communist would go to impose their views and values on someone, and simply watching that film would lead one to believe that communism is wrong and that no one should support it.