Janiya Holland

Prompt 2: I would not say that this anime is really popular in the US, but it is pretty well known, the anime Nana. It belongs in the romance and drama genre of anime, The general storyline of this anime follows behind two girls with the same name, Nana, who have completely different personalities and aesthetics, but they learn to live with each other and in this journey they pursuit love and fame. This is on the streaming platform Hulu. I think this is resonating with American teens now because since trends of Y2K have been trending, there is some inspiration from this show to people’s fashion choices. Also, because this show premiered in 2006, there were some shows in the US which have had similar character/animation styles, for example, the show 6teen has a similar theme to it, and the characters resemble each other a bit. I am not sure if it is still as popular in Japan.

Prompt 2: The Czech government refused to distribute Jiří Trnka’ s “The Hand” (1965). The film represents oppressive parties during this era. I think this film was seen as subversive by the communist government at the time because it was seen as threatening and going against the Czech government.

Prompt 2: In the Private Snafu series there is some light humor, and it uses this humor to probably grasp the attention of the audience/ GIs in the military, on what to do and what not to do when handling weapons. This film does use voice, drawing, movement and use of story.

The synchronized sound is used to emphasize action because it gives away to emotions and “dialogue” between the characters and their actions. For example, when Mickey puts Minnie on the boat, they begin to make music out of the animals and objects around them, and that music synchs up with the clanking out the pot and even the drumming Mickey does on other objects. The role music plays in the film is that it occurs during scenes of action and when Mickey begins to make music. The use of sound reveal show the characters are because in the beginning, the sound is louder and domineering when Pete the cat begins to shout at Mickey. With Mickey and Minnie, the sound is somewhat still loud because they are running around causing a lot of noise.

In the film “Rooty Tooty Toot” the use of color is flat and only really pops in their clothing, but the patterns are also dull and asymmetrical in some of the characters, which makes the film visually interesting. The movement of the characters are not limited, and this is effective for the story because during the trial, Frankie’s lawyer tells the jury a wild series of “true events”, which is that Johnny shot the gun and the bullets basically chased him back to his apartment where they pierced him as the same time Frankie was arriving. The movement during this scene seems to be very crucial for the whole film because it is very frantic movements which lead to the plot.