The use of colors, movement, and patterns creates a different mood for different parts of the film. When the man is shot in the room accidentally, the use of dark blue colors could create a depressing and melancholy tone, showing that someone has died. The dancing and happy tone created by the color yellow makes the start of the film exciting for the viewer, as it catches their attention and want to know how this court case would go.
Evan Fortune
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The film was subversive to the communist government simply because they were highly offended by it. The hand was supposed to be the oppressive government enforcing its opinions and rules on the main character, who represented the people and the creator of this film himself. The struggles of trying to freely express their creativity is clearly shown when the main character is trying to fight off the hand while it continues to mess with his clay pot.
Private Snafu was using humor and jokes to inform soliders of what to look out for and what’s to come, ultimately preparing soliders for the upcoming battle by boosting their spirit. The whole point of the character is to represent what not to do, like spill secrets because they could be anywhere listening. By using humorous tactics like Private Snafu, more people would probably be inclined to join the war effort.
Happy and Sneezy are a good example of the differences between how each of the dwarfs were drawn. While Happy seems to have a smoother animation than some of the others, Sneezy has a more jerkier motion to show how he’s trying not to sneeze. Happy in my opinion has probably one of the more fluid movements than most. Sneezy would seem to have a more solid motion, like a pose-to-pose kind of motion. Not to mention Happy has a higher pitched voice to show how happy he is, and Sneezy’s voiced is slightly toned down to show weariness and also sniffling.
Felix the Cat in “Futuritzy” [1928] – I chose this short because of it’s various sounds and intruguing storytelling. I like how the events play out in the story, and for a cartoon in the late 1920’s, it’s pretty well-animated. It’s simplistic plot was charming in a way, and it’s great how the animators were able to tell the story so well without a lot of dialogue.
Elements I will be discussing:
- Sounds (music, environment)
- Storytelling
- Animation Technique
Most films were based on print comics because they were essentially the storyboards to make animations. By using the print comics, they were able to make cartoons come to life, as well as many other types of animation. Print comics were the building blocks to making 2d cartoons back in the day.
A good example of a pre-cinema piece was the zoetrope, which was a beautiful way of showing the illsuion of movement in a more complex way compared to other forms of animation before it. Sure, there were many succesors to the zoetrope but it’s a very creative way to show animation. If anything, it’s extremely impressive. Not to mention, the magic lantern is a cool way to bring images to life at it’s time, and it was a very creative way to show the illusion of movement through moving different images around in a lantern. It worked really well when it came to the art of the theater and telling stories like fairy tales and whatnot. Similarly with the zoetrope, you are able to tell a story through the illusion of movement, and both forms of pre-cinema did a great job of that for their own time periods.
Hi, name’s Evan. I chose this course simply because I wanted to learn more about the history of animation, and how we even got to this point in the animation industry. It’s also one step closer to an associates in Animation and Motion Graphics. I love cartoons, but I also like anime so I want to be an animator that can incorporate both styles at the same time. I’m not entirely sure what I want to do as a career yet, and even though there’s a clear path into the animation industry, I want to make my own art and maybe start my own animation studio. I’d rather not be slaving away for hours on end working day and night like Mappa animators. Some fun things you should know about me is I love doodling, I hate crowded spaces, my favorite color is peach, and I have a tendency to carry around a scooter. A LOT.
An animated series I really love to watch is the Amazing World of Gumball because now that I’m older, I can understand the jokes and comedy very well, which makes it more funny to watch. I also like One Piece, and I actually really love the animation styles both old and new. The squash and stretch seems so fluid, and the timing on certain parts just makes the animation look so amazing. I love the goofy nature of the show as well, and even though it is VERY long, I enjoy it very much. The show was produced by Toei Animation, which started in 1948 by animators Kenzo Masaoka and Sanae Yamamoto.
