Daily Archives: December 19, 2024

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The Hand

Journal Entry - Week 8 Uncategorized

Theodora Zarbis

The communist governemnt in Czechoslovakia would not distribute Trnka’s short film because it was seen to be criticizing the authoritarianism that people were subjected to and could potentially anger some viewers and maybe inspire some organized form of resistance. The hand that the main character cannot escape the control of, was to me a suffocating portrayal of having no right to self determinism and essentaially being some sort of hostage with no free will. Personally I was deeply disturbed by this tragic persecution of this one small character attempting to live a free life and have the ability to say no and have his own space and the right to enforce some boundaries around his existence. To watch this continuous violation was soul crushing as it leads to the inevitible demise of a person’s individuality until death. The hand is relentless and all I could wish for was the escape of the main character yet the situation is clearly shown to be a hopeless one with no intervention or resolution. It shows this person is doomed. I’m surprised how very bothered I was by this film and it’s power to affect me like that. It’s hard to watch oppression I guess, even if it’s happening to a puppet.

 

Animation vs. Live action

Journal Entry - Week 12 Uncategorized

Theodora Zarbis

 

Week 12 prompt 2

One movie that I think has a blurred line between animation and live action is Space Jam from 1996. The movie stars a live action Michael Jordon, who is acting among the animated cast of the Looney Tunes characters. This movie was a commercial success and is still relevant and talked about today. I think that it’s very difficult to say which category this movie belongs in, because it fully contains elements of both. I think it should just be considered a hybrid film, to call it one or the other is just ingenuous and is ignoring the entire creative premise of the film.

anime

Journal Entry – Week 10 Uncategorized

Theodora Zarbis

Week 10, prompt 2

Today a very popular anime in the US is Beastars. It can be found on Netflix, which has made it very accessible to the general public. The genres are drama, mystery, romance, with some elements of thriller. It is set in a fantasy world where animals are anthropomorphic, and there is a cultural divide between herbivores and carnivores. The plot follows a gentle wolf boy who is battling with his own predatory urges, while a murder is being investigated in his school. This show is very popular in Japan as well, and it is based on a manga of the same name.

yellow sub

Journal Entry – Week 11 (long paper outline) Uncategorized

by Theodora Zarbis 

This is a belived animated film in my house. It is onenof those films we would have on the tv even as background because we l9ve the Beatles and the colorful and psychedelic visuals are stunning and inspirationla andniplifting. There is also the message of the lyrics that never grow old for me because many of the themes are universal. The other factor is that I adore this type of humor. 

On my slides I plan to include:

-the intro page

-the background info

-the various types of animation used 

-a video clip

-the film’s place in the context of time period it was released

-connection to class lessons and my personal attachment

-resource links

WK10

Journal Entry – Week 10

I believe Naruto is today’s most popular Japanese show in the U.S. Naruto is an action-packed anime and manga about a young ninja named Naruto Uzumaki, who dreams of becoming the leader of his village, the Hokage. Naruto is an outcast because he has a dangerous fox demon sealed inside him, but he works hard to prove himself and protect his friends. Along the way, he faces powerful enemies, makes strong friendships, and learns what it means to be a true leader. The series was first published as a manga and later turned into two anime shows, Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden. It aired in Japan on TV Tokyo and became hugely popular in the U.S. through Cartoon Network and platforms like Netflix and Crunchyroll. American fans love its underdog story, emotional characters, and exciting ninja battles. While it’s also popular in Japan, other series like One Piece are sometimes bigger there, but Naruto is famous worldwide.

WK12

Journal Entry - Week 12

Disney and other big studios stopped making 2D animated movies in the late 1990s and early 2000s because 3D animation, like in Toy Story and Shrek, was becoming more popular and successful. Some 2D movies didn’t make enough money, and studios thought audiences liked 3D better. They also saw 3D as faster and cheaper to make. While 3D animation brought amazing new movies, 2D’s unique style and charm were unfairly pushed aside. Today, 2D animation is still alive in some TV shows. Movies like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse even mix 2D and 3D, proving it still has a place in modern animation.