Erick Pena

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Erick Pena Long Paper Outline

Journal Entry – Week 11 (long paper outline)

I will be writing about the first-ever aired episode of Pink Panther. The main reason I’m attracted to it is due to it being my favorite childhood animation to watch. It’s use of 2D animation to create comedy through surreal geometric drawings, it’s strong use of colors in an often very blank background, and the humorous rivalry between Pink and Big Nose(originally known as The Little Man or The White Man).

  • I will go over it’s Visual Design
  • Use of it’s iconic music
  • How the public perceived it, whether it was a success
  • It’s Legacy
  • And finally, who it’s inspired since its first airing on TV in 1969

Erick Pena SP Outline

Journal Entry - Week 4 (short paper outline)

I will be writing about “The Idea”(1932) by Berthold Bartosch

  • The most attracting part of this movie to me is how incredibly immersing it is due to the synergy between the visuals, the lighting, and the music that’s placed in it.
  • The elements I’ll be researching about for this this film will include:
  • The history of Berthold Bartosch and where he grew up in order to see what inspired this story and animation style
  • how he used soap, ink, and water to animate this film
  • the inspiration behind picking this specific story(since the idea was written in 1920) to animate
  • Researching the political situation in Bohemia that made the idea of progressive and art so scary to the illiberal bohemians and Parisians alike.

Erick Pena W2

Journal Entry - Week 2 Uncategorized

If I’d been alive to witness one of Gaspard Robertson’s “Fantasmagorie” shows, I easily would’ve had my soul scared away. Considering the bloodshed taking place in France at the time due to the French revolution; all of these ghosts suddenly moving and the illusion of a horde of demons and skeletons surrounding the rest of the crowd and I would probably give me a heart attack. Robertson was known for evolving the horror element of the still-objects(like the skeletons and demons) by using the fantoscope to make it seem like they’re moving, and for an unsuspecting onlooker like myself, I’d assume Robertson was some sort of performative necromancer. Nonetheless, after the first stage had been shut down(because authorities were informed that citizens thought the illusions were real) Paris’ citizens loved it, so maybe the thrill would be addictive for me, and I didn’t even mention the anxiety I’d get from smelling the nitric acid[which is used for fertilizers and has a very suffocating smell,] that Robertson would intelligently deploy alongside sulfuric acid which just stinks abysmally. Now regarding what would compare today…probably the 3d horror movie craze from the early to mid 2010’s(you know what I’m referring to). Though the movie theaters didn’t smell as an element to the horror, the 3d movies made the jump-scares and really eerie scenes pop out more. I believe I went to one of them in the late 2000’s or early 2010’s as a kid, and my devout-Christian mother and I almost died from the terror that ensued from the up-close jump-scares as it felt like the monster/killer was up close, and there was no escaping them, and the incredibly loud music or sounds from the movie were inescapable and suffocating.

Response to prompt 1

Journal Entry - Week 1

My name is Erick Pena, I picked this course because I’m a complete history nerd regardless of the topic. As an animation and motion graphics major, I’ve already watched a ton of history-of-animation type of videos, but I still want to see new content or even re-learn old content just because it’s so intriguing to hear how our ancestors lived, how technology has progressed, and how they accomplished so much, with so little to work with. I am very intrigued to learn about how older shows like Tom and Jerry were animated, Gertie the Dinosaur, and Popeye were animated, since I grew up watching those shows, and it was a pleasant surprise to hear that even my grandparents knew them. I’m also very intrigued to learn more about how modern Japanese anime are animated, 80’s-90’s anime too, and to keep it simple, I want to know everything you can teach me. I hope this post isn’t too long, but anyway, I plan to eventually own my own studio and produce my own animations, and maybe even others’ animations as well. I also plan to work at another animation studio as an employee to gain experience and build connections. Fun facts about me, I’m re-learning how to draw again, watch soap operas and dramas more than I’d admit, I enjoy a good session of DND, and I’m also trying to get into video games as an adult. I hope I don’t sound too pretentious or annoying though haha.