Hi! My name is Natalia, I’m a VAT major in my last semester here at BMCC. I wanted to take this course because I’ve always loved animation even if I never necessarily wanted to be an animator. I really love claymation, like those old Christmas ones that come on every year, and especially Pingu. I think I want to work on writing in shows or just be an assistant on sets currently, but I am looking to transfer to New York City Tech in the fall for Technical Design. I love rodents and enjoy writing letter/collecting any sort of stationery. I’ve got a lot of stickers.

question:

Can you imagine being an audience remember at one of Gaspard Robertson’s “Fantasmagorie” shows in 1797? What do you think your reaction would have been? Can you think of any form of entertainment that would elicit the same emotions today? (Re-)read/watch these resources for inspiration:

answer:

If I was one of the audience member at the Robertson’s Fantastic Phantasmagoria I would enjoy it. I watched lots of horror movies and videos. I like scary things and I like feeling the suspense when it comes to horror. I think my reaction would be priceless because I am not the type of person that gets scared easily. but I also think its interesting to see the shows that Robertson made. When it comes to horror entertainment it drags me in as an audience. it makes me want to keep questioning and thinking what the actor or actresses going to do. I like the suspense when things happen out of no where. A form of entertainment that would elicit my same emotions today would be the show Goosebumps where they have different scenario’s where I feel terrified.

Being an audience member at one of Gaspard Robertson’s “Fantasmagorie” shows in 1797 would’ve been fascinating but mostly terrifying during those times. Never experiencing anything like this before I would’ve assumed these images were the real thing that I was seeing. I’d be amazed at how realistic it was. A form of entertainment that would elicit this same type of emotions would be VR. The way the meta verse is going and what it will be in the future would give you these same emotions. Being in a place and seeing things that seem so real but aren’t would leave you speechless and terrified knowing how far things have come.