Journal Entry – Week 2

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Journal Entry - Week 2

Respond to at least 1 prompt on this page (you are welcome to respond to more). For instructions on how to submit a journal entry, please follow these instructions. FORMATTING FOR THIS WEEK: Use the title format “[FirstName] [LastName] W2” and select the Category “Journal Entry – Week 2”

Prompt 1

We looked at pre-cinema animation and some examples of early cinema animation. These examples span cultures and timelines. Pick 2 from different times or countries and find commonalities and differences.

Prompt 2

Both cave paintings and shadow puppetry are forms of oral storytelling – an ancient and intimate tradition wherein the storyteller and his audience inhabit the same space. Can you think of other forms of oral storytelling? Have you ever experienced/participated in this type of storytelling (as a storyteller or audience members)? Describe and reflect on these experiences. How are they different/similar to the examples above. (Re-)read/watch these resources for inspiration:

Prompt 3

Can you imagine being an audience member 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:

Carl Charleston Week 2 – Prompt 2

Assignments Journal Entry - Week 2

Cave painting was the first step from which all types of art came, such as drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, impressionism, theater, abstract, expressionism, cinema, and digital arts. It was the only thing our ancestors could look back to and understand their way of life, what the world was like through their eyes, and how they expressed them.

“Early Humans Made Animated Art: How Paleolithic artists used fire to set the world’s oldest art in motion” article by Zach Zorich

Magic Lantern, to me, felt like the origin of how images shown on television came to be in this current age. Émile Reynaud’s Théâtre Optique felt like the core of all classic cartoon TV shows due to his magnificent device that involved hand-painted, animated, and moving images. I’m more accustomed to animation, and this felt like the origin of where my art skill comes from. Charles-Èmile Reynauld’s Théâtre Optique, 1892

Gwen Gee week 2 Prompt two

Journal Entry - Week 2

Well look at the cave paintings and the shadow puppetry forms we see a similarity in the aspect of the Shadow paintings that we see in the caves they look almost as if they were moving pictures against the fire. when we take another look at Shadow puppetry we can see the similar idea of making illustrations or figures move across the screen with the manipulation of the world around. For example “Artists at Lascaux used fire to see inside caves, but the glow and flicker of flames may also have been integral to the stories the paintings told” (https://nautil.us/early-humans-made-animated-art-234819/ ) meaning this was possibly on of the first forms of animation that we have seen That can have a storyline and from what I understood from the article that storyline could have been the tales that Hunters would tell in the cave to their families. Then when we look at shadow puppets That isn’t far off from what we read in the article early humans made animated art we can tie the idea that the video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IwhLjj9Hkk) and the article both show how people at these times were working on ways to entertain themselves by telling stories. When looking through the video we can understand the significance that shadow puppetry has in a Gold to tell a story with a  beginning, middle, and end

Yisheng Wang W2 P1

Journal Entry - Week 2

Cave painting and Shadow Puppetry both are cultures that has been remained for a long period of time, and they both have contributed human’s understanding of the past, which is giving a link between the art of present and the past. The differences between them is that the cave painting are statics, they’re painted on the wall of the caves and describes the scene of pre-historic people. Shadow Puppetry are animated and moving, it have been passed down and still been performed in modern times.

Prompt 2

Journal Entry - Week 2

Story Circles is my favorite type of oral storytelling. Specifically, Ghost/Campfire Stories. I remember one night I was with my friend stood up very late at night and we went from having deep conversations to sharing our own paranormal experiences.

Carol Varon W2 (prompt 3)

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If I were a member at one of Gaspard Robertson’s “Fantasmagorie” shows in 1797, I’d be very impressed because it is still scary and it is interesting to know how it works. It is becoming more difficult to get impressed because of technology. For example when we see the old movies we are not very surprised, this is because now the special effects are better and technology has helped a lot to this. However, things like virtual reality and artificial intelligence do impress me.

Miguel Torres W2

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Prompt 3:

If I was a member at one of the Gaspard Robertson’s “Fantasmagorie” shows I would definitely experience shock and surprise from being able to see these creatures floating around, while they also appeared out of nowhere. The closest form of entertainment that would give off a similar emotion today would be using a VR headset for the first time. Being inside the game and being able to look around convincing your brain that you are actually experiencing all the events that occur.

Cassandra Cortez W2

Journal Entry - Week 2

Prompt 3
If I were at one of Gaspard Robertson’s “Fantasmagorie” shows in 1797, I’d be a bit in fear like everyone else, but also fascinated. Things of the supernatural such as demons, ghosts, skeletal beings, and such are very interesting to me and I find them more appealing to the eye. I would think that the same would go for horror films from any era or region of the world. I personally really enjoy the detailing and sculpting of bat-winged skulls on Robertson’s tomb. It sets the “paranormal aesthetic” he incorporated into his shows.

Alex Ibarra – Prompt 2

Journal Entry - Week 2

My favorite animated show is Gravity Falls and I like this show because of the mystery vibe it had and I was always eager to find what happens next in the new episode. The characters in the show like Dipper, Mabel and Grunkle Stan are also another why I love this show so much. The creator of Gravity Falls is Alex Hirsch and the first episode aired on June 15, 2012 on Disney Channel.

Caitlin Walker W2

Assignments Journal Entry - Week 2

One form of oral storytelling I can think of is poetry. I sometimes write poetry whenever I’m struggling with my mental health and want to vent in a way that my family can’t interfere with. Though I have read a few pieces out-loud in an after school program I am a part of. Describe and reflect on these experiences. These moments are usually very intense since they usually involve me letting my more sensitive emotions run rampant. These experiences are different in the sense that instead of relying on visual representations of the intended meaning, poetry uses vocalized presentations to get the message across I think.