ALTERNATIVE ANIMATION

So actually there are lots of different types and alternative to animation! We learn more in-depth to Stop-Motion, Claymation, Pixilation and Animation for Adults.

Watched Coraline!!

I always wanted to borrow and watch at the school library! We seriously have truck loads of films install at the school library!!! I didn't manage to watch it, as I always tend to pick up action/live film instead of animation wise. Lucky i have the chance to watch during class!!

It was a stop-motion film and was really flabbergast by the quality of the whole animation. A few scene really startled me as it was really scary, buttons as eyes!




Designs of the environment and character was great too. The Russian acrobat, which is Mr. Bobinsky, really caught my attention with the proportion of his body size.




Imagine the numbers of models and set for the whole production!!

ANIME! AROUND THE WORLD!

I have just watch Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva and in this lesson we watching Spirited Away! It was really weird seeing 2 animated film in a week i guess? It was really enjoyable and interesting though. The plot and everything.

I remembered always getting glimpse of the ending of Spirited Away on television, and never get a chance to watch the film from the start. So in the lesson, i did watch from the start and it was wonderful. The greedy spirit was really interesting. The designs of the different character was nice too, like the twin sister witches, the giant baby, the spirits, Haku which was a dragon!






Not just Japan Animation, we was told about Canadian and Russian too.
Canadian Animation we watched Neighbors which was from 1952. Quite entertaining and it's a stop-motion. It sure use a long period of time to filmed the whole animation.
The Man who planted Trees is artistic and the flow of animation is very smooth.



Find this cute!

THE AMERICAN SHORTS!

What i like most is that I saw Betty Boop!! We saw a short of Popeye featuring Betty Boop! Her singing was unique, and i cannot believe she was a dog's girlfriend.



Popeye was one of my favorite, always watch it when i was a kid. Even if we all know Popeye always save the day....... It is funny to see him getting hit by Bluto before he become strong! Olive was always being lame and funny.

Follow by Bugs Bunny, Duffy Duck, Tom and Jerry, Woody Woodpecker and Tweety Bird. It feels like I have just watch it yesterday, this characters are rooted in my mind already. As a kid, cartoon is a must!

We watch One Froggy Evening which was really funny! The frog just look so cute even when he is grumpy.



Mel Blanc, The Man of a Thousand Voice. He was really talented! Being to provide for so many character isn't easy at all. It should be fun to have to job like that!!

DISNEY

In this lesson, we learn mainly on The Walt Disney Company.

I personally love Disney’s characters! Previously I did know that the word Disney was a person’s name, in this lesson I found out more about him.

The person was Walter Elias Disney. So we learn how he started off drawing cartoons and with his brother, Roy, went into Hollywood and start Disney Brother’s Studio.

Disney creates Alice Comedies after his failed short called Alice In Wonderland. It was successful but after a period of time Alice Comedies was bought down again.

Alice’s Balloon Race was screened. It was funny, and the concept was hilarious.

Next, it was Oswald the lucky rabbit. The character was very lovable and lively.

Oh What a Knight was screened. The character still let me thinks of Mickey Mouse. They look similar without the ears different.

After that we look in to MICKEY MOUSE! So Mortimer was actually his original name but was later changed. Mickey Mouse was a success as Mickey Mouse display a true and stable character throughout. Which leads to merchandising which was a triumph in Disney’s financial income.

A few of Mickey’s work were shown. It does remind me how long I didn’t watch cartoons already. Still, I guess Mickey Mouse was never forgotten in many people’s heart.

Disney produce musicals cartoon titled ‘Silly Symphonies’ and even win the first Academy Award for Animated Short Subject with Flowers and Tress, which was released in 1932.

Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs was the first cartoon that was produce to be a long movie. The budget comes in at a high amount. Many thought will not success as they felt people will not sit down and watch an hour film, but it was successful and grossed to $60millions. Then it was Pinocchio, but didn’t work out that successful, as war was about to break out.

We also watch parts of Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi!

After war break out, Disney was having a hard time. The studios was taken up and would produce propaganda films.

After the war Disney does come out of Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty and lots more features!

So proud of Disney! That he could brave through the hard times and create those golden characters like Mickey Mouse! He was really the man of the history of animation!!!!

Still didn't have a chance to go the first Disneyland Park at California, but have been to the HongKong's Disney land :) It was fun and amusing!!!

So long now :D

The first lesson of History of Film & Motion Arts.

The first lesson, and we were told to share what particular special effects movie that we like or hate. I can’t really thought of one at that time and I gave some random movie, which was Die Hard 4. But what’s movie without special effects nowadays. Oh well, I’ll share more of it here then.

Movies that I like with special effects! Say the truth, there’s a lot. Recent one was Avatar. I watch it twice in the movie theater, both in 3D. It was splendid and just wonderful. The environment built was beautiful and so were the characters and each of the creatures. Next was Transformers, Night in the Museum, the recent X-Men Wolverine, Harry Potters and many of the Mandarin war movies.



Not to miss out Animation, there’s the recently UP that was attractive. It’s a movie that open up to all ages and a great movie to enjoy. I know the school’s library had a number of copies at the media station that students and lecturers could borrow.



After the short discussion, we were told about the early devices that olden people use to create animation. The Zootrope was a very familiar device as we could see in some stalls still selling as decoration. I was so bewildered that in the olden days, they actually have to stand and look into a single machine to see a short film. Makes me felt that, how grateful should I be to be able be in my comfortable home and using LAPTOP!




We were given some short film to watch too, and what hit me hard was The Enchanted Drawing by J. Stuart Blackton. It was a black and white silent film but bought some comedy in it. Felt that he was so talented at that time to think of such storyline and plot. I guess that is what it takes to be the first true animator in the world.



Felix the Cat was shown too. It’s delightful to watch the old times cartoons. We were introduced that a dispute was set off between Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer in who should be credited for Felix the Cat.




That’s all for now.