Wells

i definitely did the wrong reading last week....my blog from last week is the chion so ill do the wells reading for this week.
i cant even imagine the work that went into animation before computers. i guess we got a little taste of it last week doing the cell animations but to actually do a feature like Snow White or some of those other Disney movies done long before computers must have taken forever. ive never really paid attention to continuity in cartoons but after reading about goofy, it totally makes sense. i always felt so bad for him! i just thought the purpose of him was to make people laugh but theres a whole motive behind his failures. the evolution of content section made me think of Fantasia. i used to watch that movie like 3 times a day, im not even kidding. my mom would have to rewind it for me and i just remember thinking how beautiful it was. well i guess i wasnt thinking beautiful cause i was like 4 haha but i jsut thought it was so neat and the pictures and colors were just amazing. i absolutly love Looney Tunes, and part of the reason is for the dialogue. i even qoute it still but i didnt realize that sound was that crucial to animation. looking back, i guess a regular rabbit walking around eating carrots isnt funny unless hes leaning up against something saying "whats up doc". thinking about animation always makes me think of one of my favorite movies ever....Mary Poppins. when they hop from the real world to a world of animation is one of the coolest things ive ever seen. especially since it was in the 60's.
the whole experimental animation process is very interesting to me. the manipultion of movements of color and objects instead of bodies i think would be very difficult in terms of comping up with ideas to keep audiences interested while not using a small man hunting with a little bit of a speach impediment. if done right, well ive only seen a few experimental animation films, but they are really cool and all the work that goes into the films really pays off.