3rd Lesson

One thing about the Preview Theatre, the light is warmly tinted and the seats are so comfy, I just cannot resist catching some forty winks. Thank God for the cartoon shorts in between lessons, seriously.
We were once again introduced to cartoons not made by Disney, but we were exposed to more of the likes of Looney Tunes, which was something I couldn't live without while eating meals when I was a kid. We were shown some shorts and I was so surprised because I've watched all these and it was just so refreshing to know some facts about those shorts. It was like reliving and replaying the past, all over.

I've always like Bugs Bunny, that cunning wabbit. Spinning people who are out to catch him around his tricks and then to realize their folly too late, it gets me, all the time. This is one of my favourite shorts of all time. Heh. Enjoy!

Walt Disney

Strangely enough, I've always like Walt Disney's birth year, 1901, it makes everything so easy to count from there. He is undoubtedly, the most famous cartoonist and animator of all time, who created and shaped our childhoods with Mickey Mouse and my most favourite character, Cinderella (more of Prince Charming actually hohohoho), and also filled our little minds with limitless imagination and fantasy. He had certainly made a lot of kids happy. :D
When I was a kid I was brought to the Science Center with the school to watch Fantasia in the Omnitheatre. The screens were, like gigantic, and it was such a panoramic sight for all of us viewers. Mickey was blown into 100 times his size on screen. Awe-tastic. We kids were once so silent and still as we were all really blown away. Even watching Pocahontas on the big screens wasn't that fantastic after all.
Disney has definitely left behind a huge legacy, which would certainly carry on from generation to generation. Who can ever forget the most significant pair of ears?

The First class which was on the 22nd.

First lessons always make a deep impression on me, and this module was no exception.

We were shown how primitive the tools were for creating animation, the evolution of animation from the olden days, dating back to a century ago as well. We were also shown videos of primitive animation, they looked like fish out of water compared to the present. It was all simple sketches put together, but they are already considered stellar and impressive during those times. By then they had incorporated elements such as stop motion in their short films (refers to Emile Cohl's works since they were all drawn on a chalkboard) Can't help being fascinated. I mean those were the days after all. We were then shown the works of Winsor Mccay, an outstanding cartoonist and animator of all time; his artwork was amazing and he paid a lot of attention to his characters' facial details and such. To be able to pioneer animation films at that time was really quite a feat. He serves as an inspiration to all aspiring animators. Animation is really hard work but what you reap from working hard is definitely worth it. *remembers Year 1 Animation class*

This is one of the videos I chanced upon on Youtube. The many shorts of classic animations which were made in Japan, which I think also play a big part in kick starting careers of many prolific animators worldwide today.