Tuesday, May 31, 2011

30's Cartoons

Are very different.

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a list of 5 important differences between this video and what i've observed with modern animation

1) more emphasis on soundtrack. The music is what makes this piece.
2) different social norms, one of the cartoons is smoking at one point
3) Less edgy: While there are things that aren't acceptable, it tends to go with archetypes that are popular and predictable. While it does predictable things in an awesome and witty and self aware way, they are still predictable.
4) Black and white: it's obvious, but worth noting
5) Woman. The two that are shown both show... very cleche archetypes of femininity. One is the girl who gets stolen by the villain and the other is one who uses her body to get access to the studio. The princess and the frog by contrast (a modern cartoon movie) has a developed hard working career oriented woman (who happens to become a princess.)

Times sure have changed :D

2 comments:

  1. http://www.youtube.com/user/tvdays#p/search/4/fUjZgOWM3s0

    Just to add it, because it's about baseball (very 30's) and very fun

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  2. http://www.youtube.com/user/tvdays#p/search/20/KXQk4KbCLis
    Also, Tom and Jerry weren't always cat and mouse

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