Sunday, February 17, 2013

Snow White and the Seven Drafts

The movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the 1937 of Walt Disney not only is the first animated movie but also reflects the influence of the Art and Crafts movement. In the video, I notice that in the first half of the processing of the movie, story lines, drawings, director, music composers are men who get to do the thinking. Meanwhile, the women can do the aesthetic and detailed job, which is coloring the drawing and copy to the film. the role of a woman has changed during the Art and Crafts Movement.

When I was young, I was fascinated with the name of the seven dwarfs. Before watching the animation Snow White and the Seven Drafts, I had known about the story but did not know the drafts have names. In the story that I listen to, it just mentioned the dwarfs as a dwarf or numbered dwarf. when I know the name of the seven dwarf, the story was more interesting to me, and I pay more attention to the dwarf to scrutinize their actions which indicated by their names.

 source: http://monkeyfilter.com/link.php/17056

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Black-White-Black

African American
Centuries without African Americans
Mistrel Show 1st show: White--> black
Right on the Stage? yes, with no clothes
Imitate the slaves
Paint face with Grease
comparing themselves
Own company... real ...
mistrelshow--> Vaudeville
Coon song- nonthreatening
black happy creature -- free time
myth wear black face

Sambo-
Watermelon?
Act
whitelip-moving the lip- show expression- show business-
hide behind the blackface
lighting up not blaken up

The stage has change the perspective of people toward the "black people" who have talent as same as the "white people". They are funnies, talented, and they proved that on stage. they can do whatever the whites can do. Therefore, when the "black performers" have their own show, the Mistrelshow was faded.
For me, the entertaining industry has an important role in changing the life of African American not only in America but also in show business. the stage is where "black performers" can show the world their words, their personality, and their dreams.
If there was no Mitrel Show, maybe the "black people" would not have opportunity to perform on stages, and America would not discover talented AfricanAmerican performers.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Madama Butterfly-Fly-Away

-Animation
-Romantic scence
-Naturalistic
-Facial expression
-Innocence of the girl
-Goodbye scence: butterfly, the hat is as a promise
-waiting time, keeping his things, through weather, season,days, motnths, years
the fish-break the ball- alone

the baby
the father comeback- she is happy, flowers
the line the connection
break
break herself
butterfly

The butterfly appear whenever the lady meets the gentlemen as if it is the witness for their Love. The animation has depict the action of the character naturally. Especially, the scene when the lady waiting for her fly-Away-husband to come back, she is Stand-waiting to Sit-waiting. She acts like a child waiting for time pass by with nothing to do. Just waiting...

At the end,  she riping off her face and her skin, breaking off her limbs to destroy herself. The butterfly appear again in the last scene as if it is stat all over again.

If the person does not appreciate herself, no one would bother to care for her.