Magen Thornhill
Animation for Adults: Blog 12

I really liked the look of the puppet animation. The use of puppets as in the Corpse Bride, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Coraline give the films a surreal feeling. They appear darker and a bit more shocking than if they would have been made with live action or 2D animation. The background and the characters also have a distinct look and look more in-depth. Their faces are distorted and certain attributes are pointed out such as eyes. However this gives them a more individual and real look or even a scarier look. Even the short with the dog puppet looked more realistic to me.

I’ve never seen Wallace and Gromit since I don’t watch that much clay animation but it was a lot better than I was expecting. I want to watch the rest of the series now. The reading mostly dealt with audience and spectatorship. I don’t remember watching too many adult related shows when I was a kid except for Ren and Stimpy. I really don’t think I was interested in them but I did like more in depth story lines.

Except for anime I really don’t watch them much now either. I never really got into to South Park, Family Guy, or the Boondocks. I’ll watch them if they’re on but I don’t go out of my way to watch them. I do like the Oblongs though and Robot Chicken. Robot Chicken also uses stop animation, animating dolls. It makes fun of a lot things such as Harry Potter and My Little Pony.

Here’s a link with Apocalypse Pony
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrJ9DA8w3I4

Overall I think this is a really interesting subject and I’m really looking forward to class on Monday.