Animated Bloopers

I've decided to dedicate my first post to something I love but don't entirely understand. In my internet travels, I've come across bloopers for things I watched as a kid; things like The Lion King, Toy Story, and Monster's Inc along with many others have bloopers on YouTube. I understand that some of the bloopers come from the voice actors messing up their lines while rolling, or accidentally making other strange noises during a take. But, there are some things that I have to question, like are some of these thing just funny things the animators just envisioned? I love that it is something that we have, even though it is kind of confusing, because bloopers are just fun. Anyway, here are a few that I love to watch anyway.

Sexism in Disney

So none of us are blind, we are all aware that Disney movies are not the most pc movies out there. But we instead like to ignore that because we all can't criticize the films that we grew up to know and love. Well I recently watched a video about sexism, strength, and dominance in Disney films and I found it pretty interesting. It's things you never really think about while you are watching the films but once you are aware of it, you start to get mad. One of them is dominance and how the climatic scene is always two males fighting each other for either a female, or for the top dominate spot. But if you want to know more you should check out the video:

 

Walt Disney Pictures Animation

The start to every adventure began with a blue sparkling tower with a shimmering shooting star. I'm not talking about bedtime dreaming. Some times the adventures would begin at the crack of dawn (5:30AM), but that would never stop me. Whether it were Toy Story, Tarzan, Atlantis, or The Lion King, the Walt Disney Logo led the way. It's amazing to think that while the logo has changed so much in the last 20 years (with advancements in motion graphics and animation), the stories have continued to excite individuals of all age groups. It's also interesting to note that while recreating the current logo is almost impossible for a college student to complete, the iconic original Walt Disney logo is definitely an achievable task. However, today we have millions of tools in After Effects, Maya, etc. Back in the 1940's, when the original logo was produced, none of these programs existed. While it may be a pretty long video, the evolution of the Walt Disney logo, shortening of the on-screen textual elements, and the specifically tailored movie opens are not only inventive but accurate set the mood of the story before the film's very first scene. I hope you enjoy the magic of Walt Disney.