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  1. Aug 2021
    1. The most powerful moments in Tripletteshave absolutely no music, but instead combine the film’s sound design with the manycharacters’ detailed facial expressions, especially those of Bruno, the dog.

      I think it is so interesting that each aspect of film is so important in their own ways. It all depends on the purpose of the film and what would benefit it the most. Sometimes it's the music that drives the story, the dialogue or the facial expressions, but each are so important and each have the power of carrying a story.

    2. Chomet’s decision to make his film verbally mute doesn’t just free up the animation;he is upsetting the way in which we have been trained to interpret animated films

      I think this was a good way to change up animation. This allows the audience to put their own take of the animation. Without speaking it leaves the viewer to infer what is going through the characters mind, which seems to be what Chomet is trying to accomplish when he said he wants to "talk through animation itself."

    3. pentatonic scale (E, D, A, C, G in Figure 3.8),giving the impression of nostalgia through this melody.

      I think it's interesting how each scale can be used in a different way to tell a story. Often time many think they need to rely on facial expressions and dialogue when music is telling the story as well.

    4. manga for its lack of ‘Japaneseness’, given that there are no Japanese charactersor settings, and Miyazaki shows a preference for European style in the film

      I think this is interesting. I wonder if this is like a situation with Disney that is looking more so to entertain the people of the west rather than sticking to be authentic

    1. the genre by replac-ing the romantic couple with two sisters. As we will see, Anna’s relationship with Elsa, rather than with either of her male love interests, is easily readable as the ‘couple’ relationship for purposes of the dual-focus narrative in Frozen.

      I understand that Disney may not have openly queer characters and I understand people want more representation. However, I think it is weird to compare the sisters to anything "couple" related since they are sisters and that has nothing to do with being Queer. So I don't exactly understand how someone could take that into an account and have a theory that Frozen is a queer movie.

    2. Frozen was a feminist or conceivably queer film.

      This is an interesting thought. When I first think back to Frozen I would see it as more of a feminist/ sisterhood film more than I'd see it as a queer film.

    1. The animated cartoon as anartistic, educational, and entertainment medium is in its infancy. Its maturitydepends on you

      I thought this was an interesting point, as well as a great closing statement. I couldn't help but think of shrek when reading this. The way I connect it is when you first watch Shrek at a younger age you don't truly understand the humor and the point across the movie. For example, I didn't realize until we started analyzing Shrek that it was more than just a fun children's movie, but a way to poke back at Disney. So to some its just a funny movie and to others they see it as a diss to Disney as well. Which I think is interesting on how the movie has multiple sides to it, and in order to see that it depends on the viewers.

    1. the image is the bearer of meaning and that music functions to modify that meaning in some way,

      This makes sense. The way we view images are subjective to what each person thinks. Music could help solidify what the image represents. It could also help bring more emotion towards the image or the scene you are looking at.