john²

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Grade 11 Media Arts - Question 4

"As many of you who watch South Park, Japanese anime, or Family Guy will know, animations are not always for young children. Animations, just like film, come in all genres, including horror! Watch the trailers of "Blood Tea and Red String" or "The Cat with Hands" which are some very technically sophisticated - and creepy - examples of stop-motion animation. Review one trailer and discuss how the creator disrupts your expectations of animation."

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Three words describe the trailer "The Cat With Hands" and I think that mostly everyone who has watched this can agree with me. "WHAT.THE.HECK" Honestly, this is the wierdest, by far, trailer I have seen that used animation. I mean, at first it looks really "ghetto" meaning that it looked really old fashion and looked like a movie that was trying to hard to be scary but after the animation section, (which struck me as ironic because I always thought that things that look more real would scare me more than animation) I was just repeating to myself, "WHAT.THE.HECK"



I can admit that I don't have a wide view on animation. The only animation that I would watch are cartoons or anime, and this trailer was far from both. I think that with the mindset of already knowing that this trailer was "just an animation" that it would just be a regular cartoon but man, was i wrong. Although the video aspect was not as chilling as a horror flick, the animation aspect really added to the viewing experience. It actually enhanced the "what the heck" factor and really made the trailer unique.

posted by john² @ 7:37 PM