(Note: I will be posting all parts of my senior thesis. It is a collaboration of my learning for my entire college career. I really just want to post it so that people will know what I have accomplished. Thankfully for you I will post it all in different increments.) (Opening Scene from Warning Shadows,Continue reading “Senior Thesis Part 1: Background and History”
Forgotten Masterpieces collection
For those of you who regularly read my posts {thank you for that} you have probably noticed an influx of reviews on animated movies I consider masterpieces. I have decided that they are simply part of my “Forgotten Masterpieces” series. Many of you remember my three posts on memorable animated shorts. Think of these postsContinue reading “Forgotten Masterpieces collection”
Movie Review: Disney’s Tarzan (1999)
Known as the last of the classics from the Disney Renaissance, Tarzan was released June 18, 1999 as Disney’s 37th animated motion picture. It was the first Disney animated film to open in theaters at #1 since Pocahontas (1995) and the most expensive made until Treasure Planet (2002). Interestingly, it is also the only completed animated adaption of Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar RiceContinue reading “Movie Review: Disney’s Tarzan (1999)”
(風立ちぬ Kaze Tachinu) The Wind Rises (2013): Movie Review
“I wanted to create something that is realistic, fantastic, at times caricatured, but as a whole, a beautiful film.” (January 10, 2011, Hayao Miyazaki) I have been a fan of Hayao Miyazaki’s work for five yearsContinue reading “(風立ちぬ Kaze Tachinu) The Wind Rises (2013): Movie Review”
Short Video tribute: Duet by Glen Keane (2014)
Last night, I found a posting of this video on Facebook and I fell in love with it. Animation is such a beautiful, complicated art form and this short is no exception. The three minute short depicts the love story of a boy and a girl, whose growth slowly draws them closer and closer together.Continue reading “Short Video tribute: Duet by Glen Keane (2014)”
From the Perspective of an Old Soul 