bill roberts

In our earlier classes, we started to look at animation’s use beyond entertainment.

Donald duck, the fuhrer’s face
The animation was made to express anger or mocking, and many other emotions. It reminded me of HK’s current situation, where some artists also expressed their feelings, reasoning and information through animation.

Reason and emotion – Bill Roberts
I loved this animation as it was unexpectedly educational. Serious and rather psychological information was presented in a way where it was light-hearted and comedic – easier for people to swallow or accept. Its ultimate goal is to educate people to be able to choose how they act.

We see in the present that business and companies carry on using animation as a source to explain information. The development in this area is that there are now many different illustrative styles to choose from to convey different emotions and levels of seriousness.

Class notes:
“Iwerke-Disney Commercial Artist” (1920)
With Ub Iwerks
Started 19, young, failed.
Friendship, same goal, support.
Disney Bros Studio = Roy Disney in Hollywood
Experimental animation
Alice in wonderland
Disney studio: 6 to 100 to ~1600 employees

Sammy Liu