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“Rooty Toot Toot” Review

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Monthly Film Bulletin, London. Issue 216 Volume 19. Published January 1st 1952 by British Film Institute.

The first paragraph explains the overall summary of the story and outcome. There was also a crossover in terms of how realistic the court hearing ended “is herself led away, as tradition demands, to jail.” This is something we do not always see in cartoons however within Rooty Toot Toot they show us how it connects with the real worlds law and justice system. If someone was to commit the same crime the likelihood is they would be taken off the jail. Therefore we feel mentioning that adds an element of reading between the lines.

They then expressed how “successful” and “enterprising” the cartoon was out of the ones seen by that group. This then lead on to stating the cartoon had “incisive wit and elegance”. The audience may agree’s with this not only for the fact that the cartoon was made in the fifties but also the characters, music, colour choice and design could be seen as very sophisticated, fictionally and non-fictionally.

The style of drawing is also mentioned, stating “emphasising detail rather than merely filling the screen”. As the audience can tell, the viewer had noticed the amount of detail put into the drawings, and the colours used to show different character. The audience may feel as though it is very important to mention drawing styles and colours within a review as colour and the unusual drawings can catch the eye of the viewer quite easily.

Terms such as “Clever Ballistic Movements” & “Sophisticated” are just some of many in which the person reviewing describe the cartoon – The audience may agree with those terms not just because they fit the cartoon in an obvious way but also the fact that for its time, the cartoon is more than relevant.

 

 

“Duck Amuck” Review

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This review will contain the viewers thoughts on the video “Duck Amuck”.

The viewer feels as though the video is both an orthodox animation and an experimental/abstract animation. The reason for this is, that it follows the normal characteristics such as a main character (Daffy Duck), humour, the stories problem and its solution.

However in terms of it being quite abstract;  the viewer see’s at the end, the pencil was controlled by another Looney Tunes character – Bugs Bunny. Now that is only seen at the end, therefore the views have no clue who was controlling the pencil. That process is not normal practice for the Looney Tunes Cartoons, especially to be narrated like that. Both the orthodox and abstract style play hand in hand and complimented the animation in a good way.

In terms of colours, they compliment each other quite nicely, the boldness of them gives the film an enticing feel to it. In some scenes we see Daffy on a blank white background, in which we feels as though this is a good thing as the viewers eyes get a small break from the bright colours seen is the other parts.

This film is definitely full of humour, even the smallest of situations that happen within the film causes a small giggle. For example in one scene the audience see’s Daffy Duck dressed in an Hawaiian outfit on a beach with palm trees within the background. The audience then see’s Daffy Duck walk onto a blank white background and jump due to the shock. The viewer feels, that alone causes you to laugh as it was not expected.

Overall the viewer feels the film was made in an extremely smart way in terms of its concept. Having another looney toons character control the main character and only finding that out at the end is funny and very enjoyable to find out as the viewer may ask them self who is controlling the pencil part way through the film, giving the film a element of suspense.