avocets
Avocets
rss 2.0 subscribe to this page
search


related to sound+characterization
4 + animation
3 + cartoon
1 + children
2 + color
3 + disney
1 + experimentation
4 + music
1 + short
4 + silly_symphonies
4 + three_little_pigs
1 + turning_point
1 + war
some recent projects
make a new project  
Song of Songs: History of Interpretation
Vet Lib New Books Sept-Oct 2012
SchultzTest
Learning Management Systems
view all
•  projects
•  owners
•  tags

This is the original Three Little Pigs Silly Symphony; its duration is 8:23. It features the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf, as well as the famous song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" According to a few sources, the heavily Jewish image and accent of the Wolf knocking on the brick house's door was removed for the DVD release, but it seems that this revised voice was applied to the YouTube video, even though the visual was not adjusted.

Having easy, unlimited access to the film which is the subject of my research is essential, not only for being able to form a thesis but for being able to interpret and synthesize the various resources I'll find on the subject. I can draw direct evidence as to the narrative structure, characterization, and use of color, music, and sound, and hear the song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" whenever I please.

belongs to Cartoon Penn Page project
tagged animation cartoon characterization color disney music silly_symphonies sound three_little_pigs by lacan ...and 1 other person ...on 15-JUL-10

This is the original Three Little Pigs Silly Symphony; its duration is 8:23. It features the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf, as well as the famous song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" According to a few sources, the heavily Jewish image and accent of the Wolf knocking on the brick house's door was removed for the DVD release, but it seems that this revised voice was applied to the YouTube video, even though the visual was not adjusted.

Having easy, unlimited access to the film which is the subject of my research is essential, not only for being able to form a thesis but for being able to interpret and synthesize the various resources I'll find on the subject. I can draw direct evidence as to the narrative structure, characterization, and use of color, music, and sound, and hear the song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" whenever I please.

belongs to Disney's Three Little Pigs and other Silly Symphonies: Experimentation and Transition project
tagged animation cartoon characterization color disney music silly_symphonies sound three_little_pigs by goldmanr ...and 1 other person ...on 02-DEC-08
From 1929 to 1939, Walt Disney produced a series of 76 short animated films. "Three Little Pigs," which was released in 1933, marked the first example of the technical innovation and experimentation whose culmination would make possible Disney's future work, and the beginning of an era of feature films with recognizable characteristics for which Disney would become known. "Three Little Pigs" pioneered in the areas of narrative, character development, color, and music and sound integration; Disney set high goals for itself and achieved them in this short film.
tagged animation cartoon characterization children disney experimentation music short silly_symphonies sound three_little_pigs turning_point war by goldmanr ...on 02-DEC-08
This book contains an interesting analysis of the characterization of the pigs in Three Little Pigs in the third chapter, entitled "'You've Got to Really Be Minnie:' Building a Better Mouse, 1928-1938. The author argues that this film was concerned with more than making the pigs look alive through the animation: each character had to have a distinct personality. Other parts of the discussion deal with how the movements, expressions, and other aspects of the pigs were relatively formulaic, but, coupled with the music, they emerged as different characters. There is also a long excerpt from a memo of Walt Disney's, which was attached to the outline for Three Little Pigs that made its way around the studio in December of 1932. It discusses various ways to add to the appeal of the pigs, with their voices, rhymes, and other elements, and concludes with the sentence: "They will be more like human characters." Characterization is the emphasis of this section, and the success in this arena is attributed to Frank Churchill's gift at improvising and adapting with his composing and Burt Gillett's energetic direction.

This source is perfect, both for its commentary on and primary source excerpts concerning the characterization of the pigs in Three Little Pigs. It is a primary source, and is especially key for making the point that not only can the efforts to differentiate and bestow personalities upon the pigs be seen today, but that they were actually intended and discussed during production. The studio put conscious effort, due in no small part to Walt Disney’s specific requests and suggestions, into making Three Little Pigs the first of its releases to feature characters with pleasing but individual personalities.
belongs to Disney's Three Little Pigs and other Silly Symphonies: Experimentation and Transition project
tagged animation characterization music silly_symphonies sound three_little_pigs by goldmanr ...on 02-DEC-08