Showing posts with label Fantastic Planet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fantastic Planet. Show all posts

Monday, May 21, 2012

Name That Decade!

Taking into consideration what we've covered thus far in our unit, what decade do you think each of the following cartoons is from and why? (NO CHEATING!)


Cartoon 1



Cartoon 2



Cartoon 3



Cartoon 4



Cartoon 5



Cartoon 6



Cartoon 7



Cartoon 8



Cartoon 9



Cartoon 10



Cartoon 11



Cartoon 12



Cartoon 13



Cartoon 14





Finally, here's a question for you. How much, if at all, and in what ways, has animation changed over the past 25 years?

1986



2010

Friday, May 4, 2012

1960s French Sci-Fi ... Discuss!





Today's online discussion encompasses this past week of 60s French sci-fi, as well as our entire sci-fi unit (lectures included). I'll start you out. Please participate with gusto.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012

The History of Sci-Fi Cinema Part III - The 1960s & 70s

COMMON THEMES
of Science Fiction of the 60s & 70s


exploration and expansion of the human mind and a liberal shift of values








































dangers of the current path - technology, the state, ecology
































dangers of conformity and dystopian mindsets








TYPICAL STYLES
of Science Fiction of the 60s & 70s




avant garde and experimental







Spartan sleek
















































































QUINTESSENTIAL TONE
of Science Fiction of the 60s & 70s


detached intellectualism

2001: A Space Odyssey