Week Links 32-2013

What a hectic, hectic, terrible week. If it wasn’t the start of studying for this PE exam in October, it was the blog here getting hit by a mysterious bug. Of course it had to happen on the day I was without internet and hence couldn’t properly resolve it. By the looks of things, it was an issue with the previous theme; now completely removed. Thus the hunt begins for a new one, probably to come on Monday. Anyway, here’s some week links for you all.

Why I love … Dumbo’s pink elephants

The Guardian’s Henry Barnes explains why the pink elephants scene in Dumbo counts as one of his very favourites:

We talk now about mainstream animations pleasing parents and kids. About the ability of the best cartoons to speak in two languages simultaneously. That’s presumed to mean that an adult joke can be slipped into a children’s movie. But Pink Elephants does the same thing with fear. It’s a hostile and alienating piece of film-making. Fascinating and terrifying to kids and grown-ups alike. I can’t believe it exists. But I’m so glad it does.

Behind the scenes: how a Disney logo is created

Via: Creative Bloq
Via: Creative Bloq

This intriguing post over on Creative Bloq takes a look at just how the logo for Wreck-It-Ralph came about. It’s actually a rare look into how one of the most critically important part of a film’s marketing comes to be.

Finding Nemo lied to your kids, and they will do it again in the sequel: Finding Dory!

The subject of this post is probably of interest only to those studying biology, but this is in fact, a humurous look at how the lives of clownfish are portrayed in Finding Nemo in a fairly inaccurate kind of way. When you read the article, you’ll discover why!

The Cartoon Eye Chart

Via: Bite.ca
Via: Bite.ca

This wonderful thing is the creation of Jaleesa Scotland and if you click through for the full-size version. Tip of the hat to Stephen Brooks for this one.

Why The Japanese Love Twitter But Not Facebook

No, this link isn’t a mistake. It actually is quite an informative article from Taylor Beck at Fast Company that highlights how different cultures can have different affinities to different things.

What IS of interest to us about the post though, is that it points out that the record for the most tweets sent in a second:

This month, Twitter announced the latest record set by Japan: During the August 2 airing of the 1986 film Laputa: Castle in the Sky by Hayao Miyazaki on Japanese TV, the movie’s climax became the most tweeted moment of all time.

The 143,199 tweets posted in sync with the (spoiler alert) magic word “barusu” (???) as it destroyed the flying castle, also exploded the previous Twitter record of 33,388 tweets per second.

Of course, we’ve been here before with the same film, but it’s always nice to see animation have an impact in any way that it can.

Tweets of the Week

https://twitter.com/k1pster/status/372227500329275392

Perhaps the ultimate proof that animation is only understood by a special breed:

https://twitter.com/Peter_Gutierrez/status/373614552052551681

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