tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505979215835041890.post251317753274238857..comments2023-10-11T11:11:52.953-04:00Comments on Pure Imagineering: To all who come to his happy place: kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420225666536590noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505979215835041890.post-47402866336720958672017-07-02T22:09:27.099-04:002017-07-02T22:09:27.099-04:00It's not a leash, it's a noose, which he&#...It's not a leash, it's a noose, which he's hoping to catch the dog with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505979215835041890.post-74749026273405744452013-09-03T09:12:59.572-04:002013-09-03T09:12:59.572-04:00Thanks, David!
Yeah, for a while I was calling th...Thanks, David!<br /><br />Yeah, for a while I was calling them "Sisyphusian stories," so I was grateful to think of something less immediately laughable.<br /><br />Does that mark the first time that an internet world has been less laughable than real-world terminology? I'll have to check.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420225666536590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505979215835041890.post-57751370634729152002013-09-03T09:00:44.662-04:002013-09-03T09:00:44.662-04:00I'm honored to have flatterers like you among ...I'm honored to have flatterers like you among my readership. I hope I keep your interest!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420225666536590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505979215835041890.post-85043703745248027812013-09-02T14:14:57.303-04:002013-09-02T14:14:57.303-04:00That's a great way of looking at it-- thanks! ...That's a great way of looking at it-- thanks! I'm a student who works odd jobs in the themed design industry and it's always fascinating to read your site. I've gotten into the habit of checking a few times a week!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505979215835041890.post-2490056345530461122013-08-19T22:51:15.654-04:002013-08-19T22:51:15.654-04:00Great question!
I quite like the Bride, and I thi...Great question!<br /><br />I quite like the Bride, and I think she provides a satisfying conclusion to the scene in the attic--but I don't think she tells an effective GIF Story. Let's analyze her using the guidelines I’ve discussed in the last few posts!<br /><br />The Bride's repeated action is bragging about her crimes.<br /><br />I haven't done a comprehensive study, here, but generally, characters whose action is "talking" don't convey effective GIF Stories. It's a predominantly visual medium.<br /><br />Audio helps, but chances are, we'll either hear too little or too much of it. That’s why we feel robbed when we pass by Scuttle without hearing the end of his pontificating, and why it’s obnoxious to get stuck on ‘the Seas with Nemo and Friends.’ Anyway.<br /><br />Content-wise, the Bride is the protagonist. Presumably, her objective is to do us psychological (and / or) physical harm. As such, we are her antagonists, because, y’know, we don't wanna be harmed. Okay, cool, that works. That’s effective.<br /><br />Chronologically, I'm a bit stumped. The attic scene has a clear chronology--presuming you believe the popular theory that we fall out of the balcony at the end of it. We see the props that indicate a murderous rise to fortune, we see the Bride confessing to the crimes, and then we’re either (pushed / spooked / happen to fall) off the balcony and into the graveyard. That’s effective.<br /><br />But the Bride, by herself, has no discernible motivation to confess her crimes to us. Moreover, she's dead, so she has nothing to gain from harming us. So she’s just standing there, implying a course of action that she’d like to take but--inexplicably--won’t. There’s no escalation being implied from either end.<br /><br />So I don't think her action implies a story.<br /><br />Nor do I think her action repeats for a reason. If we get stuck in front of her, like you were, it won’t be long before we start wondering, “Is she gonna attack us, or what?”<br /><br />Which leads to the question, “All right, Einstein, how would you do it properly?” And my answer, I’m afraid, is a cop-out. I don’t know how I’d re-write the Bride to tell a GIF Story without starting over from scratch.<br /><br />The first step would be adding an antagonist that prevents her from achieving her objective (harming us). As it stands, we’re her antagonists--but we’re fairly inactive in the ride, and “slowly drifting past her in a Doom Buggy” isn’t the most compelling escape.<br /><br />The next step would be making that antagonist strong enough to prevent her, but not strong enough to stop her altogether. That would help it repeat.<br /><br />It couldn’t hurt to dream up a motivation for her to want to harm us, but rides don’t always need to explain their motivations to be effective.<br /><br />I hope this has been interesting, and not pontification. Either way, great question! It really got me thinking.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420225666536590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505979215835041890.post-27516541756930267042013-08-18T16:47:12.253-04:002013-08-18T16:47:12.253-04:00Just curious, what about the constantly morphing b...Just curious, what about the constantly morphing bride in Haunted Mansion? I got stuck there once. She kept on flipping back and forth and singing "here comes the bride." It was weird.<br /><br />GIF-animatronic worthy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505979215835041890.post-18814805646094951662013-08-14T22:31:01.770-04:002013-08-14T22:31:01.770-04:00Fascinating. I never equated the repetitive Animat...Fascinating. I never equated the repetitive Animatronic dramas in Disney's rides to gifs before, but that's a totally apt comparison. David Landonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12909440700102911571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505979215835041890.post-20143473802432660822013-08-14T22:17:42.173-04:002013-08-14T22:17:42.173-04:00Or a single poorly filmed Vine, as the case may be...Or a single poorly filmed Vine, as the case may be. :/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420225666536590noreply@blogger.com