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kingofwaste

2nd Short - [Voice] + [Action]

Jan 17, 2011 19:51

[Oswald flicks on the journal with the intent to ask one important, swift question. Straight to the point.]

So, how many of you don't know what a cartoon is? C'mon, let's hear it. No need to be embarrassed. [...] Oh, and no cheating by using a dictionary, either!

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[And for those of you keeping a wary eye out, Oswald can be seen out ( Read more... )

spreading cartoon awareness, merchandise ftw

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[Voice] failuremage January 17 2011, 23:40:09 UTC

I do not recognise the word 'cartoon'... Perhaps you will enlighten me?

[Voice] kingofwaste January 18 2011, 06:28:26 UTC

Well... Do you know what films are?

Re: [Voice] failuremage January 18 2011, 22:41:57 UTC

I am afraid I do not.

[Voice] kingofwaste January 19 2011, 17:01:50 UTC

Oh boy. [He sighs, frowning deeply. How to explain this...]

Okay, drawings. Everyone knows drawings. Imagine a couple of drawings of the same rabbit. Same pose and everything, so they're almost identical, but in each drawing, his ear's flicked at a slightly different angle. If you take the drawings and flick through them really quickly, it's like the rabbit's ear is actually moving.

Are you still followin' me?

Re: [Voice] failuremage January 19 2011, 22:53:11 UTC

I believe I am grasping the concept you are presenting to me, yes.

[Voice] kingofwaste January 20 2011, 21:07:17 UTC

Okay, so that concept? That's called animation. Now picture more and more drawings being made. That way, the rabbit can end up doing all sorts of stuff. You can even add more characters to the scene, or move it to a different background. Like... The rabbit meets a nice cat, and together they start traveling to... To the beach. Yeah. As long as enough drawings are added to the mix, stories like that can be told.

That's the basic concept of a cartoon; Telling amazing stories with animation. [...] Of course, you can't do anything with just the drawings. First you need to transfer it to a real medium, like... a projector or a television. Anything that'll play the animation without you having to flip the drawings yourself, ya know?

[Voice] failuremage January 21 2011, 07:46:49 UTC

Once again I hear the word television, and yet I still do not understand what it is you speak of. Could you enlighten me further, sir?

[Voice] kingofwaste January 21 2011, 09:05:02 UTC

It's uh... [Okay, this one is a lot tougher to explain. He's from before the TV era.]

Well, it's what came after projector screens. I wasn't around when they became a big hit, but I've seen 'm in Wasteland. They're like little boxes, right? And they show things on it. Like cartoons. I mean, it'll look like tiny people are inside the box, but it's actually filled with all sorts of dohickeys and devices that can display images.

Re: [Voice] failuremage January 23 2011, 03:56:01 UTC

And none of this technology is powered by the souls of sentient beings, correct?

[Voice] kingofwaste January 23 2011, 12:09:45 UTC

Hah? Of course not! Whoever heard of somethin' like that?

[Voice] failuremage January 23 2011, 23:11:32 UTC

It is fortunate you have not.

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