My Favorite Scene from Looney Tunes

 

Chuck Jones's Scaredy Cat (1948) is my favorite cartoon. I have mentioned it a few weeks ago, but I can't blame it. I always loved everything about this cartoon. 

From the atmospheres, to the dreadful but mysteriously fun plot. 

The animation is at it's peak, I love the zany but steady movement the Warner Bros. shorts had at that time. I think I more or so laugh at these than characters going completely insane for some reason that feels outta place.

But Chuck Jones's cartoons are logical and powerful to me that I can't believe I honestly made fun of his work in the past. Seriously I blamed way too hard on cartoons that weren't on the level of Tex Avery and Bob Clampett. 

Anyways this scene is influential. I love the speed and exaggeration of Sylvester running away from the mansion. These backgrounds are also simple but awesome. Great color gradient.

I love the camera angle, the scene goes from one natural environment to another. We can easily see where Sylvester is running to. It reminds me of the lady from Tom and Jerry in that one scene where she rushes to her house in Saturday Evening Puss. 

Sylvester is a character I felt sorry for while I was still watching the classic Looney Tunes shorts especially the shorts starring alongside Tweety. He just doesn't deserve the pain. I like Sylvester as a character, he has alot of deep feelings inside even if he is characterized as a peckish slob in his iconic roles. This is by far my favorite personality of Sylvester. He's very timid, yet he's willing to show his bravery in the final act of this cartoon.

Now appears his conscience. Who is just the most underappreciated and most lovely Looney Tunes characters of all time.

Ha. I would be making faces like Sylvester as well if I been called out for doing something mistaken.

Notice how the skies get more intense as Sylvester fights for his fearlessness. 

This is absoutely magnificent stuff. I think what makes this even better is the incredible Carl Stalling music. 

Here's another great animation scene of Sylvester sprinting back to mansion.

The drawings are so impressive, I don't think I ever seen another art medium like the hand-drawn method do animated frames like this. Like with the close-up frame of Sylvester's feet. 

More "cartoony" drawings done correctly at least to me.

This few seconds of utter chaos.

I would say that when it comes to characters standing up for themselves when they face challenges can be predictable at times, but at the same time, it's one of my favorite type of traits in films. We all can relate to a specific character who is aiming for perseverance. And this cartoon is a perfect example of that.

Nostalgic Appeal - Looney Tunes & Disney Films

 

We had times where in part of our childhoods or just upon our nostalgia, we had a vibe we were going with at the time. 

I'm a Gen Z-er. My parents had loads of stuff like this similar to the Gameboy advance game you see here. You feelin' old yet?

Now I never played any of these games. I chose these because they fit my childhood really well. The colors are all moderate. Not too dark or too bright.

I used to have a lava lamp in my room when I was little, it was orange yellowish colors and I would sometimes look at the sunset. This painting summarizes everything I said. 

This is precious. Painting is called River At Ascutney made by Maxfield Parrish, 1942.

While I discovered some shots of the early Hanna Barbera episodes, I immediately was drawn to them. There's something about that simple charm to these that needs to rise back.

The solid dark yellow is really gorgeous. The natural colors to Yogi and the wolf fit the mood.

A few weeks ago I mentioned The Rescuers scenes involving Oliver, Bernard and Bianca flying and the yellow reminds me of the color palette they used in the classic Yogi Bear episodes. 

It also reminds me of the original 1941 Curious George drawings. 

While I really like natural colors, I do like a little bit of pinks, purples and blues here and there. 

These hit differently than the other color palettes. It gives off more personality and vibrancy to the whole thing. 

Fantasia has alot of great segments like The Sorcerer's Apprentice and The Rite Of Spring. I adore the colors to the Pastoral Symphony the best. Look at the pinks, and magentas. 

Like I was saying most of these colors feel like their too colorful and in your face. At least with so much colors there are in this scene, it's necessary. That's the problem with most of the content you see today. This pitches the right amount of brightness effect.

The neon colors never truly interest me that much. I know some people out there like it but here's a way I could edit it out for all of you.

ORIGINAL

Now I'll go deeper into films I actually find pleasent that fit my nostalgic vision very well. 

I always thought the best thing about the Sylvester and Tweety cartoons were the backgrounds. Especially in the early 50s. Tweety's S.O.S has some massive backgrounds. In my personal opinion, when Friz was making too much Sylvester and Tweety's the more shorts he made the less interesting the backgrounds looked.

My favorite besides Tweety's S.O.S is Tweet Tweet Tweety (1951). Not only does this have sweet and outgoing scenery to the whole thing but Carl Stalling's music is perfect especially with the scene involving people taking pictures of Tweety. 

The early 50s was always a good year for Looney Tunes and it's beautiful scenery. I wonder who did all of these.

Absolutely beautiful. Makes these cartoons a little bit better. 

When I was little I always liked Disney stuff even though the movies barely aired on my usual channels. I liked Disney Jr. though and had a bunch of toys. I even had Winnie The Pooh books that I still remember with all my heart. 

I lost my love for Disney when I was beginning to be a bigger kid but then I loved it again because it represents wholesomeness, joy, and creativity. 

Bambi is the most ambitious Disney movie I ever seen. I admire alot of the characters including the owl. He's hilarious, his movements and acting is marvelous and where he's living in seems so peaceful and laid-back.

Just like with Bambi, I have alot to say about Peter Pan. It's a really cute movie with an amusing story and memorable characters. One of the scenes I like are the forest scenes. The color palette to this is just BEAUTIFUL.

The trees, the green grass everything about this is really appealing. 

Audiences would mostly get distracted by the characters the most in the film, and I agree. But that's because I had to focus on what was happening. Usually at second viewing, I can examine more of the details.

My favorite colors to Dumbo are the scenes involving the crows. The blue yellowish skies are amazing. I also love the olive colored grass. It's simple without being too sensitive. The crows themselves are natural and witty characters and they fit really well with this atmosphere.

Every color is brashing with personality. I really miss when cartoon characters let loose, dance and sing, it just feels right for cinema to do that. 

Lady And The Tramp isn't one of my favorites, but it's not bad in the slightest. I just find most of it not my style but not the visuals. I still like alot of the backgrounds and interactions with the two main leads. 

This movie barely had any breaks so when they do that, it's truly one of the better scenes in the movie. Tramp stares at Lady sleeping with a cute smile. 

Here's a great opening shot of Jiminy Cricket laying on a lily pad in Fun and Fancy Free (1947), really underrated movie.

I could imagine what people could do with their own art if it was inspired by their more simpler time experiences.