The films that encompassed early animation that have been viewed in class are certainly still not carrying obvious messages. However, you can see the advances in technique as we continue to march onward through the genres in films beginnings.
Symphonie Diagonale looked like a neon light that would flash over a bar somewhere in outer space. Shapes constantly moving back and forth, blinking at you in constant motion. I enjoyed the look of this film more so than Rhythmus 21, which just included square shapes evolving into more square shapes.
Had to love Ghost's For Breakfast because it's finally a film that seemed to make any kind of sense in a broad scale, even though it still wasn't Everybody Loves Raymond. It had some nice camera uses such as sideways angles that went along well with the lighthearted scenes of the "ghosts" running around causing trouble. It still had a very artistic feel to it though and incorporated shapes and some of the first scenes of slow motion, both forward and reversed I can remember.
The times are changing.
I didnt notice the forward/reverse til you mentioned it, it was the first time we saw that. Its amazing we take so much for granted that we miss the small stuff.
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