-The Bibliography-
Nathan Kalinyak
Monsters and Misfits
Barbara Barklow
May, 2019
Yes, this is supposed to be a children's book, yes it is based off of one of the most terrifying science fiction creatures to ever exist. But who says you can't take something so terrifying, revolting, and full on nightmarish, and turn it into a cute, cuddly, and plush looking character; for a children's book of all things. Alien Covenant is the most recent addition to the Alien and Prometheus Film series, directed by Ridley Scott features various crews dealing with different and seemingly worsening creatures in every film. I've become fond of the movies themselves and love the overall nightmare and brutal look of the alien creature, so why not turn it into a adorable children's book? Oh and one more thing, this will be the most adorable little devil you have ever seen. We've all seen this style of work before, cute, cartoon, even cuddly sometimes, but I want this to be different then the typical, already cute character.
“Gross encounters Alien: Covenant returns the franchise to horrific, slimy form”
The article talks about the original alien movies being all about the gore, the death and even the sex. All the characters were fearing for their lives, they didn't know what they were going up against and frankly, it made the movie more interesting compared to most if not all the sequels to the movie. Something about the characters being scared for their lives and just knowing that most of them were going to die in a brutal, gore filled way.
[Scott has his fun through Fassbender, who brings back a curled-lip glimmer of camp to a franchise long mired in murk. Indeed, Alien: Covenant houses one of the actor's most fascinating characterizations to date, forging a pair of very real people from two frustrated human facsimiles—and in the case of David, linking him to a cinematic lineage of fey, inscrutable menace that runs from James Mason to Anthony Perkins. “Watch me, I'll do the fingering,” he says, leering at his newer model during an android-to-android flute tutorial. This time, in addition to screams, Scott's offering a tagline: In space, no one can hear you giggle.]
here, Guy Lodge, the author, says basically what the whole movie was trying to say. It is different from the other sequels in almost every way even though we have a familiar villain or alien. Even if, it has that little bit of comedic relief.
“The Red Scare: A Filmography”
Many films throughout the Cold War and pre Cold War used film to help promote anti communism through the United States
“The following list is a selective filmography of motion pictures that played a role in fueling the Red Scare, in propagandizing the threat of Communism and in a few rare and rather veiled cases, in standing up to the charges of the House Committee on Un-American Activities.”
here we see the author talking about, even though it wasn't correct and not right for Hollywood to be using the film world. Which leads me to believe that Hollywood was very anti communist and would go against the rules of film just to make the point of communism being bad.
“What is it and why..?”
I'm gonna start off with a quote for this one.
“While the word cartoon usually refers to an animation or a funny drawing, in an art historical context it can also refer to a full-scale preparatory drawing for a fresco, oil painting or a tapestry. The word we use today comes from the Italian cartone, which simply means a large sheet of paper or card”
I like this article about the style of cartoon art. Not only have I not done the style of art as often as I think i should, but I certainly appreciate the style of art and every now and then I do a few cartoon drawings. I thunk this article boosted my morale even more than it already was because hearing about the history of cartooning is something quite fascinating. I always looked at It as art style that needed to be a certain way. But after reading this, it's inspired me to try it more because I know now that it is more of a do whatever you want art style and i think this project will benefit from me reading this article.
Works Cited
Academy , Royal. “Art History 101: What Is a Cartoon? | Blog | Royal Academy of Arts.” Art History 101: What Is a Cartoon? | Blog | Royal Academy of Arts, www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/daniel-maclise-what-is-a-cartoon.
University , Washington. “Library Guides: Cinema Studies: Red Scare Filmography.” Red Scare Filmography - Cinema Studies - Library Guides at University of Washington Libraries, guides.lib.uw.edu/c.php?g=341346&p=2303736.
Lodge, Guy. “‘Alien: Covenant’ Brings the Franchise Back to Its Sci-Fi Horror Roots; Taking Back the Franchise He Created, It Falls to Scott, to Bring the Series Back to Horror of the Goriest Variety.” Newsweek, no. 20, 2017. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,uid&db=edsgin&AN=edsgcl.492838630&site=eds-live.
Monsters and Misfits
Barbara Barklow
May, 2019
Yes, this is supposed to be a children's book, yes it is based off of one of the most terrifying science fiction creatures to ever exist. But who says you can't take something so terrifying, revolting, and full on nightmarish, and turn it into a cute, cuddly, and plush looking character; for a children's book of all things. Alien Covenant is the most recent addition to the Alien and Prometheus Film series, directed by Ridley Scott features various crews dealing with different and seemingly worsening creatures in every film. I've become fond of the movies themselves and love the overall nightmare and brutal look of the alien creature, so why not turn it into a adorable children's book? Oh and one more thing, this will be the most adorable little devil you have ever seen. We've all seen this style of work before, cute, cartoon, even cuddly sometimes, but I want this to be different then the typical, already cute character.
“Gross encounters Alien: Covenant returns the franchise to horrific, slimy form”
The article talks about the original alien movies being all about the gore, the death and even the sex. All the characters were fearing for their lives, they didn't know what they were going up against and frankly, it made the movie more interesting compared to most if not all the sequels to the movie. Something about the characters being scared for their lives and just knowing that most of them were going to die in a brutal, gore filled way.
[Scott has his fun through Fassbender, who brings back a curled-lip glimmer of camp to a franchise long mired in murk. Indeed, Alien: Covenant houses one of the actor's most fascinating characterizations to date, forging a pair of very real people from two frustrated human facsimiles—and in the case of David, linking him to a cinematic lineage of fey, inscrutable menace that runs from James Mason to Anthony Perkins. “Watch me, I'll do the fingering,” he says, leering at his newer model during an android-to-android flute tutorial. This time, in addition to screams, Scott's offering a tagline: In space, no one can hear you giggle.]
here, Guy Lodge, the author, says basically what the whole movie was trying to say. It is different from the other sequels in almost every way even though we have a familiar villain or alien. Even if, it has that little bit of comedic relief.
“The Red Scare: A Filmography”
Many films throughout the Cold War and pre Cold War used film to help promote anti communism through the United States
“The following list is a selective filmography of motion pictures that played a role in fueling the Red Scare, in propagandizing the threat of Communism and in a few rare and rather veiled cases, in standing up to the charges of the House Committee on Un-American Activities.”
here we see the author talking about, even though it wasn't correct and not right for Hollywood to be using the film world. Which leads me to believe that Hollywood was very anti communist and would go against the rules of film just to make the point of communism being bad.
“What is it and why..?”
I'm gonna start off with a quote for this one.
“While the word cartoon usually refers to an animation or a funny drawing, in an art historical context it can also refer to a full-scale preparatory drawing for a fresco, oil painting or a tapestry. The word we use today comes from the Italian cartone, which simply means a large sheet of paper or card”
I like this article about the style of cartoon art. Not only have I not done the style of art as often as I think i should, but I certainly appreciate the style of art and every now and then I do a few cartoon drawings. I thunk this article boosted my morale even more than it already was because hearing about the history of cartooning is something quite fascinating. I always looked at It as art style that needed to be a certain way. But after reading this, it's inspired me to try it more because I know now that it is more of a do whatever you want art style and i think this project will benefit from me reading this article.
Works Cited
Academy , Royal. “Art History 101: What Is a Cartoon? | Blog | Royal Academy of Arts.” Art History 101: What Is a Cartoon? | Blog | Royal Academy of Arts, www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/daniel-maclise-what-is-a-cartoon.
University , Washington. “Library Guides: Cinema Studies: Red Scare Filmography.” Red Scare Filmography - Cinema Studies - Library Guides at University of Washington Libraries, guides.lib.uw.edu/c.php?g=341346&p=2303736.
Lodge, Guy. “‘Alien: Covenant’ Brings the Franchise Back to Its Sci-Fi Horror Roots; Taking Back the Franchise He Created, It Falls to Scott, to Bring the Series Back to Horror of the Goriest Variety.” Newsweek, no. 20, 2017. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,uid&db=edsgin&AN=edsgcl.492838630&site=eds-live.