Ok, so what we’ve got here is a fairly long clip of a looney tunes episode (and if you have time, I suggest watching it, because I was cracking in up in Starbucks over it).

The point is, however, that this is a nice illustration of Mickey Mousing, and just generally what we were talking about in class. First, notice how sound effects (foley) are used to accentuate and bring to our attention the kinesthetic movements of the characters.  It’s nothing abstract, like how they’re growing as characters (hint: they don’t), but just physicality. If they take a step, there’s a jingle and a thump. Second, notice that the background music is unconnected to the foley, but they still go together.  All the action takes place within the rhythm of the background music.

 [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFrUY2kMlfA?rel=0&w=420&h=315]