Animation Essay

What time is it? Time to reconnoitre the psychedelic darkness and yet the sunny disposition of one of the world’s most popular animated children’s series ‘Adventure Time’ - (Cartoon Network, Pendleton Ward, 2008) and what makes this unorthodox animation lure and appeal to both the young and the mature intellects – uncovering its mass of kaleidoscopic pedagogic episodes that illuminate the uncomfortable themes of reality. Death, cannibalism, depression, an abundance of horror glazed over by the…

Disney has been able to create animation that allowed him and his co-workers to exchange new ideas. Also, he encountered new people and technology in Hollywood. Lastly, he was able to explore new places in order to create thrilling new movies. These key factors led people to have more enjoyment in animated movies and shows. The concept of animation has allowed Walt Disney to build a powerful empire that is still around today. “Disney magic launched an animation revolution that boomed with Pixar…

Animation Research Paper From Emile Cohl's, Fantasmagorie, to Pixar's upcoming movie, Coco, animation has been around for many years to entertain the audience. With animation, people can take an idea and give it life. Some ways people can make animations is by computer programs, drawing frame by frame, and even stop motion. Even though animations are fun to watch, the animators who created the animations had to go through various amounts of tasks and obstacles to get to where they are. From…

an interest in art that is continuously expanding. I always enjoyed finding out how things were made and I’ve always been interested in the process of creating things. I always had a dream to pursue a life in the arts and the process and uses of animation is what captured my attention. My desire for knowledge and confidence came from my childhood where I almost lost the opportunities and future I have today. As a child, my family was almost deported by our immigration lawyer. The lawyer had my…

Over the past few years I have grown to better appreciate the world of film. I love watching movies from countries all over the globe. One of my favorite genera’s of film is animation, or anime. Debatably the best animation film director of all time is Hayao Miyazaki. Central Argument/ Thesis In the article Animating child activism: Environmentalism and Class Politics in Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke (1997) and Fox’s Fern Gully (1992), Michelle J. Smith and Elizabeth Parsons compare…

Animation on Vimeo Writing Assignment: “Gulp” For the purpose of this critique, I will be analyzing the stop-motion animation, “Gulp,” using the art critical framework. “Gulp” was released in the summer of 2011 (uploaded to Nokia HD’s channel on July 25, 2011) to showcase the creative imaging capabilities of the Nokia N8 while also attempting to create the largest stop-motion set at the time. The short film was directed by Will Studd and Ed Patterson from Sumo Science at Aardman, and was used…

Like color, while music generally did accompany animation, the recording of the human voice changed the animation game and therefore the way they worked and their influences. In the 1940s recorded sound allowed for the characters in films to talk. Unlike the cartoons of the of the Silent Era, cartoons of the ‘40s were influenced by radio personalities as they would provide the voices that helped to define the character. The most notable radio personality turned voice over artist is Mel Blanc.…

“Animation is about not the duplication of life, but the suggestion and illusion of it and especially imposing that illusion onto things that would other have life.” In this literature review, I will look into the importance of adaptation in regards to transforming words into animated stories for children. The reasons for me focusing on this is because I find adaptation to be interesting in terms of getting important information across to different age groups, but children in particular as…

went to Omiya Junior High and that’s when he realized that he wanted to become a manga artist. Miyazaki then went on to attend Toyotama High School where his interest in animation really peaked after he seen the movie Panda and the Magic Serpent. Miyazaki attended Gakushuin University where he furthered his interest in animation by joining a children’s literature club which was the “closest thing to a comics club in those days” according to Miyazaki. He graduated with a degree in political…

Animation is on another new level. The greatest aspect of the animatronics is its ability to create unique, exciting, and persuasive genres from different parts of the planet. Among the best mediums for generating animes series in the continent is the Japanese cinema. It is well-known for generating some of the most popular animes and has swiftly multiplied across other different parts of the world. Other countries like USA, Australia, Canada and China are also among the finest mediums in the…