Computer animation

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…

The godfather’s of animation and the - , How do they compare to one another?, How do they vary?. One might think the similarities between animation and painting is scarce, but when the traditional methods are brought to light can that still be considered as true?. When people aspire toward’s animation in today’s society, it often the bastions of traditional animation that capture the imagination, such as Studio Ghibli, founded by animator and director Hayao Miyazaki. The dedication by the…

Now I feel particularly biased answering this question but through research and comparisons I can conclude the Renaissance Age of Animation was better than the Golden Age of Animation. I grew up on these cartoons and of course they evoke a strong feeling of nostalgia, but I see a stronger quality of animation and storytelling during the Renaissance Age. Of course we can’t really appreciate the Renaissance without the Golden Age because without it we wouldn’t be where we are now. Don’t get me…

Product placement is an ingenious way to communicate marketing messages if done in a befittingly manner. My favorite product placement is Reece's Pieces candy in the 1982 blockbuster movie E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (M&Ms and E.T., n.d.). The main character Elliot lures E.T. to his house with a trail of Reece's Pieces candy. The candy was a token of the friendship the two were developing. It was relevant and heartwarming product placement that was a hit since sales of the candy skyrocketed while…

Japanese woodblock prints transition into Ukiyo-e, which means “pictures of the floating world”, towards the end of the feudal era called the Edo period, 1603-1868 CE. Hishikawa Moronobu, 1618-1694, was the first great master that popularized this style of print in Japan, that eventually spread to the rest of the world. Suzuki Harunobu, 1725-1770, was the first to create and produce full (more than two or three) color prints, which led to more elaborate and colorful prints as the years…

In July 2016, after a rough 12 months, Chipotle decided it was time for a new marketing push that would remind customers what drew them to Chipotle in the first place. The plan included a temporary loyalty plan. Unfortunately, at the beginning of the program, the company’s chief creative and development executive, Mark Crumpacker, who had been leading the reboot, was charged with drug possession and named by the police as a repeat buyer of cocaine from a New York delivery service. Research from…

In the late 1890’s the Lumiere Brother’s had invented the Cinematograph, which was an all in one camera and projector. With their invention of the first true motion picture camera, they began to document the daily life in their hometown Lyon, France. The very first films they ever made consisted of Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory, an Arrival of a Train at the Station, and a mother Feeding the Baby. While these very short films around fifty seconds each did document the daily lives of the…

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…

For years I have been watching the Star Wars movies, never thinking I would actually see one for the first time in theaters. The last Star Wars movie to hit theaters in my life time was Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith in 2005, and it was stinker. If you ask anyone who considers themselves a fan of the Star Wars movies, they will tell you the first trilogy was some of the best cinema ever created, and the second trilogy was in comparison just completely awful. In fact a lot of people wish the…

After three long weekends atop the box office, Finding Dory has officially fallen – to its newly released animated rival, The Secret Life of Pets. As expected, The Secret Life of Pets was received with a warm welcome from moviegoers – to the tune of $103.1 million. This is a massive victory for Illumination Entertainment, not only because it won the box office, but also because it crushed early projected numbers – which had it debuting somewhere in the $80 million neighborhood. Lump-on a…