Traditional animation

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…

Frequently, Pixar produces a short film that sends an important message; it may send a message about bullying, playing fair, following the rules, or many other of life’s lessons. “For the Birds” addresses bullying, the social problem that affects all schools, playgrounds, and workplaces. The film conveys its message through the funny, furry, fluffy, faction of birds and humor. Overall, Pixar short films teach about life lessons and what the outcome will be when a person follows society’s rules…

Many film adaptations and spoofs have been produced throughout the decades with regards to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Even though not one of these will live up to the legacy that is Frankenstein, it is interesting to see in what ways they have honored the original piece. Animated films bring their own unique perspective to the table. This is a result of the majority of these movies being meant for children and, in turn, not portraying the correct physical appearance. However, the movies are…

A mixture of bold, sweet, gorgeous, funny and sometimes sad, ‘Inside Out’ has certainly found a place in the heart of children and adults alike. The movie was borne out of an original idea by Pete Docter and was co-directed by Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen. An animated film with the characters voiced by prolific actors such as Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Bill Hader, Lewis Black and Mindy Kahling, the movie taps into complex psyche of a child and tries to answer some profound questions about a…

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…

The rise of popularity of Japanese and Korean culture in the U.S. has affected a great many things in American culture. These cultures have even begun to infiltrate the U.S.'s largest medium of pop culture: media. Korean pop music has taken over international music charts and is holding one of the largest fan bases in America. Korea has as well started a new trend of watching their dramas, not on TV, but through the growing industry of streaming websites. All the while Japan is steadily taking…

and Street Musique (1972) become the link to the past that unifies the director and the others. Audience witnesses Larkin’s excitement of seeing one of his original drawings and stunned by his anger when he talks about the power of money. In the animation, the filmmaker used a 3D technique called psycho-realism, in which characters’ mental states reflect their physical appearance, as ‘rendered metaphorical representation of his own interior demons.’ However, the story is not just about Larkin’s…

Almost all movies, television shows, and theater musicals have several of Aristotle’s six elements from three-dimensional characters to spectacle and music. The movie The Lion King came out in 1994; it is an animated musical film produced by Walt Disney. The Lion King demonstrated Aristotle two principles: symbolism and theme. The movie, “The Lion King” begins with the symbol of the sun rising. The sun represents a never-deviating pattern of death and rebirth through its daily rising and…

I understand the directors point of view only to a certain limit, my frustration acquires when I realized this story of inconsistency requires me to sit through a film where adults act like children and don’t tell each other they feel, where animation gets thrown in and out of a film just to depict the fact that Chantry is an animator and of course the confusion of the Title “What If”. Most people would say this film would leave you in a “human mush” and tracing out words like “aww”, but I just…

first animated movie to be created, Fantasia (1940) was the first movie to connect classical music with animations. Directed by James Algar and released in 1940, this movie was the first of its kind, using classical music and creating scenes with animations around that music or vice versa. This movie contains eight musical segments all narrated by Deems Taylor with different music and animations like Mickey Mouse, fairies, flowers, dinosaurs, figures from mythology, animals, and spirits for…