Traditional animation

Process Journal #13 Today I had the first experience with traditional Chinese medicine, specifically with acupuncture. It was the most amazing and shocking thing that I have ever experienced, and I loved it. First, when I arrived at Tao Wellness studio, I wanted to directly lie down and see how the needles are inserted into my body so as to let my Qi flow. However, first of all, Dr. Melanie Johnson, the doctor who practices Chinese medicine, did the Chinese diagnosis (which I already knew what…

Swiper no swiping, Swiper no swiping! This common phrase was used by the popular trickster character, Swiper, from the television show Dora. Trickster characters are a universal type of character and appear in many stories from all over the world. All of the trickster stories in the world have similar elements, including helpfulness of a trickster, the use of brain over brawn, and the cleverness of the character. Helpfulness of the trickster is an element found in all trickster tales. For…

Disney and have been cemented into our minds. Employees at Walt Disney Animations have worked to evolve ideas from the mind of Walt Disney, to the thriving studios we know and love today. From the 1970’s to the 2000’s Disney, as a whole, has changed drastically. Disney then and now are different in ways such as animation, effect, and company size. Animation in Disney has changed a great deal since the mid 1900’s. Disney’s animation style portrays characters in such a friendly and likeable…

Ever since Titanic was released during the holidays, studios have looked at the holiday season as a prime spot to release huge movies. Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Avatar, and Titanic have all seen gigantic numbers during this time of the year. This makes Winter the new Summer for movies. Sure, there are now Avengers films being released at that time, but December is where they roll out the films that could be nominated for awards. If you take a look at this holiday season — I have taken a…

mythology, so we decided to examine The Snow Queen for these literary remnants. Join us as we peel back the layers of history to see how an ancient culture eventually gave rise to a 21st-century Oscar-winning animated film. Since 1943, Walt Disney Animation Studios had been struggling to bring…

Audrey Hepburn once said, "Everything I learned I learned from the movies." For many years now, studios have created films; one studio being the Walt Disney Studios. On October 16, 1923, Walt Disney and his brother Roy O. founded the studio. In the beginning of the Walt Disney Studio, producers created short films that eventually led up to the famous full length films. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves was the first Disney movie released on February 4, 1938. Throughout the long list of Disney…

This article, written by Margaret Lazarus basically discusses her views on a popular movie at this time, The Lion King. She begins by talking about how excited she and her sons are to see the newly released box-office record breaking Walt Disney movie. Shortly after, she jumps right into discussing how stereotypical and prejudiced the movie is. She claims that it is stereotypical and prejudiced against African Americans, gays, and even the ghettos of current society. She points out that the…

There has been quite a shift as time progresses in the land of fairytales. What started as women being oppressed, as stated above, they are slowly obtaining more powerful and dominate roles. Tales mirror society, so as society changes so does the tales. An example of this is Sleeping Beauty, and the rendition of it called “Maleficent” created by Walt Disney Pictures and directed by Robert Stromberg. In the older version of Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault, the princess Aurora is cursed by a…

Japanese Popular Culture Japanese culture, particularly traditional Japanese culture has plenty of roots in traditional Chinese culture. However, Japanese culture is rich and diverse, dating back to 10,000 BC when the Jomon people first settled in Japan. It is widely known for its traditional arts and its contemporary pop culture. Nowadays in Japan it is still possible to notice kimono-clad women shuffling down the street with umbrellas overhead and oversized sumo wrestlers battling competitors…

The Kancil Stories or the tales of Sang Kancil are the compilation of traditional folklore about a clever mouse-deer. It is a popular fables children story in Malay and Javanese culture in Malaysia and also Indonesia. A weak and small yet petite and cunning figure, the Sang Kancil (mouse-deer) also known as a small chevrotain…