JapanVsAmericanVs3D Animation

In this weeks lecture we looked at the cultural and style differences in western and japanese animation.
The beloved film Bambi was shown as an american approach. Looking at it you can see there is definately a trademark style it has, as do most of Disnerys films from that time. Over time that style has changed slightly, but still keeps the aspects that make it recognisable
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Studio Ghibli's My neighbour Totoro was shown from the other perspective, and again this has a unique style as well, not just in the characters, but in the way its coloured, and the backgrounds are illustarted.

In the 21st century animated movies usually are completely CG, and its actually rare for a 2D blockbuster to come out. Pixar started this craze,and have since become the pinnicle of 3D movies, to which all others are meausre against.
Disney is of course part of Pixar, but has now started releasing films thats retain the style and flair that is seen in the studios prior releases, but has tarnsferred it in a CGI film. Its the natural step up, and from watching the trailer, i think that if it continues thius wasy, it could be a 'whole new world' for Disney.

Ba-Zing!

Here's the trailer for 'Tangled'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXFjjQ88uuA

Breaking the Boundries

We we shown some intersting animations in thsi weeks lecture; i found them pretty cool becaus eof the way they tried new things and ideas than what everyone has been used to before.
The example the Fantasmagorie film being reborn into a 21st century world, and the character inteacting with his past self. When 2D meets 3D intersting things can happen, but sometimes the results work better than others.
The other film by warner bros where Daffy Duck is eddited, changed and erased by the artsist that is aniamting him, is another really cool idea,. Ive alwyas liked when the outside world interacts with the animated one that is being drawn.

Here is a film that shows this, one that ive found pretty funny, and would like to create a similar version of myslef one day. It is just an example of one of many sorts of films made by proffessionals and amatures alike.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv1o_9S2iDk

Violence Genre

Todays lecture was on the genre of Violence, one that im not as on top of as a lot of other people, but the lecture was sort of interesting nonetheless.
Mostly due to to the tech failing and the lecturers having to act out the scenes of the films, but still.
Anyway, violence!
Violence has been in films since the beggining, and over time it has become alot more graphic, and in adult flms, quite extreme at times.
Looking back at films even 10 or so years ago, audiences view the violence as quite tame, or unrealistic.
Nowadays a film with a 15 certificate would have been classed as an 18 a decade or so ago.