unit 10

Animation brief: Create a children's animation that is aimed at 15 to 18 year-olds. The animation will be created to appeal to the explorer psychometric profile. Name ideas - Quentin (name of cat) - Loss - The Doors - Grief - 5 Until Chosen name: 5 Until After brainstorming ideas for a simplistic and fitting name for my animation, I decided to choose "5 Until" as it provides a brief introduction to what the animation is about: it also leaves the audience questioning what these 5 'things' may be, which can only be discovered by watching the animation. It also works as a teaser for the end of the film: '5' stages 'until' what? What will happen after those 5 stages? Mindmap: The mindmap above provides an insight on my 2 original ideas for a short animation. To help me choose between them, I analysed both ideas and assessed how I would come to produce both of them, what the plot would be, what characters will there be, colour scheme, etc. Both ideas en...

How animations have been received across different cultures: Animation 1: Turning Red (PIXAR) Turning Red is 3D animated kids film produced by Disney Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney. The film follows the theme of a metaphor for puberty, and does this by making the main character turn into a red panda whenever she experiences strong emotions. Because the main character, Meilin Lee, is a Chinese-Canadian, the film follows certain Chinese virtues and traditions for representation. In one of the scenes from Turning Red, there is a wall with an image 2 young girls with a red panda wearing what is supposedly supposed to be a traditional Chinese hanfu. However, many viewers are concerned about the way that it was presented in the film and many Korean viewers have complained about it being confused with a Korean hanbok. Korean viewers have pointed out that the alleged Chinese hanfu seen in the film is actually confused with traditional Korean clothing, and accused the film of using Korean...