Thursday, September 11, 2014

AnimaNtertainment #1

Animation is probably the best type of entertainment to ever exist. Like a storybook or a novel, it brings its audience to a whole different playing field. A new world so to say. People watch animation to escape reality and relax their minds from the demands and responsibilities they have at home.
It brings about joy, sorrow, laughter, fear and other heart pounding moments. It conjures up one's emotion through the characters it presents. It is important that any character displayed on the screen has to have qualities relatable to most of the audience members (a.k.a normal people) because it creates an emotional tie. This so called "bond" heightens the audience member's tension, and thus, keeps him/her from getting bored.

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By utilizing this technique, if the movie gets good reviews, then more and more people will come to see it and the profit for the movie heightens, which can create the opportunity to generate sequels (not that all sequels can compare to the original....), but it does give avid followers something to look forward to.
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One of the good things about animation is that about 90% of the time, it is appropriate for children to watch. DreamWorks and Disney does a great job with this. By making and giving their movies a "PG" rating, it gives parents assurance that the movies that are displayed will not "corrupt their child's/children's minds". A good quality animation does to keep its audiences attention is that it builds in really good jokes. Whether it be puns, the actions of the characters or the reactions certain characters get from certain events, animation will almost always deliver its jokes to the highest caliber.  Sometimes the jokes are not as appropriate,

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but nonetheless, it's safe for anyone to watch.
There are also many types of animations. To name a few broad genres, there are: traditional animation, atop-motion animation, computer animation, mechanical animation, and pin screen animation.
This passion blog is dedicated to celebrate all different types of animations and encourage others to watch and appreciated this art to its full content. Throughout this blog, we will both take a journey together to learn the history of the specific type of animation as well as present other forms of entertainment that demonstrate the particular type of animation. From anime in Japan to CGI  technology used in video games, we will discover and learn this art style. I hope that you enjoy this blog and what it has to offer.

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3 comments:

  1. I love this idea about talking about animation as a form of entertainment because this is especially true in present day. Even as an adult I still thoroughly, thoroughly enjoy watching Disney movies. Please do a post elaborating more on Disney animation! I would be really interested it reading that :)

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  2. Maisha, I think that this blog is going to be so interesting. I love video games, and have always been so interested in how they are made and utilized to the realistic quality they are up to today. I cannot wait to read the following posts!

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  3. I love animated movies! They are some of the most memorable movies I have seen and which have really impacted my life and way of thinking. The use of images and GIFs is great! I look forward to reading more about animation in all of its forms from video games, movies, etc.!

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