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D1- Compare and contrast genres of animation across global cultures

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Disney Pixar vs Aardman Disney Pixar create 3D animation films aimed at children aimed more at American audiences. They use blockbuster actors that do voice overs for their animated characters, such as Tom Hanks in Toy Story and Dwayne Johnson as Maui in Moana, which creates more fans of the shows as they may want to watch just for their favourite celebrities. Toy Story Toy Story is a 3D animation and is aimed at young children as it is a story where toys come to life whenever humans aren't around and the story focuses on a relationship between old-fashioned cowboy doll named Woody and and a more modern astronaut action figure named Buzz Lightyear. 3D animation is aimed at children because it is imaginary and wouldn't happen in real world scenarios. The bright colours highlight life and happiness, colour is a very important aspect of film as it can influence thoughts and communicate feelings.  Throughout colour, Disney Pixar carefully choose their colours to evoke the right emo...

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I am writing a report on the techniques used for different forms of animation, which will include line drawing, cel drawing, rotoscoping and 2D/3D animation. I will evaluate and explain what tools are used and will use examples of the technique in use. In this post I discuss 4 different types of animation:  Line Drawing Cel animation Rotoscoping  2D/3D animation Structure: Intro Summarise techniques Examples (are they still relevant today?) Line drawing Line drawing is any image that consists of distinct straight lines or curves placed against a background, without graduation in shade or hue to represent two-dimensional objects. It is defined as the act of creating an illusion using basic strokes of varying weights and angles that demonstrate form and depth. It does not include shading or gradient and instead. focuses solely on lines. There aren't many films that use line-drawing that I found. This is because it takes so long to draw each individual frame by hand. Typically, 6...