Seminar 2nd December

Seminar December 2nd

In japanese animation facial characteristics are westernised, to not only make it more acceptable to a western audience. Is it a problem to make things more westernised?

Is it bad if characters are made more western?

Products for face whitening, dark people want to fairer and fair people want to be darker.

National Identity:

Is there a national identity in animation?

Not so much in-between studios, unlike the merging of styles in american studios. Animation studios in England vary very differently.

As a culture we have an identity, of London buses, stopping at four for afternoon tea and scones. 

The monarchy. Pro monarchy because of the amount of wealth and tourism they bring in.

Is animation an appropriate way to show national identity?

Food (1992) Jan Svankmajer from nadacomercial on Vimeo.

As a nation how ope are we to watching animation?

Personally i believe it’s split into the classes, it’s the same as with music we only watch what we are into and if you only like mainstream stuff then you’re only going to stick to disney and so on. 

For example triplets of belleville:

Shows lots of stereotypes of france, eating frogs, wine mafia, tour race.

Also shows Josephine Baker (1906-75), ‘Exotic Dancer, Civil Rights activist, champion of orphaned children, and adoptive mother of twelve.

American Dad

The stereotypical american national identity.