Seminar 25th November

COP Seminar 25th November

Propaganda - information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

Persuasion - ‘a deliberate and successful attempt by one person to get another person by appeals to reason to freely accept beliefs, attitudes, values, intentions or actions.’ 

very wordy not a succinct way of describing persuasion. 

Isn’t propaganda less about the medium and more about the narrative and storytelling? But some may say it is a successful to use animation as propaganda because is it aimed at children so not expected to have strong political messages behind it.

‘At that time [World War II], I fervently believed just about everything I was exposed to in school and in the media. For example, I knew that all germans were evil and that all Japanese were sneaky and treacherous, while all white Americans were clean-cut, honest, fair-minded and trusting’ Elliot Aronson in Pratkanis and Aronson, (1992) Age of Propaganda. p xii

Arthur Melbourne Cooper, Matches an appeal

Propaganda emotional blackmail. I.E this poster.

Shocking, playing on emotion. By listeng a number of americans, makes it more relevant to the typical western culture, The raft of medusa probably influenced the style of this animation.

When commenting of the multiple people on the boat it only mentioned the really which notably important white people. 

Momotaro Vs Mickey

An alternate perspective on global products. Japanese Propaganda.

 Interesting that even at that point Mickey Mouse was a global icon, and that hear he is represents america. 

Disney, Der Fuehrer’s Face 1943

Very controversial, playing to cultural stereotypes. Is that acceptable in times of war? More refined than the Japanese one. Animation allows your to create something that disrespectful to the regime. Leni Riefenstahc - german film maker and photographer, but made a load of films in the 1930’s including the neurenburg rallies. Commissioned to make films spent rest of career arguing that she wasn’t a Nazi Sympathiser. Documentary films that promote germany to germans.

Disney Victory through air power

More education than Der Fuehrer’s Face. A form of documentation?

All of these that have been shown are all propaganda designed to show you what persuasion was originally used to disrespect the opposite sides and so on.

Here we have a political film that has an undertone is When The Wind Blows. Just to show how animation and illustration can be used for political purposes.