Animation, Corporate InfluenceAnimation and Corporate InfluenceWhenever a new art for surfaces, someone will always think of a way to make an honest dollar off it, especially in the past century. Paintings by legendary artist such as Van Gogh, Matisse and Da Vinci are still sold to this day for incredibly large sums of money. When people realized the need for arts and entertainment and everyday life, institutions like the film industry were born. One of the newest art forms of the past century, animation, has its own industry as well. As time goes on, the dollar starts to govern the industry rather than the integrity of the artists; math and demographics come into play
The Surf's Up PhilosophySurf's Up : An Analogy of Mankind's Competitive SpiritThe movie Surf's Up by Sony Pictures Animation is a film with a family presentation that has hidden themes about the futility of competition. Surf's Up is a faux-documentary that depicts the events leading to a surfing competition where various animals compete in honor of a fallen idol named Big Z. Big Z is a penguin who, years previous to the movie's events, died in a surfing competition. His biggest fan, an arctic penguin named Cody Maverick travels to the tropic s to enter the competition but ends up in his own surfing accident. The competition life guard, Lani, takes Cody to her rec
Animation: Film's CinderellaAnimation: The Film World's CinderellaIf you were to ask one what the best films of the 20th century were, you may get answers like Casablanca, The Godfather, or Scarface, but will anyone name a film like Disney's Lion King, Akira or Ghost in the Shell? Since its creation early last century, animation has slowly declined in America from a lively new art form to a censored, hands-free babysitting tool. In America, cartoons are typically aimed at children and lack any raw, uncensored imagination that people utilize in live-action movies. In short, animation does not get nearly the artistic recognition it deserves in mainstream film, despite
Animation and Mature ContentMature Animation: Not an OxymoronSince its creation in the early 20th century, animation has spread throughout the world into hundreds of cultures and changed the entertainment industry from the roots, allowing a group of people with the right tools to build living, breathing worlds from the ground up. When first created, animation was targeted at audiences of all ages. Series such as Looney Tunes, the Flintstones and the Jetsons openly discussed issues of employment, marriage, sex and discontentment with the daily grind. However, in the past century, animation has slowly declined into a way to keep children sitting still, and remains in t
Cartoons Vs Anime, ComparisonCartoons vs. Anime; Is There a Winner?Animation has been a part of cultural art and history for almost a century now, portraying values, mindsets and interests of the country and decade from which they originated. Animation is relevant to a culture comparably to the works of Michelangelo and other artists who shape our vision of the past. At the moment, America and Japan are competing for having the largest animation following in the world; fans of both culture's animation are devout regardless of nationality (a large amount of anime fans are American and vice-versa). Japanese anime and American cartoons have many typical differences that G
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