Animation Blog #1

Blog 1 (remembering) INTRODUCTION

A primary theme of our discussions and chapter one of your reading is communication. What principles of communication can you recall from class discussion? [answers include discourse, ideology, hegemony, intertextuality, signification, literacy, audience]. Hint: If you're moving through the curriculum use Raymond Williams' Keywords as a guide.

Communication is the key to everything, especially in animation as said in the Illusion of Life," conveying an emotion is the essence of communication in any art form,"  keep in mind that any audience should be able to understand what you the animator are trying to communicate. Ask yourself does this make sense and what exactly am I trying to say? Of course communication is 

significant, because if we did not have communication, than how would the world work.  

Communication brought a whole new wave to the use of animations, it helped animators by giving animation an almost magical ability to reach inside any audience and communicate will people everywhere, regardless of language," whether a resolution to a language barrier or a way to evoke emotions without speaking, communication is key and the answer to everything. 

For example, around the world people know the song Let It Go, and the movie Frozen, this movie 

communicated to the world that it's okay to be different and embrace it. With the song, Let It Go 

becoming a worldwide hit, you can see Elsa's emotions being communicated that she feels like she 

does not belong, but in the end she accepts herself and basically tells everyone off. 

In the end communication will always be part of our culture, whether it's body language or through a 

movie screen, communication will rule all.