Animation Blog #8

Read Detheux part one. Identify a thesis (while there is one guiding thesis, many of his statements are worthy of discussion) and compose a blog (remember to use the guide for good blogging)

The idea is, has animation developed since Disney or has it been stuck? Even though animation has developed over the years, it is interesting to note that most of these new innovations have come from the Disney Company. But take note as the reading said;"animation is highly dependent on the world view of its creators," meaning the type of animation style depends on the animator as well. For example, the Japanese are famous for Miyzaki films, which rely on the original style of animation, such as the one that Disney used. Meaning cel animation, which are hand drawn. In the end all of the animators around the world rely on the 12 principles of animation, which were used with Disney. I feel that slowly but surely other animators are pushing the limits and trying to break the bond from Disney. An example of this is the animator Tim Burton. Tim Burton was an animator for Disney but they did not like his views, he broke away from the company and created his own studio. With the ideas that Burton learned at Disney, it helped him create animated films such as Coraline and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Currently I feel that animation is stuck because the only true developments have come from the Disney Company. As the reading also said, "it seem to me as if most of the traditional narrative animation is endlessly repeating itself," as I have stated previously. In the end you should always remember that people rely on the old ways. Meaning whether they like it or not, animators will always look at Disney's work, either to reference it from the original cel animation drawings or the use of squash and stretch from the 12 principles.