The Development of the Genre of Animation in 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' by Madagascar

The Development of the Genre of Animation in 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' by Madagascar

The animation genre was, and continues to be one of the most popular

genres with adults and children alike.

In this essay I am going to explore the genre of animation in depth;

looking at techniques used throughout the animation genre, and I am

also going to observe the development and changes which have occurred

since the very early forms of animation began and also since the very

first feature length animation film was made; Snow White (1937). By

comparing these past techniques with a present animated film

Madagascar (2005) I will be looking to see if audiences think

animation has improved and why they think this. By researching the

animation process from the past and comparing it with more recent and

updated animation techniques; I am looking to observe the major

changes that have occurred within the genre and what impact this has

on audiences in our modern society. And overall whether we as an

audience think the animation genre has come a long way since it first

began.

Animation is the graphic representation of drawings to show movement

within those individual drawings. The individual drawings are linked

together and usually photographed by a camera. The images are then

slightly changed or altered in some way and photographed again which

when played back will show movement within the drawings. The process

of animation or ‘‘showing movement’’ within an image can be traced

back millions of years. Many images found in the Altamira caves of

Northern Spain appear to show animals with eight legs suggesting an

early attempt to show move...

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...he is in fact an

animation; a vision of an animation artist come to life. People

still view all the older animated films, which show they haven’t lost

their appeal even though they may not be as advanced and sophisticated

as the animated films we see today. Animation as we know it today

began with a visionary named Walt Disney, but will it ever end? Only

time will tell if animation’s popularity will grow or diminish.

Bibliography

Books

The Art of Walt Disney, Christopher Finch, 1973

Disney’s World, Leonard Mosely, 1985

Film Animation Techniques, Lafe Locke, 1992

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, 1998

The Animation Book, Kit Laybourne, 1998

Websites

www.viz.ta.u.edu/courses/viza615/97spring/pjames/history

www.google.com

Articles

Martin Goodman, ‘Viva La Revolucion’, 2003