Duration 88 mins. Beautifully animated, but undeniably disturbing and distressing, this British classic has left its mark on generations of children and young people. With its striking watercolour backgrounds and commitment to realistic images of the animals, the film presented nature in a more honest way than had perhaps ever been seen in animation before.
Duration 78 mins. The all-singing, all-dancing animated adaptation of the popular children's novel, packed with lovable characters and infectious songs. Like many animations, the Disney team studied the behaviour of real animals in order to properly capture their likeness and movements on screen. Still one of the most popular animated films of all time, the last film commissioned by Walt Disney is a joyful adventure packed with great songs and quotable lines.
Animation based on a traditional African tale about a headstrong baby whose cleverness is a match for the wicked sorceress that threatens his village. French filmmaker Michel Ocelot has always celebrated traditional animation, never more so than in this interpretation of traditional West African folk tales. The film was so successful, it went on to spawn two equally magical sequels, proving there is still a place for older animation techniques in the modern world. Duration 86 mins. Superbly animated adaptation following young Hogarth's discovery of a colossal, friendly robot, and his plight to protect him from government agents.
Director Brad Bird has gone on to become one of the most important figures at Pixar, but his breakthrough came with hand-drawn animation and this masterful adaptation of the Ted Hughes story. With its look inspired by iconic American painters of the early 20th century, it is in part a love letter to hand-drawn animation itself, even if the Giant himself is actually CG. Duration mins. Extraordinary, Oscar-winning fantasy animated film from Japan following the down-the-rabbit-hole adventures of a young girl named Chihiro.
The attention to detail in the animation is remarkable, based on storyboards hand-drawn by Miyasaki himself, the story developed organically through this process rather than a traditional script. Duration 91 mins. Adapted from Marjane Satrapi's brilliantly funny autobiographical graphic novel about a rebellious young girl's experience of revolutionary Iran.
Opting to use traditional animated techniques, but only use the colours black and white, the techniques here are actually remarkably sophisticated, but the film itself feels timeless.
Duration 95 mins. Tiana is a feisty young woman with big dreams in Disney's New Orleans-set re-telling of the classic fairy tale. In a blend of the old and the new, character animators working on the film used traditional pencil and paper drawings, which were then scanned into computer systems.
Duration 77 mins. A beautiful animation about an unlikely friendship between a big clown bear and a clever orphan mouse, from the makers of A Town Called Panic! To be real and experience every emotion on the spectrum. So, is it easier for us to relate to animation, rather than seeing two real people?
Imagine if you are a teacher in an Elementary School or University. Of course, you will teach your students in a different style and with different content. Same thing with animation. If the audience is adults, you can have a complex message, deep concept, and a complex storyline.
If your audience are kids, you need to make sure they will be entertained by it and enjoy it and understand the concept. To protect the children, they decided not to have them directly address their traumas. They found a storyteller who helped kids express themselves writing a fictional story. The Kopps join a growing list of documentary directors who find that animation helps tell their story.
Critics once might have considered the idea of blending animation with documentary footage taboo, a violation of journalistic norms. In this century, changing technology has made animation more affordable, bringing it into the mainstream. Directors are also buying into that viewpoint. Animation broadens the horizons of where a story can go visually.
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