I agree with what Rowena says, on that the design of animation should add something to the narrative of the animation. That is for sure, what we tried to do with our project. Creating a design that makes the connection between the old fashion zeotrope (classical images) and the artwork that we found on our subject Mary Reed. And even without pre-knowledge on the story, the people that will watch at the animation we made, will see that it is based upon old artwork and are able to follow the story (over and over..).
I think animation nowadays fits the Romantic idea that everything is possible, there are no boundaries in the realization of what once was only fantasy. At this moment there is a great market for fantasy books and films, as the opposite of this technological based knowledge society. Funny enough, that means that for a fantasy film such as The Hobbit, they do need lots of technology to take their viewers into this magical world.
Also in my opinion the other though that fits animation today, is that animation can really take the edge of. For example jokes made in Family Guy wouldn't work when acted out by real people.
Animation makes people reconsider their opinion and brings back the little kids in us. Because we still like the idea, that everything that we imagine could be possible.
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