The fantastic, immortal Disney.
Posted on 2 June, 2016 in CIU110
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”, a wise man once said. Walt Disney may seem like a ‘mainstream’, ‘over-rated’, classic role-model for an amateur animator, but his work, like his legacy remain timeless. So why has his existence manifested itself into symbol of joy and imagination carried out long after his death? Re-created again, and again, through all mediums (art, story, film) disneyfication transforms stories to appeal to a modern audience and fit in with changing social contexts. This leaves Disneys mark on the world an on-going legend of storytelling and communication at its best. My passion for cartoons and animation comes from my interest in the power of visual communication. For visual communication to be successful, strong (relatable) characters are necessary. Relatable characters enhance human personality traits through the art style to express certain feelings, an animators goal is to ‘show’ not ‘tell’. When Disney created the famous Mickey Mouse, he incorporated “human personalities, in the body of a cartoon animal”. To further the ‘realism’, Disney’s revolutionary use of sound and voice was very important to Mickeys, and Walt Disney’s success.
Walt Disney using his own voice to anthropomorphise Mickey Mouse.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7C9DJmRjBE) Watch.Mojo.com
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