Within genre we looked at categorisation of a word and how it often becomes deficient and contradictory. Its useful to think how particular narrative structures work within genres within animation. like how most romantic comedies follow a very similar story line every time, or horror movies which help fit it into a particular genre.
Paul Well's Seven Genres of Animation Films:
formal, deconstructive, political, abstract, re-narration, paradigmatic, primal
Animation often seems to allow for more/worse violence then in your average movies, even within animations created purely for kids.
we looked at questions like should violence in animation be calmed down when the audience is children?
does it need a genre change? an audience change? Does animation make genre crossing easier?
and is applying genres tp animations and films constricting? along with subverting genre.
Parody of Jekyll & Hyde with Tom & Jerry (Dr Jekyll and Mr Mouse) as tom an jerry uses alot of 'friendly' violence in its cartoons especially the earlier ones and alot of story lines that would now be sen as more political.
the use of repetition to emphasise what will happen.
Generic plots;
- Maturation (coming of age/rites of passage)
- Redemption (transition of main - bad to good)
- Punitive (Main character behaving badly and is punished)
- Testing (Willpower vs temptation)
- Education (main character having negative to positive view of world)
- Disillusionment (reverse of education)
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