Wednesday, 28 September 2016

CoP 3//Social Responsibility?

Today I spent the day delving into any animation site, book and magazine I could attempting to remind myself of creative works that feature the theme of social responsibility or discover something entirely new, which is most of the list featured below.
  • Animal Farm, Halas and Batchelor (1954) featuring a political type uprising that is overthrown by individuals who adapt their own society.
  • Can't Don't Dance, Warner Bro. Family Entertainment (1997) featuring t segregation of a group of characters within a society because of their identity
  • Zootopia, Walt Disney Pictures (2016) featuring the segregation of a group of characters within a society because of their identity
  • The Incredibles, Pixar Animation Studios (2004) featuring the shutdown of a formula of powerful individuals within a society by individuals within the same society
  • Spirited Away, Studio Ghibli (2001) featuring a character who questions the social conduct and roles within a society and challenges it
  • Monsters, Inc., Pixar Animation Studios (2001) featuring a character who questions the social conduct and roles within a society and challenges it
  • Wreck-It Ralph, Walt Disney Animation Studios (2012) featuring a character who questions the social conduct and roles towards his identity within a society and adapts it by acting
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit,  Walt Disney Studios *owned since 1981* (1981) featuring a group of character who respond to the social conduct and roles towards a sub-group within a society and change it by challenging it
  • Rick and Morty, Adult Swim (2013-) featuring the questioning of class roles and political power over the masses of societies and more
There's a just a few of the animated features I've noticed a 'Social Responsibility' theme, because it's a very common writing tool. The idea of an individual, often an outcast, rising up and changing the culture/society around them.  For example, Walt Disney Animated Studios 'Aladdin' (1992) features a homeless working class character, going from living in a social structure that is predict against people like him to a point where he's changed his societies views and social behaviour. Although, in this movie Alladin has to adapt himself to be higher class in order to have the opportunity to achieve within the story; which is an odd message to portray. This writing trait is very common in storytelling, because the audience always responds well to an underdog character achieving - probably because we all have/are wanting to active something sometime in our lives. 

If I'm going to suggest animation often features and presents 'Social Responsibility' as a theme, I must mention that there are stars of animated films that represent the theme fantastically - Like Animal Farm, which also features a string of other political movements.  I'm going to suggest all (if not most) animated stories have social responsibility incorporated or represented as a characters motives and goals. For my essay I'm planning on focusing on animators working within the industry and their approach to storytelling rather than selections of films produced with animation.  For instant, I'm mainly researching Rebecca sugars work; as a bisexual woman she represents LGBT culture and challenges gender norms within her series Steven Universe. 




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