中美动画对比

Motion
• Mainly established on the basis of the painting, Chinese animation lacks of feeling of motion an d third dimension. Less movement of the camer a and the character cannot make people have a s tong visual impact.
Animation is a unique category of movie, which includes image elements of cartoon, childlike emotion and feelings and rich imagination.
Animation from different area with their own features also reflect their culture. So next let’s talk about the differences between Chinese and American culture from the point of view of animation.
Difference —— animation elements itself
• Theme • Character • Motion
Theme
• American animation has a variety of themes and es and legends can be choosed as source of animation, including The Arabian Nights from Arab,
By contrast, Chinese animation has more narrow theme in which it’s very popular to educate through entertainment. For example, the early Princess Iron-Fan, The Tadpoles Look For Their Mommy,
1967～1988 : dormant period——Great Walt Disney died of lung cancer, so the Walt Disney company got into trouble. Then TV animetion developed. Tom and Jerry The Simpsons (辛普森一家)
The history of Chinese animation
Three stages ： (1940-)
1940~1965 ： Period of vigorous development Princess Iron-Fan (铁扇公主) —— the first Chinese long animation Uproar in Heaven (大闹天宫) —— reached the highest level in the world at that time from figure, action, picture and sound
1976~1990 ： after the Cultural Revolution, regard animation as educational material for kids Nezha Conquers The Dragon King (哪吒闹海)
1990~ ：the digital means of production replace the previous mannual drawing, begin to communicate and cooperate with international animation industry The Legend of Nezha(哪吒传奇)
Character
• In Chinese animation, many figures are not created for the cartoon specially, but from the classic and ancient myths and legends. People remember these characters just as myths or legends not as cartoon. So those figures created specially for the animation failed to be remembered.
• On the contrary, creativity is an important part of American culture. Just with constant innovation and subversion as the source of animation, Disney and Dreamworks successfully created many classic animated characters.
and then Afanti stories, Big head the son small head dad and so on , all reflect the idea of education.
Just because of the subject of education, much entertainment is lost.
1989 ～ : another prosperity The Little Mermaid (小美人鱼) —— another Disney movie with great success
And then——
The Lion King (1.2.3) Toy Story (1.2.3) Shrek (1.2.3.4) …… ……
1937～1949 : the initial development Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (白雪公 主) —— unprecedented in the history of American animation Pinocchio (木偶奇遇记) Bambi (小鹿斑比) 1950 ～1966 : first period of prosperity, Disney animation film become the dominance Cinderella (灰姑娘) Alice in Wonderland (爱丽丝梦游仙境)
Difference —— animation industry
To make more money, American try their best to choose all kinds of subjects and characters, innovate and overturn. In contrast, Chinese animation always cannot escape from the tradition. The degree of commercialization is far from American anmation industry.
The development of American animation
Five stages: (1907~) 1907～1937 : the start-up The Humorous phases of Funny Faces(一张滑稽 面孔的幽默姿态) —— the fisrt animation with only 5 minutes, simple and rough Popeye (大力水手)
• In contrast, American animation, with the basis of motion absolutely, is finished in the way of making movies. Through the movement of characters and the use of camera, animation gives the feeling of motion. Furthermore, with the help of the computer technology, some scenes that cannot be completed in the conventional film can also appear, which give us much strong visual impact.
• both Tom and Jerry enjoyed by all ages and love story for adults like Beauty And The Beast.
• We can see all these subjects integrated into the animation perfectly to make American animation always full of vitality.
• Both Chinese animation and American animation have their own features which reflect the differences of culture between these two countries to a certain degree. As time goes on, with the progress of science and technology, there is no doubt that the animation industry will move forward. But sth about the culture should not be changed with the time.