Animation Techniques In Walt Disney's 3D Animated Film

Animation is a medium which allows directors to explore the impossible, animating fantastical stories that does not exist in real life. In this aspect, Walt Disney has fully utilized this special characteristic to produce remarkable animated films. Since its iconic debut of this fictional character, Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie, Walt Disney has always been known as one of the best motion-picture production company. Technicolour and feature-length animated films were introduced by Walt Disney and till today, this company has continued to progress steadily by updating themselves with new technology that allows them to create new innovative feature-length films like 3D animation. However, Walt Disney is not the only animated studio that is

In order to update themselves with the advancement of technology, they even explored 3D-animation. Hence, they have beautiful character designs especially when the characters are given a personality. In their animated films, Walt Disney study and focus on human movements and reactions. This makes the characters seem genuine in the way they move and interact with their surroundings. For example, to change the mood of a character, the shape and size of the character’s facial features changes. This includes the eyebrows, eyes, mouth and even the form and speed of the character’s movements. Most animations use this technique to narrate character’s mood. However, it is especially so for Walt Disney’s films. The character’s movements are usually exaggerated to deliberately illustrate the character’s change in mood and reaction. For example, in Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, when the dwarfs were peeking their heads out from the foot of the bed, their noses were animated to bounce before appearing. This does not make the movements of the characters realistic but it creates a smooth and genuine narration of the character’s mood.. Often, such unrealistic exaggeration in movement gives the film “cartoony” appearance. This may have been a reason why Walt Disney’s films are usually associated with children. As a result, “Disney products had become identified almost exclusively with the family market, and that meant that young adults, in the

To spice humor up, an additional side character would often be introduced. Therefore, despite frequent assumption that animation is only for children, Walt Disney’s films usually appeal to both children and adults for its entertainment value. However, over the years, the films in Walt Disney have become predictable. Majority of Walt Disney films use the “16 beat” story structure. This makes the narration of the films seem complete. However, the ending have soon become predictable with its usual “happily ever after” ending. At the end of his career, Akira Kurosawa, an important influential filmmaker, once mentioned that,

”One reason why we had so many good directors is that Japanese studios gave talented people the freedom to make the movies they wanted. Now, however, the people in the marketing department are in charge – all they think about is the box office. [So] they keep remaking the same kinds of pictures. If a movie about a cat does well, they make one about a