Brenda Christie's CoP Blog: Study Task 3: Choosing a Research Question

Research Question:

How does visual storytelling in Animation invites the audience to view the world as a world of possibilities?

Ontology (What is there to study?):

Difference between the psychological impact of still and changing imagery on people's mind
Immersive experience: use of technology
narrative genres and relevant use of semiotics
The shift from the use of stereotype in anthropomorphic characters
Defining character traits based on its shapes
Seeing a good application of 12 principles of animation and stunning graphics over thought-stimulating content? (commercial entertainment vs avant garde) perhaps a possibility of assimilation from both?
Is it still effective to use cliches to evoke feeling of sympathy and stimulate humanist thought on the audience?

Epistemology (How can we know about it?):

Methodology (How do we study it?):

Analysing secondary sources and coming up with a thesis
Interviews to test out the thesis
Social experiment: let people watch sime animated clips and tell them to fill a survey relevant to the investigation

Resources:

Chomsky, N. (1989) Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies, London, Pluto Press.
Staiger, J. (1992) Interpreting Films: Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema, Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press.
Collington, M. (2016) Animation in Context: A Practical Guide to Theory and Making
Barthes, R (1977) Image Music Text, London, Fontana
[Internet] Source: https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/in-theory-barthes-2/
Crow, D (2003) Visible Signs: An Introduction to Semiotics, Lausanne, Switzerland, AVA Publishing
Goldmark, D and Keil, C (2011) Funny Pictures: Animation and comedy in studio-era Hollywood, Los Angeles, University of California Press

Animations or animation related artefacts:

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