Animated films have a long tradition in film history since the early days of cinema – producing such classics from Disney’s ‘Snow White’ – to its first computer-animated blockbuster ‘Toy Story’. Different film industries have turned to traditional film genres as the basis for their feature-length animations, but even though the genres may be familiar to us, the cinematic approach used is very different.
In this documentary, I will compare how the American and French films ‘Shrek’ and ‘Dragon Hunters’, interpret genre and narrative themes in a distinctive way and how this relates to the cultural and commercial factors behind them.
Plan:
| Audio | Video |
| Page 1: History and evolution of animation | |
| Traditional vintage Mickey Mouse music playing in the background and as narration moves on, music changes into more epic music | Archive footage of early stages of animation progressing up to more sofisticated forms of animation Stop motion, mickey mouse black and white, snow white, |
| Page 2: American and French tradition of animation (main theme of the documentary is presented) | |
| Mainstream American pop music in the back while narrator speaks about American tradition Stereotypical French music in the back while talking about French tradition | Montage of American culture and its influences over animation, same with France |
| Page 3: Present the two films that are going to be discussed (Shrek or Tangled and Dragon Hunters) and their relevance to the topic | |
| Narrator voice over Talking heads | Footage from both films Talking heads |
| Page 4 and 5: Mise-en-scene from both films in relation to genre | |
| Narrator voice over Talking heads | Footage from both films Talking heads |
| Page 6 and 7:Effect on audience | |
| Narrator voice over Talking heads | Footage from both films Talking heads |
| Page 8 and 9: Cultural background and its overall effect on both films | |
| Narrator voice over Talking heads | Footage from both films Talking heads |
| Page 10: conclusion | |
| Narrator voice over Talking heads | Footage from both films Talking heads |
