Monday, 23 March 2015

Animation brief

This brief is about animation, with the theme dystopia. To get a better understanding of animation, we made a mindmap in our group on what we knew about animation - including examples of animations on TV and films, types and techniques, animation studios, and words that could describe animation. 

Dystopia
- Imaginary society that is undesirable or frightening
- Opposite to Utopia (where everything is good), everything goes wrong
- May be set in the future, post apocalypse

Adjectives/words associated with
- Dark - Danger - Chaos - Fear - Loneliness - Empty - Lost - Broken - Destruction - Violence - Crime - Death - War - Disaster - Ruined
Films/books with Dysopian themes
- Mad Max - I Am Legend - Terminator - The Hunger Games - The Blade Runner - The Matrix - 1984 - V for Vendetta

Themes in dystopia
- Control - Brainwashing - Government - Surveillance - Big Brother - Manipulation - Gangs