Taking animation seriously

If you've been tempted recently to think they aren't making movies like they used to, you're not alone. But before you totally write off today's efforts, you might want to take another look at animated movies.

Here's something to consider: only three movies out of the all-time top 100 movies (as listed by the American Film Institute in "AFI's 10 Top 10") were released within the past 10 years. But, of those three, two were animated—"Shrek" in 2001 and "Finding Nemo" in 2003. (The third was "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings" from 2001.)

Maybe not a very scientific analysis, but it seems to confirm what I've been suspecting for some time: namely that the talent and visual storytelling that used to be invested in live action films are now finding their way into animation.

These creative moviemakers are plying their craft at studios like Pixar or Dreamworks. Or they're sitting at computer screens anywhere in the world, from Japan to Iran.

It may be due to the inherent limitations of live action film or the increasingly powerful computer animation software that the 1930s Walt Disney could never have imagined. But for whatever reason, the best and the brightest of today's filmmakers are telling compelling and contemporary stories through what once were derisively called cartoons. Those who dismiss animation as just for kids really need to give it another chance.

Source : http://www.southsidermagazine.com/

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