Category: Critical Practice

This week, we learned about social and political comment in film and animation.

Influence and Persuasion Areas:

• Social Media
• Broadcast News and Events
• Film and Animation
• Television

Politics in Film:

• Explore political scenes and messages in films:
  • Politics in Film | S1 Ep4
  • Top 10 Masked Political Messages in Film
  • Political Agendas in Children’s Movies

Message Delivery in Moving Images:

• Subliminal or masked content
• Overt/Propagandist intentions
• Persuasive/Commercial targets
• Documentary/Investigative approaches
• Independent/Personal struggles and observations

Key Topics in Politics in Film and Media:

• Political persuasion
• Commercial persuasion
• Race
• Gender
• Equality
• Disability
• Ethics
• Ecology

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Questions for Consideration:

• Implications of using animation in documentary representation
• Ways animation is used in animated documentaries
• Representation through animation
• Reasons for choosing animation over conventional methods

Further Questions:

• Could animated documentaries detract from the seriousness of the situation?
• Could they prevent direct engagement with factual content?
• Can this be positive?
• Historical view of animation as children’s material—do you agree/disagree?
• Could animation lead to a more universal level of identification?

Impressive examples: