Pixar

Andre And Wally Models 

A major breakthrough for animation in 1984 because it was the first with 3 advances:
First being Particle Systems whereby they follow a pattern such as hair movement
Second is Motion blur (used on wings and run)
Third is smooth polys using teardrop bodies making it more malible for movement
Pixar was the first company to crate these software to get a better end result, they were so good at portraying emotion and humor in the character that it was mistaken for a progamme able to project it.

Luxo Jr.

One of there most iconic creation is Luxo jr. which is now used for the Pixar logo. It was a short film that at the time of its creation was noted for its photorealism. such as the wood grain in the desk, reflections on the lamps, and also the great contrasting lights from the lamps themselves.

Ideology

"Ideology is the false obvious of normal everyday life"(Louis Althusser)


Ideology is a way that someone focuses on naturalizing the social or cultural and to treat it with their own view and perception, this can can come in the different forms such as opinions, political views, art, media. It can be a way to stretch the truth to make it more appealing. Looking at this idea in the focus of animation and film, any kind of fantasy is someone's view on ideology.this can make you see something he way that they want you to perceive it, it could be used by an environment such a Bambi forest with dreamlike colours and shapes or even Avatars rainforest. Now whether you liked this film or not it defiantly relates to ideology. 

Violence

Younger generation today are said to be desensitised from violence, games being the number one suspect because of there close to accurate images and there aim to strive for the best virtual reality game. Games are everywhere anyone in the world can use and play them , but does this really influence so much that games are solely responsible. 

Living in a todays world where nothing is like it used to be and the world itself is more violent and untrustworthy as ever can we put this down to the media or just the evolution of man. We are living right now where hundreds of people are fighting and dieing in a war that we no is there and yet games and medias are solely responsible.

Wild boys was known for the same theory a mass printed piece of media was the first of its kind aim at young men for entertainment. it was so new for its time that it was questions of unleashing violence. 

Now when todays generation looks at the piece that was said to be outrageously violent, this wouldn't really be seen to be offensive. This example show the every new technique gives ways to this kind of controversy, show that even violence evolves into new states.  

i think that as humanity evolves and we learn more and more about ourselves and this world that there will always be a new kind of violence levels because it moves with us.

When we see forms of violence we leave it up to ourselves to interpret them whether good or bad we still have the freedom of how we want to perceive it. Violence doesn't just come in the form of games and film but we can find them in animations such as tom and jerry, the simpsons, Road runner, because they are not trying to play reality they are easier to accept and focus on the stretching of reality. we are very forgiving when it comes to this topic because we know it only a cartoon in a way it sugarcoats it for us.

ManVsMachine

There are many films which have always tried to light the fears that technology can have for us in the future, in a way it relies of this because at the end it is the unknown and nobody really know how far technology will go before its to late. This is much like sci-fi it is the unknown it can be manipulated into anything to make it real, so the to genres fit together nicely

The Matrix-(1999)
Of-course the matrix is basically set in a machince controlling what the people are perceiving as reality, this could be seen as a version of virtual reality whereby they are just pawns being played. Here there is a scary role reversal its no longer man over machine its now machine control man

Another Role-reversal within the theme is
Metropolis-(1927)

People are reduced to something merly mechanical, the life of machine disqualifies the purpose for human labour. The SFX used here in metropolis was the latest technology and was used to fool us making technology feel apart of sci-fi.
They made the audience feel a lot more tense and closed in by the technology,  by using the setting. Where the made it closed horizons and gated community's, getting the heightened feeling of entrapment.

Structuralism

This term which we use to try an make meaning or the world. We like to make sense of everything, figure it all out, name it and order it. Because if we don't its not right its uncomfortable and not safe, we like the harmony of balance weather you realise it or not.

Binary opposition:

Being human we think in halves, such as:
Good/Bad
Right/Wrong
Light/Dark
Male/Female
Life/Death
Etc
Anything in between that we we call a grey area, an Anomalous Zone. Our life's sit in this grey area because none of us sit on the side of good and evil. We all waver from one side to another.A visual representative of this can be seen in the ying-yang symbol whereby each side (light/dark) both leak into one another and also have a clear solid spot of each other inside them.

Looking at binary opposites in diferent medias:

Frankensteins Monster: Neither life nor Death he sits in the anomalous zone, he kind of represents a cyborg (which are also a grey area) because he is not man or non-human. He is a mixture of man and machine. Representing the fear of technology and the evolution of it. It makes us question if we will eventually become this as we continue to dodge natures plan and science continues to grow.

Superhero Vs Villain

Doesn't a super hero contradict all these binary opposite. They are meant to be all good right?
But without these villains that keep uprising would there be any at all or for that matter would there be any superhero without the villains for a reason.
Dark Knight- Christopher Nolan- The joker
Good Or Evil
I would say neither because who is, i like to think of the joker as a extreme realist, maybe too extreme but even though he is crazy he defiantly speaks the truth in a very logical term. Even the joker knows he needs Batman. Joker Quote Interrogation scene
       "You..you complete me."
He is just a man who knows that adding some chaos into a world stuck on order helps to show how small some peoples attempts are to controls matters of the world.
       "...upset the established order and everything becomes chaos..."
       " Im an agent of chaos..."

Intertextuality

I think the real question  with intertextuality is what came first? Someone, somewhere started something, had an idea first (any idea that is) but what influenced this idea was also a result of another influential proces. So i wonder does  that actually make any piece original or unique. 

I like that our minds try conect everything make it familiar, to make sense and thats how i found initerxtuality feels, its a that process trys to keep the past alive in a new way of thought. This also help to connect the viewer to a piece, make them involved, maybe in a nostalgic state using memories of the past. Or even relating to the audience using currant issues that you would understand


Taking a look at Planet of the apes (1968) Charlton Heston plays a human (Tylor) crash landed on a planet in the future ruled by apes, where by humans are enslaved, so he fights for freedom. 
Then in the 2001 version he is once again seen as Zaius, on the side of the apes quoting the similar lines in which he spoke before in a reverse role.
Previous words:"damn you, damn you, damn you all to hell"
2001 version: " damn them, damn them, damn them all to hell"

Charlton Heston as Zaius 2001

Slow Down!

So, when a film is created such as Superman we see and create it, as close to reality as we think is should be. But how do we know what the correct definition is of reality towards an action pack fantasy. Shouldn’t the possibilities be endless? And when did there become so many rules and limitations for how this can be perceived. Wasn’t the whole point of any kind of media in that sense meant to distort reality? Ok so obviously they need to blend seamlessly in but come on, this is why we are here to create the impossible!

Superman iconic or arbitrary: Iconic because everyone knows Superman, slick black hair, chiseled jaw, an unnecessary cape and of course that legendary superman outfit. But why wouldn't he be arbitrary, he is everything that every normal human being isn't? He is an abstract symbol turned into an iconic state that now seems to be apart of our normal lives.