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devilsadvocate
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(10/2/04 9:10 am)
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Dissertation - Fairy tales and Animation
Hello everyone!
I am an Animation Student studying at Westminster University in London, and currently started my last year!
I am interested in writing about how fairy tales are used more and more today in the film/animation medium.
Can anyone please suggest any good books, or even an opinion in the subject?
Thank you!
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Veronica Schanoes
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(10/2/04 10:24 am)
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more and more?
Don't have a source for you, but I'd question your statement that fairy tales are being used "more and more." Aside from the well-known Disney tales, Bugs Bunny used fairy tales more than once (Hansel and Gretel, and Little Red) and I think, though I can't be certain, that Porky Pig was in a version of three little pigs.
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claudiasky79
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(10/5/04 1:04 pm)
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Re: Dissertation - Fairy tales and Animation
Have you watched the anime Sprirted Away by Miyazaki or any of his anime's?? excellent tales ... check them out. I am actually taking a Jung and FairyTales class right now ... so i have been watching reading and discovering the world of myths and fairytales.... fascinating stories especially how disney has changed so many around... even when i think the orginal FT are more imprant for our children to be told and learn about.
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Mnemosynehime
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(10/15/04 6:11 pm)
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Re: Fairy Tales and Animation
Sorry, I've been away for ages. I run a website on just that topic. I'll be updating more when I get computer issues under control. Ah, the mix of joy and tears of modern technology.
I focus specifically on Japanese animation, but besides Disney, there's creators like Tex Avery who played around a lot with fairy tale imagery and characters.
There's a good article here:
www.imagesjournal.com/iss...xavery.htm
I think fairy tales have been a choice for stories of the animation medium from the beginning because they're one of the oldest kinds of stories we have (going farther back into folktale origins). Western animation seemed to adore the fairy tale but then kinda let it fall to the side for the while, and suddenly we're finding a resurgence again. In Japan, it's always been important I think and never really wained since folklore is such an ingrained part of life there. Or had been for a long time. So the theater, film, and animation reflect that long-standing part of Japanese life. Plus, there just never seems to be a loss of interest in stories with fantasy and folklore elements.
Claudia, isn't the approach of fairy tale study from a Jungian viewpoint great? That's the approach I usually go from. If you haven't invested in the books by Marie Louise von Franz, you must.
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