I found the section of the reading that talked about Disney and the “realness” behind animation to be very interesting. In analyzing animated films nowadays one does not take into account the realism of the world. As the reading states we expect the characters to act and sound as they would in real life but they lack the physical look of realness. What really intrigued me is how Disney’s earlier films started out as almost experimental films, testing the line between realness and fakeness. The fact that Disney himself strived to move animation in the direction of realism astounds me. He felt the need to adopt the same aspects that go into a live action for his animated films. What would have been interesting to see in this passage or shown in the article someplace is the difference between eastern and western animation. Since anime has been such a big medium for so many years, its interesting that some genres within anime reject any notions of realism. While yes they do act and move like people, sometimes the characters will contort their bodies or widen their eyes in a very unrealistic manner to further display emotion. Since Disney was moving towards realism it would be interesting to see who was spearheading the movement in the opposite direction.
What I also wondered was when animation first started to move to realism were audiences accepting of this or were they thrown aback? Because I know that when documentary film was first introduced, people believed they were getting the truth but felt cheated when it was revealed they were not. So I wonder if people felt cheated that this new form of visual art that was all about not looking real was all of a sudden being pushed towards looking more and more real.
