Unit 10: Animation

                      Suitability for Animations and                           the  Target Audience                                   Just like any other media, animation has a target audience it is trying to reach. In this report you will read about some of the contraversies when media products got things wrong for the target audience and how effective the media product is.    The term target audience can be broken down into age, sex, gender, ethnicity, geological location... Psychometrics are used to categorise groups of people based on their values, lifestyle and attitude of the world. There are lots of different types of psychometrics such as mainsteamers, explorers etc.                         ...

          Uses/Genres of Animation Report Animated movies can come in the form of lots of different genres and can have different purposes. In this report, I will be reseaching a few different genres of animation and their puopose, what target audiences each genre is aimed at and what animation techniques are common for each genre. Lots of movies have a cross between genres, however I will still talk about the movie if it is in the genre I am researching.                              Comedy animated films Animated comedy movies are great at making us laugh (main purpose) and keeping us entertained, they make us feel happy when we are down and they are a fun escape from reality thanks to the animation; these are some of the purposes of animated comedy films. Comedy is so varied that everyone can find at le...

                Techniques into Animation In this report, I will be researching the different types of animation that is available. I will show you some examples of these types, where animation is going in the future and I will also write about the animator job roles. Animation has been used in movies/films, video games, advertisements and music videos however there are lots of different types to choose from.                               Stop motion animation Stop motion animation is when the team create usually clay models of characters and they design the sets. They take pictures frame by frame of the inanimate models and move them to bring the characters and the environment to life. This is probably one of the most time consuming animation techniques out there but it is very rewarding.  Examples of films that are created using stop motion are The Nightmare Before C...