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Japanese Cultural Gestures in Animation analysis of how social status and Japanese seniority system are illustrated in Japanese animation
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Jun 2014
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-4477
Abstract
Through the analysis of Japanese animation, the research question of this project is: How are seniority systems represented in Japanese animation? Examples will be documented of how Japanese animation artists successfully incorporate Japanese seniority systems into their animation in order to add depth and life to their story. The purpose of this research is to provide people interested in animation examples to help them understand the use of cinematographic language in animation. Through the research of the seniority systemS in Japanese animation. This research will also help the audience understand the seniority system culture in Japanese society. The first part of my research looks at the development and history of Japanese animation and provides analysis of the cultural elements inherent in Japanese animation. This part analyzes existing animation examples and identifies examples of the seniority system expressed in the animation. The second part provides a detailed plan to design three dimensional scenes that recreate the two dimensional animations in order to analyze the animation techniques in the three dimensions. After recreating the scene in three dimensions, the three dimension scene reconstruction is used as a demo to showcase how the various animators expressed the social status of different characters.
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- Title
- Japanese Cultural Gestures in Animation analysis of how social status and Japanese seniority system are illustrated in Japanese animation
- Creators
- Du Liang - DU
- Contributors
- John Andrew Berton Jr. (Advisor) - DU
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Digital Media; Drexel University; Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
- Other Identifier
- 4477; 991014632195404721