I need to write an essay as a summary of the first term of design for narrative structure, film language and animation. As a big fan of animation and film culture, there are so many topics that interest me. In the beginning, I couldn’t get started, so I started thinking from the parts I am most interested in: animation, film, special effects, games, 3D art, and even the salary level and employment prospects of an animator have become my consideration…
Finally, I decided to take the comparison of Japanese and American animation as the topic for my essay.
There are two reasons for choosing this theme: The first reason is that Japan and the United States are well-deserved animation giants. Their understanding of animation, from production, publicity to influence, both are at the top level in the world. Japan’s Anime culture has influenced my entire childhood and school days. Even now, I will always pay attention to good works and industry news. Not to mention the United States. Disney deserves to be the overlord of the entire animation film market. Almost every year, it wins the Oscar for best animation film (the 2019 Oscar was SONY’s Spider-Man: Parallel Universe) and the champion of the box office of global animation movies. Disney and Pixar have brought me a steady stream of upward surprises with the world’s top animation production technology and the most expensive team. Therefore, the collision of Japanese animation, which is my animation enlightenment, and the world’s strongest American animation, can give me new inspiration and thinking.
The second reason is that by chance, I saw a 3D animation comparison video of China, Japan and the United States on YouTube. I found it very interesting. The author has popularized the differences between the three countries’ animations from the four dimensions: roles, scenes, actions, and expressions. The specific cases and in-depth analysis are very worthy of my study. I began to think that 3D animation in Japan is indeed very different from that in the United States. In terms of style alone, Japan tends to be more elegant in the shape of Oriental characters, while the United States prefers to use cartoons, anthropomorphisms or animals (maybe it’s more about serving children) as the core of character modelling. The reason could not help but aroused my thoughts. Therefore, I want to get answers from many aspects such as cultural background and their different national personality.
Before I start to write an essay, I need to do some preparatory work. This is the first essay I wrote after I came to the UK to study. Regarding the differences in essays between China and Britain, I need to inquire about some information to help me write a qualified essay.
First of all, I think of the November workshop on critical writing. That lesson gave me important inspiration for how to think critically and write. This will be a theoretical basis for me to write a good essay. I would like to post some screenshots of what I thought was important.
Critical Thinking ＆ Writing
Then, I easily found the format and writing method of essay on the Internet. The standard format is the most basic and important part of assignments.