My chosen research question is: How are characters' appearances perceived in animation?
This will have the theme of 'society' as I will consider how people may perceive characters' appearances depending on gender (gender of the observer and gender of the character), desires (e.g. erotic), races (e.g. stereotypes), how the personality of the character corresponds with their appearance and art style. The main aspect specified in this question will be character.
I can obviously explore a range of animation (cartoons, films, games, etc.) and look into online articles and books from the library discussing the appearance or art styles of different characters. Possible books I can use are:
- Jayne Pilling (1992) 'Women and Animation: a compendium'
- Amy Davis (2007) 'Good Girls and Wicked Witches: women is Disney's feature animation'
- Mike Madrid (2009) 'The Supergirls: fashion, feminism and fantasy, and the history of comic book heroines'
- Richard Williams (2009) 'The Animator's Survival Kit'
- Julius Wiedemann (2004) 'Animation now!'
Animations I can use that would relate to my question are Disney films such as Cinderella, Western Cartoons and Japanese Animations which show varieties of male and female forms. I can also find articles concerning male and female characters concerning their roles, appeal, etc.
- Jayne Pilling (1992) 'Women and Animation: a compendium'
- Amy Davis (2007) 'Good Girls and Wicked Witches: women is Disney's feature animation'
- Mike Madrid (2009) 'The Supergirls: fashion, feminism and fantasy, and the history of comic book heroines'
- Richard Williams (2009) 'The Animator's Survival Kit'
- Julius Wiedemann (2004) 'Animation now!'
Animations I can use that would relate to my question are Disney films such as Cinderella, Western Cartoons and Japanese Animations which show varieties of male and female forms. I can also find articles concerning male and female characters concerning their roles, appeal, etc.
