Visual Interaction of Characters and Communication: An Analytical Approach on Animation Movies

International Journal of Communication and Media Science

© 2017 by SSRG - IJCMS Journal

Volume 4 Issue 1

Year of Publication : 2017

Authors : S. Dinesh Babu

10.14445/2349641X/IJCMS-V4I1P102

How to Cite?

S. Dinesh Babu, "Visual Interaction of Characters and Communication: An Analytical Approach on Animation Movies," SSRG International Journal of Communication and Media Science, vol. 4,  no. 1, pp. 10-16, 2017. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/2349641X/IJCMS-V4I1P102

Abstract:

 Technology rules a world with its advance level of ability to create interesting new things towards the community of people in the world. Among the recent technology, media get able to do many different things well with its change of content. Animation character and the story telling give more space to communicate with the public through non verbal and universal mode of movement and expression. Many ways of doing things are adapted to produce the animation movie to make their idea to get stronger to their audiences. Character and its recognition by the audience play a very important role in the worldwide animation market. Interactive visual content with emotions, expressions and dialogues will set an agenda on creating popularity to characters. “Mickey Mouse, Tom and Jerry, Nemo, Wall E, Kungfu Panda, Tin Tin are world famous animation characters which increased the global market with its performance and character motion in the movies. In truth, animation is used in a variety of industries away from the big screen or consoles. Computer animation is a very practical tool with useful applications in a variety of fields. Wherever the application tools of animation to the characters communicate to its receiver get more popular when it delivers its content to the public. This study purely compare and differentiate the animation movies impact and characters popularity and its platform of deliver the message with its expression from ten animation movies both east and west. This was studied and identified with an analytical approach of content of the movies and audience perception of the characters through cross sectional study of movies.

Keywords:

Animation, expression, Character recognition, audience perception, Visual content.

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