EPISODE · May 8, 2016 · 59 MIN
Episode 2: Zootopia & The Lion King
from Cinema in Context · host Cinema in Context
William Chen, Jeremy Downing, Max Tarrant and Sarah Watt discuss the films Zootopia (2016) and The Lion King (1994). Both films were produced by Disney Animation Studios and deal with anthropomorphic characters. The discussion touches on the technology behind “world building” and animation, the history of Disney, story structure expectations, the trend of musical animation, the “milk toast” hero archetype, the urban landscape of modern animation cinema and the motivation of villains.
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William Chen, Jeremy Downing, Max Tarrant and Sarah Watt discuss the films Zootopia (2016) and The Lion King (1994). Both films were produced by Disney Animation Studios and deal with anthropomorphic characters. The discussion touches on the technology behind “world building” and animation, the history of Disney, story structure expectations, the trend of musical animation, the “milk toast” hero archetype, the urban landscape of modern animation cinema and the motivation of villains.
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