The Futurity of Animation

Animation has nearly probable been a massive role of the childhood of anyone reading this. Really starting out in the early 1900s, it has just gotten better over the years, condign more widespread and impressive equally time goes on.

From Tom and Jerry and Bugs Bunny to The Simpsons and Disney movies, blitheness creates an interaction between the viewer and the animation itself, significant its sense of humour doesn't historic period and it remains popular.

It'due south difficult to think about how blitheness can improve, only the really exciting question is, where will it go next? Nosotros're request, what is the hereafter of animation? And have rounded up some possibilities…

Ad

Animation is condign more than and more commonly used in Idiot box adverts.

It seems that over the years, brands have cottoned on to the fact that creating a beautiful, likeable (or annoying) character can act as a company mascot and that an endearing animated TV advertizement generates hype (I'thou looking at you John Lewis).

By personifying a product with an blithe grapheme, the make becomes memorable and the product seems trustworthy – I don't know about you, but I'd believe annihilation those Meerkats told me. This makes blitheness a cardinal player in advertizement.

As Idiot box adverts increasingly resemble movies, it'southward possible that blitheness'southward part volition become fifty-fifty greater, as it seems to create an emotional response from viewers.

Virtual Reality

Probably the near heady style that animation is evolving is in virtual reality. Bouncing on to the scene in 2014, VR really started making waves final twelvemonth and is fast becoming ane of the most talked most and anticipated forms of new engineering.

Virtual reality will not only change the world of gaming but opens upwards new creative channels, tin be used to benefit education and industry and is likewise being used in the publishing industry to make reading more interactive. While nevertheless relatively new, VR has a way to become all the same but is being used by each of these to add a level of particular to how we work, larn, play and read.

Animation adds a sense of interactivity and immediacy to virtual reality, making them perfectly suited to how nosotros are entertained or educated. While no one is sure yet how this engineering volition develop, it'southward clear that animation will play a big office in this so watch this space.

TV

Using animation for TV entertainment isn't a new thought but how this is being washed is constantly changing.

Originally used mainly in shows aimed at children, animation has progressed to be used in Tv set shows for adults too, and has proved popular.

Animation's power to create a fun and playful tone that seems innocent allows for tearing themes and rude or risqué jokes to skid through. This means that Warner Bros. got away with depicting violence to kids for years and shows tin entertain both children and adults: enter The Simpsons, which ironically highlights this through The Itchy and Scratchy show. The Simpsons is a classic blithe show and a family favourite, leaving kids laughing at juvenile jokes while adults are permit into some innuendos and rude in-jokes.

It's hard to tell what the future of animation for TV is as information technology's pretty good already. Maybe we'll see a surge in animated shows for adults or mayhap 3D volition enter our homes. I guess we'll merely take to wait and see.

Movies and 3D

It's clear that blithe movies aren't going anywhere soon. Equally animation, 3D and CGI amend, becoming more impressive (and scarily realistic), the uses of animation in moving picture are changing and evolving.

There's recently been an increase in animated films being made with both young and adult audiences in heed, with animated films aimed solely at adults being shown at the Berlin Movie Festival this year. This makes at present an exciting time for animation and opens up the opportunities for animation in movie house.

While blithe children's films remain popular, and always will, I accept lots of friends whose favourite festive film is The Nightmare Before Christmas. And so I wonder if there's a gap in the market for a whole load of animated movies for adults. Maybe this is the time to come of animation…

Ultimately, animation has been making life a piddling scrap more fun, interactive and exciting for some years now, and it can just become better. While the kids got to have all the fun to begin with, blitheness is opening upward to get more than as aimed at adults and it'southward about time really.