Styles of characters

Styles part 1

so as part of the course is to understand different aspects of character and narrative, let us start by exploring the different ways in which animation companies have approached their characters and how they are portrayed.

Disney

Everyone in my generation has grown up loving the characters of Disney, but what made us have such a passion for them, their charm? their looks? or their common attributes shared amongst all of the Disney characters, for example:

their Disney world has a very generic character design, involving big eyes, wide mouths and a cherished simplicity that just plays of their lovable nature.

so in conclusion, Disney's characterisation is very stylised, which could be the reason for its success, a familiar code in which the character designers stick to to let people know 'That is Disney!' and i do think that is a main aspect of how they became so popular, that and the animation, the characters all move in a very similar fluid motion, the arcs are exaggerated to make a bouncy, full of life, character.