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http://dx.doi.org/10.9728/dcs.2014.15.6.701

The Surface and the Inside of Japanese Feature-Length Animation: Focused on the Characteristics of Signification  

Oh, Dong-Il (The Department of Cultural Contents, Sun-Moon University)
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Journal of Digital Contents Society / v.15, no.6, 2014 , pp. 701-710 More about this Journal
Abstract
The analysis on the characteristics of the signification system of Japanese feature-length animations that this essay centrally deals with eventually examines the characteristics of representation and communication in Japanese feature-length animations. In general, most animation works focusing on characters and stories contain the signification systems related to 'denotation' and connotation.' However, tendency of the aesthetic representation and communication that appears differently, depending on the characteristics of the signification system that each animation work pursues. From this point of view, Japanese feature-length animation emphasizes connotative signification system and aesthetic representation, unlike Disney animation that strongly shows the tendency that makes the audience directly immersed in the theme and message of the work conveyed further in the myths by pursuing denotative signification system. And, in the case of Japanese feature-length animation, the 'dissenting and arbitrary interpretation' of the theme, the message that the animation work intends to convey and myths pursued is bound to appear diversely, depending on the audience's experiences and cultural and social backgrounds.
Keywords
Japanese Feature-Length Animation; Signification; Denotation; Connotation;
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