The Current Situation and Development of Chinese Animated Films:Taking Ne Zha as an Example

Taking Ne Zha as an example,this paper analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of Chinese animated films at the presentstage.Under the condition of both opportunities and challenges,some measures to develop Chinese animated films are proposed.

Happiness and Are You Lost in the World Like Me? A Brief Philosophical Analysis of Steve Cutts‟ Animated Films

Steve Cutts is a young English illustrator/producer who,despite being 25 or 26 years old,has already worked for large multinationals such as Sony,Toyota or Coca-Cola.His genius is evident not only because of his natural talent for drawing,but also because he uses simple programs like Adobe Flash or After Effects to create his animations,and the result surprises us.And it surprises us with the satirical,daring,carefree and ironic tone with which it presents the human universe,with its ambitions,desires,sadness,miseries.This paper examines two of his animated films,and explores a philosophical vision about the hypermodern society and the myth of happiness.

A Post-Colonial Study of American Animated Films

As a visual art, film has already been one of the main forms to exhibit culture in modem society. This paper tries to explore American animated films, one of the most successful and tipical styles of American films, from the view of post-colonialism so as to receal American animated films make every effort to set up the image of the Other and to propagate American culture and value. It is American cultural hegemony.

Influence of mobile education on joint function and quality of life in patients after total hip arthroplasty

Objective：To explore the influence of applying educational animated film as continuous post-discharge rehabilitation guidance for patients after total hip arthroplasty（THA）.Methods：Sixty patients discharged after THA were randomly divided into two groups.Traditional methods,such as distributing manuals of rehabilitation guidance on THA and phone call follow-ups,were adopted in the control group,whereas educational animated film was used as continuous rehabilitation guidance after discharge in the experimental group.Differences in recovery of hip joint function,accuracy of functional exercise,mastery of rehabilitation knowledge and quality of life between the two groups were compared.Results：The experimental group had superior performance on all indicators compared to the control group（P〈0.05）.Conclusions：The use of educational animated film as continuous post-discharge rehabilitation guidance in patients after THA achieved better effects than traditional education methods.

Aging With Disney and the Gendering of Evil

Walt Disney animated films are considered synonymous with wholesome family entertainment despite the inherent negative messages of gender, age, and power hierarchies behind them. This paper proposes to explore the aspect of age as intersecting with gender through the villainesses in six of Disney＇s popular animated films： Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs （1937）, Cinderella （1950）, Sleeping Beauty （1959）, The Little Mermaid （1989）, Tangled （2010）, and Frozen （2013）. How Disney alters the actions of major and minor characters, and the construction of aging female characters and the key characteristics they exhibit during their fight for eternal youth, beauty, and social and political power will be analyzed, attempting to show how Disney is not a harmless substitute for a babysitter for children.

The Analysis of Color Narration of Animated Film Ne Zha

Color has an intuitive expression of the material world,and is often used by creators of animated films in the narrative process of the film to express a creator’s subjective feelings.Color narration is a special mental imagination activity.It mainly refers to human beings perceiving colors in the external environment,and judging by their own rich life experience,and finally achieving a comprehensive cognition of external things.The animated film Ne Zha has attracted the attention of the audience since its release.That is because the film uses color narration ingeniously to innovate traditional stories and familiar characters,it displays the story through shocking visual expression,so that the audience can feel the influence of traditional culture while understanding the story,reflecting the unique artistic charm of color narration.This paper analyzes three aspects of color narration in showing the binary oppositions of goodness and evil,portraying vivid characters,promoting the development of narration,and highlighting the tension of the film,and fully expounds the importance of color narration in animated films.

Analysis on the Influence of Drama Virtual Technique on the Creation of Film and Television Animations

The virtual technique in Chinese drama makes the aesthetic feeling of the audiences enriched in enjoying the art of stage performance to their heart＇s content when the reality of life is reflected by drama. Also, the position of the animation art has been promoted by the expression and extension of the drama art spirit and expression technique in the creation of film and television animations to be greatly improved. In this paper, the characteristics of the virtual technique in drama are briefly introduced, and also the influence of the virtual technique on the creation offihn and television animations is analyzed.

Study on Subtitle Translation in Zootopia-from the Perspective of Domes⁃ tication and Foreignization

In the light of exchanges of international media,people attach greater importance to the translation of TV and film.Subti⁃tle translation of film is not only a simple transformation between languages,but also a communication between cultures.When we render culture in subtitles,there are two translation strategies that can not be avoided,namely,Domestication and Foreignization.Domestication is a translation strategy that conforms to the habits of language used in target language,while foreignization main⁃tains the exotic features of the source language.Nowadays,translation analysis is no longer limited to text,more and more attention is given to the cultural background and its extralinguistic cultural references.This paper will analyze the subtitles of Zootopia and investigate the role of Domestication and Foreignization in animated films.