COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Rekindling Old Magics: Magical Realism in Visual Story Telling for Live Action and Animated Media
Creator:
Axworthy, Christine
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Animation
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Animation
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
"This thesis explores genre of magical realism, and its uses for visual storytelling, with an
emphasis on live action and animated media. By utilizing magical realism and its basis of real
world settings, a story creator is able to incorporate elements of the fantastic by drawing from
myth, folklore, fairytales and wordplay. With this foundation, an author is enabled to tell big
stories, side-step plot holes, and ease viewers into suspension of disbelief, even with condensed
formats, like the animated short. This thesis looks at films and other research material to
elaborate on why magical realism is such a powerful tool for the visual storyteller and how by
utilizing its limitations as well as its strengths, one is able to tell a more immersive, adventurous,
and playful film."
emphasis on live action and animated media. By utilizing magical realism and its basis of real
world settings, a story creator is able to incorporate elements of the fantastic by drawing from
myth, folklore, fairytales and wordplay. With this foundation, an author is enabled to tell big
stories, side-step plot holes, and ease viewers into suspension of disbelief, even with condensed
formats, like the animated short. This thesis looks at films and other research material to
elaborate on why magical realism is such a powerful tool for the visual storyteller and how by
utilizing its limitations as well as its strengths, one is able to tell a more immersive, adventurous,
and playful film."
Abstract:
Includes the animated short "On the Hookup," a series of 2D scenes that follow the story of a young
woman struggling to find love and validation.
woman struggling to find love and validation.
Abstract:
Keywords: animation, magical realism, realism, fantasy, visual storytelling, story building,
narrative building, folklore, fairytales, animated short
narrative building, folklore, fairytales, animated short
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2018-08
Format:
1 text file (thesis) : PDF, 34 pages, film stills (color) + 1 animated film (5 min.) : WMV, sound, color