COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Reverse Anthropomorphism: Animating Humans as Animals
Creator:
Farner, Leah
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:
“Humans have displayed a pronounced admiration for animals as early as artistic cave drawing. As humans continued to develop creative outlets with animal subjects, they’ve also revealed a sort of vanity for themselves by “humanizing” the animals they admire and incorporating human behaviors, motions, and even physical likeness into what is now known as anthropomorphism. Over the years, so much has been collected and expanded upon the anthropomorphic idea – but what about its counter? Rather than exhaust all the ways an animal can be humanized, why not explore animalizing the human more? Let’s expand more on human characters with animalistic traits and behaviors. If we build off of the similarities between humans and animals and find inspiration from their differences, we can discover fresh, new ways to approach character design and storytelling.” -- Abstract
Keywords: anthropomorphism, human and animal behaviors, human and animal movement, character design, character animation, storytelling, audience empathy.
Keywords: anthropomorphism, human and animal behaviors, human and animal movement, character design, character animation, storytelling, audience empathy.
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design (eLearning)
Date:
2021-11
Format:
2 online resources: 1 PDF (Thesis, 53 pages, color illustrations) + 1 mp4 film (Studio component, approximately 6 min., sound)