Issue of ‘realism’ in animated films.
Animation is not just a visual technique, but a way of exploring the metaphysical aspects of reality. Choosing an animation theme and expressing its ideas and emotions is challenging for animators. Animation can also challenge the rules of reality and give objects life and meaning. Animation has the potential to create a distance from reality, allowing animators and viewers to communicate their rational and irrational thoughts and desires. This is related to the ancient meaning of animation as a “flipping book”, which often had erotic implications in Europe.
Realism is more of a label to distinguish animation styles, and animation films that stick too closely to realism often face a serious question: Why animate this work at all? However, this kind of animation can be seen as “animation with documentary tendencies”. Through the texture of animation, the audience is distanced from the feeling of the real world and pays more attention to the content of animation, as well as the enhanced artificial perception of reality.