The real and realism

“I definitely feel that we cannot do the fantastic things based on the real, unless we first know the real.”- Walt Disney. What Disney means by this is that nothing great can be done that is based on reality if one does not understand the concepts and foundation that makes something real. An example of this is trying to create a character that audiences can relate to. Say that the audience an animator is trying to reach is that of the age group 5-8. The animator cannot create relatable or real characters that will appeal to this audience if they do not first understand what it is real to this age group. A character that can be real and relatable to this age group could be a princess who is friends with a hyperactive dragon with whom she goes on many adventures with. I do not think that this conflicts with the argument made in Chapter two because using emotions and characteristics that are real to humans and applying them to animation is what makes it successful and viewable to a widespread audience.