KEY IDEAS: // To create a realistic world through an inherently unrealistic medium. // A detachment from the real world that appeals to the human need for escapism. // It was never animation's task to emulate real life exactly, instead an imaginary world adjacent to and reminiscent of our own but not necessarily identical. // To achieve immersive realism, there must be underlying familiarity within the characters. // Minute details make the story immersive and establish the untold stories unfolding in the background (world building). // This creates depth and richness to the world, feeling like it extends beyond the frame. // Ordinary, inconsequential and seemingly unimportant actions and elements of the background are conscious choices. With animation, everything is on the screen for a reason, creating meaning. // Animation is a medium, not a novelty, valuable not only for it's vivid expression of fantastical worlds and magic, but for communicating univers...
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