Before going any further to read my first essay draft I must say this was writing before I managed to get hold of the `woman in animation` book. I basically based my essay on just the videos which were advised to be looked at by particular artists. Personally it could do with alot more work I just need to put more time and thought into it.
Why do woman appear to be more successful in animation than in any other areas in the film industry?
Animation is one of the world’s leading industries in the 21st century. I intend to elaborate on why woman appear to be more successful in animation than other areas in the film industry. There’s a number of recognised woman in animation such as Joanna Priestly, Joanna Quinn, Candy Guard, Erica Russell, Caroline Leaf
Woman history animation goes way back into the 1920s, Lotte Reiniger one of the first prominent woman in animation, known for her consistant strong silhouettes and her famous animation ` The Adventures of Prince Achmed`. Candy guard was also a 1980s animator who earned her stripes producing adverts for channel 4. Erica Russell also did a number of free lance work gaining knowledge and experience which led her to set up her own studio. Caroline Leaf also known for her amazing silhouetted techniques using materials such as sand over a light box she developed a technique which of animating which was an on going process drawing and redrawing movement. Woman in animation has had its starting point, has grown with a number of woman being successful threw this path in the industry and who are well recognised till this date which may off had an influence on Joanna Quinn herself.
Furthermore `Body’s beautiful` one of Joanna Quinn’s animations, starts off with a group of working women who appear to be friends 1 of the lady’s who’s fairly big in size experiences abuse and physically and verbally which drives here crazy and even to join the gym but doesn’t last long as she breaks her diets with doe nuts `Aye what’s that a whale costume? ` 1 of the verbal abuses she comes across as pictures herself in a tight bal lay costume which she knows she will never be able to fit into. The message I believe Quinn was trying to put across was about how woman’s weight can really affect them emotional or physically. woman over weight are treated different verbal abused, neglected because of their weight and body size `Oh she`s so big` this character is constantly abused until she loses self confidence and even to hide herself from her own husband Quinn wanted this reality story to be animated because it’s a similar issue we have to date now.
In Addition woman issues have affected the way they think, woman constantly care and observe, indecisive on how they appear to others, being pressured to be good at everything they do.
However woman have limited routes when it comes to careers, woman cannot work in any careers which persist physical force, simple not just that it’s a sexist opinion but due to the fact that woman are not initially because woman are muscular or big boned. Which limits them and there paths in what they would like to be or do. In our day and age woman can only reach a `glass ceiling` in other words a woman could have the same job as a male but being able to progress further to the top to reach roles as owners wouldn’t be possible This could also be progress further related to woman issues and why males should decide wether or not woman should be able be above them in job roles.
Moreover personally I its extremely sexist for woman not be able to pursue in the career they desire, limiting them to jobs such as hairdressing, social workers, plus more they should be giving a equal chance and allowed to progress further in life, but there is the argument of woman being woman and that could be a problem if we were to have a woman leading the country as they may not tackle the main issues of our day in age but refer or tackle mainly woman issues.
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