Animation – Kid’s stuff or child’s play?
Animation is often treated as ‘kids’ stuff’, something that’s not meant for adults, especially not for learning. Let’s see why that might be mistaken.
Close your eyes and think of ‘animation’. What comes to mind? Disney? Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, Cars? That’s right. It is in films (often children’s films) that we see the best of animation. So, we can see why one might think animation is for kids.
But thinking animation is for children is like thinking gaming is for kids (wait, you don’t think that, do you?).
Let’s start with The Simpsons, who’d call it a kids’ show, huh? The point is — the only thing that makes a film ‘kids’ stuff’ is the idea and not the medium. A lot of animation films are aimed at kids, sure, but animation itself is certainly not kids’ stuff. Allow us to elaborate.
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