A Study On The "All Ages" Animated Films Of Hollywood In The New Century

With the prosperity of China's film industry as a whole,the domestic animation film is also rising.However,compared with the United States Hollywood animation which has a good reputation and high box office,domestic animated film has been criticized with its "infant",which hinders its development seriously.As we know,Hollywood animation occupies an important position in the domestic and even global film territory.This paper focus on Hollywood “All ages” animation film in the new century,because its subject selection,production standards,theme,market positioning and other aspects of the industrial are maturer and face the whole age audience.In this way,it can provide valuable experience and enlightenment for the development of Chinese “All ages” animation film.Firstly,this paper defines the concept and characteristics of "All ages" animated film.It is defined as such a kind of film which choosing all ages audience as its target.It can meet the needs of children and adults at the same time to achieve the integration of aesthetic taste in the theme selection,theme expression,market positioning and so on.Then the author explores the reasons for the trend of "full age" in animation film creation.It is considered that the development of digital technology has provided the support for the entier aging.The "super real" transformation of the audience's aesthetic and the high commercial value of the animation film of "All ages" boost the production of images.Then the paper further explores the narrative features of “All ages” animated text,summarizes the image narrative characteristics,including “Carnival ” “Fable ” and“Acting cute”."Carnival" gathered on the Americans conflict about family values and personal values.With “Fable ” narrative,the interpretation of surface narration and multiple meanings of the text are well integrated.“Acting cute” narrative refers to thecreators cater to the global trend of cuting culture,by adding cuting elements in the narrative and even making the role to act cute as the main selling point to attract the audience.After that,the article deeply explores the aesthetic support and value implication of the movie,and points out that the aesthetic orientation of the "Aull ages" animation film of Hollywood in the new century lies in the “Spiritual healing”,“The cultural return”,“The self seeking” and “The post modern creation”.Spiritual healing is directed at the lack of "home" and "value disintegration" of the contemporary audience,and the cultural return is more about the integration of the traditional concept and the values of the East and the west.The philosophical explanation of self seeking lies in the identity crisis and identity confusion of the individual.The film search for self and the value reveal the function of Hollywood narrative that it can relieve and release the anxiety of individual identity.“The post modern creation” explains the collage and parody in films.The author thinks that this kind of symbol game is the creativity of the post-modern culture,and the continuation of its core value indicates that the aesthetic connotation of "All ages" animation film has both the traditional and modern characteristics.Finally,through the analysis and comparison on the expression of the text image at home and abroad in recent years,the author tries to put forward feasible suggestions for the whole age of domestic animation films.