Anthropomorphism Films

Clip - The Old Mill - The Old Mill was created in 1937 and its all about a storm hitting an old mill where loads of animals live. The storm batters the mill and water seeps through and a birds eggs get put in danger when some rope snaps and it looks like they are going to get crushed. The film had alot of meaning to it as the war was raging on and i think it meant that America would stand up to anything and come out still standing, just like the old mill.

Clip - The Sorcerer's Apprentice - The Sorcerer's Apprentice was also made in 1937, originally called fantasia, it stars Mickey Mouse and he is told to clean up but he is very lazy and see's the sorcerer's hat and he puts it on and makes a broom go up the stairs n collect water, but it all goes wrong when he cant stop the broom  so resorts to chopping it up but that also doesn't go to plan as the 2 halves of the broom become two brooms. Mickey Mouse then goes mental and chops them brooms up and  before he knows it, he has an army of brooms going up and down the stairs collecting water n pouring it into the sorcerer's pot. The place soon turns into an ocean with waves crashing against the walls and in the end the sorcerer wakes up and stops the brooms and then makes Mickey Mouse clean up all the mess he's made. The meaning behind the film i think is not to be lazy and find short cuts.

Clip - Dumbo - Dumbo was created in 1941, its all about a baby elephant in the circus that has extremely big ears and all the other animals take the mickey out of him. At the start of the film dumbo always falls over his big ears but in the end he uses them to fly through the air to save everyone. Dumbo was the first film Disney did that was abit out there, it was very psychedelic with bright colours and odd moments which disney made these moments seem like dreams to get away with it.

Clip - Animal Farm - Made in 1954 by Halas and Batchelor, it was all  about the Russian Revolution but they based it on the farm as it would of been interpreted as treason. The main characters in the film are real people in the revolution, like the  generals and leaders that lead it and  the other farm animals are the citizens of Russia. The animals break into the food storage and start eating everything because at the time the russians had they food rationed by the government. The farmer then goes to see what all the noise is about n then gets attacked by the animals. He then gets all his friends to storm his farm but the animals are prepared and fight back, the humans end up losing and leave the farm but some of the animals get injured in the fight. The film follows the book exactly  so its more of an visual aid than a movie.