YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968)

ANIMATORThe animator of Yellow Submarine was George Dunning. He was educated at the Ontario College of Art. He made many personal short films noted for their surrealistic atmosphere and Kafkaesque themes. This is probably why he was picked to be the animator for Yellow Submarine.

Some examples of his work are: The Beatles cartoon series, The Digger and the BBC’s Vision On series.

PURPOSE AND INFLUENCEYellow Submarine was created to gain more popularity for The Beatles.

It’s innovative animation influenced the audience to become more interested in animation and for some even get a career in animation. This animation was seen as the true start of modern animation.

This animation has been said to influence the creators of some of the greatest animates series in history. Such as: The Simpsons, Futurama. Southpark and Toy Story. Without Yellow Submarine, some of these animations may never have been created because of the lack of past inspiration.

REVIEWS”breakthrough combination of the feature film and art’s intimacy with the unconscious.”

“A garish gorgeous example of pop art at it’s finest.”

“An outrageously inventive piece of eye-popping pop, it still qualifies as one of the greatest animated movies ever made.”

AFFORDANCES AND PRINCIPLES OF ANIMATIONYellow Submarine uses the affordances of animation to a great extent. It’s surreal and over the top style would be nearly impossible to achieve in a completely live action piece.

Exaggeration: the movements of The Beatles are extremely exaggerated to emphasize their actions

Appeal: The Beatles' characters are shown to be very friendly and jolly. This appeals to the audience as it gives a better impression of the band.

Secondary action: this is used a lot as the scenes are very busy and have a lot of characters and objects moving around the band and their submarine. This is used a lot to give a psychedelic feeling to the animation and their adventure.