Questions and Research.

I have taken an interest in surreal types of animation, ranging from different methods of animations, and I want to know; what contributes to a films mise en scene, and various other questions:

• What other animators are out there producing surreal work, and could I perhaps study their work for both inspiration and theory practice?

• How do various countries receive surreal filmography? Do some cultures and nationalities perhaps find it more vulgar and offensive than others? If so, which countries should I research?

• What methods of animation are there to create these pieces? Apart from the 3 main ones: cell animation, CGI and stop motion.

• Where do these animators look for inspiration? Perhaps past events, personal thoughts, or even inspiration from other pieces of work.

• Where would they submit or contribute their work? Film festivals, online websites, show reels?

• What do animators or writers base their work on? Imaginative surrealism or perhaps satirical, political, religious etc. 

These questions tie in with the research I have done about surrealism and its roots. Like most animation, it takes a lot of inspiration from past artists, and this is clearly evident in surrealism

 Melting Clocks - Salvador Dali

Surrealism actually started of as a cultural movement in the early 1920s that consisted of ‘group members’ who would create visual artworks and even writings that were often non sequitur, and give a surprise, due to the ‘at the time’ groundbreaking way of delivering arts. Despite a lot of peoples ‘snobbish’ approach to the surreal movement, their members regarded “that their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost”

The movement essentially started in Paris, however from the 1920s onwards, surrealism caught on with many more countries and eventually spread worldwide, and since then has had a huge impact on many different platforms of the arts including: filmography, music, visual arts and even the way people look at politics and social theory.