Archetype Theory'significance Of Animation Art

Humankind has accumulated experience of life in the long history . And also create culture bit by bit. These culture become memory of all human in the history of the accumulation with the form of the collective unconscious. The theory of archetypal criticism study the collective unconscious of human systematically.And provide a new perspective for all kinds of arts. As to animation, its essence is fantasy.To depict the world in people's heart is its unique charm. So animation becomes the art most close to the collective human unconscious . This paper analyse the art of animation from the perspective of archetypal criticism. This paper mainly includes three parts:First,animation and ancient culture. Millions of years of ancient culture give people an indelible memory. The original ecology of nature, the original human life mode of production, the move of human, not only ensure human's survival, but also make mankind created the original art.Human gradually own the faith. The development of human spirit makes people's dream turn to fixed image. That is the original image. The theory of archetypal criticism experiment human as the research object.It builds a bridge through the history and human culture . The art of animation itself and its characteristics of the audience make it the best prototype theory carrier. Animation depict the image of heaven and the lost childhood of people.Second,the unique mean of animation prototype. The prototype mainly reflect through cartoon stories, characters and its scenes. The "green meaning" is the most fundamental prototype type of animation stories. Animation publicizes the harmony of mankind and nature in both Disney cartoons,Hayao Miyazaki's works and Chinese excellent animation works. The story of "animation apotheosis" is the reflect of "ancient belief animists" in contemporary art. The prototype character animation is mainly by means of the protagonist in the animation and animal hero, mother, mentor, friends and prototype character set. The difference between the original nature,the natural landscape and the human society in animation reflect the collective unconscious.Third,the Image-building of animation prototype. The study of animation prototype theory is to promote the creation of animation. In the creation process, prototyping animation story writing, prototyping animation image has its specific creation rules and creation. The principle of animationstory writing includs individual, selectivity, assumption.and defamiliarization effect.The image building reflects the connotation of ecosystem by specific art and artistic skills .Compare the American animation,the Japanese animation with the Chinese animation , China has rich cultural resources, and also has a unique animation. But there are also many deficiencies in Chinese animation creation.Animation is the stage that realize people's dreams. The prototype mean of animation is the "secret" that click the audience's heart . The research of the prototype mean of animation is to study animation itself . I hope I can do something for the animation creation of China by the research of animation itself and the mentality of its audience.