Analiza animiranog filma „Slonić ide u vrtić“

doctoral thesis

• Title (english): An analysis of the animated film "Elephant goes to Kindergarten"
• Author: Milan Trenc
• Mentor: Milan Trenc (mentor)
• Committee member: Sandra Botica Brešan (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ante Rašić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Istvan Romer (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Darko Bakliža (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Duje Jurić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Academy of Fine Arts; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: FIELD OF ART; Fine Arts
• Universal decimal classification (UDC): 791 - Cinema. Films (motion pictures)

Abstract

Tema ovog rada je autorski animirani film „Slonić ide u vrtić“ Milana Trenca iz 2010. godine. Film je rađen u tehnici klasične 2D animacije i opisuje obitelj koja se sastoji od bračnog para miševa i njihovog djeteta, malog slonića. Film je osmišljen kao suvremena animirana basna koja kroz simboličke likove miševa i slonića propituje odnose u obitelji, autoritet u odgoju djece te istražuje obiteljsku dinamiku koja proizlazi iz prvih koraka djeteta izvan zaštite obiteljskog doma, u ovom slučaju odlaska u vrtić. Birajući metodu klasičnog animiranog crteža, film se nastavlja na tradiciju Zagrebačke škole, a namijenjen je kako djeci tako i odraslima. Film doprinosi razumijevanju između generacija otvarajući komunikacijski kanal s posebnim naglaskom na rubna dječja ponašanja: izljeve dječjeg bijesa, tzv. tantrume i destruktivno ponašanje proizašlo iz toga. Film propituje suradnju roditelja u takvim situacijama, a isto tako i dosege i učinkovitost dva odgojna pristupa, autoritativnog i permisivnog. Odnos roditelja obilježen je potisnutom agresijom i njihovim zajedničkim strahom od reakcije djeteta, otvarajući pitanje potisnutih i izraženih emocija. Rad istražuje povijesna i umjetnička ishodišta istog, ponajprije kroz mitsko-simbolički odnos slona i miša; od tradicionalnih indijskih, hinduističkih izvora, npr. bog Ganeš koji svoje antropomorfno obličje dopunjuje slonovskom glavom, preko paralela s basnama i pričama. Rad ispituje korijene popularnih zabluda o strahu slona od miša, od njihovih antičkih početaka, preko viktorijanskih konfabulacija sve do suvremenih zooloških analiza o utemeljenosti takve tvrdnje. Rad proučava pojavnost likova miša i slona u suvremenoj popularnoj kulturi s posebnim osvrtom na učestalost tih likova u animiranom filmu i stripu, od Toma i Jerryja i Herrimanovog „Krazy Kata“ preko Slonića Tonića i Disneyevog Damba sve do suvremenih inačica. Propituje se uloga osobnog iskustva i autobiografskih elemenata koji su u ishodištu ovog filma i način permutacije istih u basnu, gdje pojam fizičke veličine postaje simbol unutrašnjeg odnosa snaga u nuklearnoj obitelji.

Abstract (english)

The subject of this thesis is an animated film by Milan Trenc, "The Elephant Goes to Kindergarten" made in 2010. The film was made in classic 2D animation technique and describes an unusual family consisting of a mice couple and their child, a baby elephant. The film is designed as a contemporary animated fable that through the symbolic characters of mice and elephant questions relationships in a family and the role of authority in raising the children. It explores the family dynamics that results from a child's first steps outside the protection of the parental home; in this case, going to the kindergarten. By choosing the method of classic animated drawing, the film continues the tradition of the early Zagreb school, and this approachable style makes it acceptable for both, children and adults. Thus, the film contributes to the intergenerational understanding and opens a communication channel between parents and children with a special emphasis on "marginal" children's behavior, outbursts of anger, so-called tantrums, and destructive behavior associated with it. The film questions the cooperation of parents in such situations through two educational approaches, authoritative and permissive. The parents' relationship is characterized by suppressed aggression and their shared "fear" of the child's reaction, arguably a matter of suppressed and expressed emotions. Further the thesis explores the historical and artistic origins of the subject, primarily through the mythical-symbolic relationship between the elephant and the mouse; starting with traditional Hindu examples, the god Ganesha who tops his anthropomorphic form with an elephant's head. The thesis creates parallels with fables and stories and examines the roots of popular misconceptions about elephants' fear of mice from their ancient Greek roots, through Victorian confabulations up to the contemporary zoological evaluations of such claims. It studies the appearance of the mouse and elephant characters in contemporary popular culture with special reference to the frequent use of such characters in animated films from Tom and Jerry through Sidney the Elephant and Disney's Dumbo to the contemporary versions. It questions the role of personal experience and autobiographical elements that are at the origin of this film which permutes them into a fable where the concept of physical size becomes a symbol of the power play within the nuclear family.

• Keywords: animirani film; klasična animacija; 2D; basna; slon; miš; obitelj; mit; vrtić; autoritet; tantrum; Ganeš; Dambo; obitelj; djeca; obrazovanje
• Keywords (english): animated film; classical animation; 2D; fable; elephant; mouse; myth; kindergarten; authority; tantrum; Ganesh; Dumbo; family; children; education
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:215:512735
• Promotion: 2023
• Study programme: Title: Obtaining a doctorate of science outside of doctoral studies; Study programme type: university; Study level: postgraduate; Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica znanosti (doktor/doktorica znanosti)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-04-15 12:23:04