英文摘要 |
This study analyzed dark aesthetics in animated short firms with a focus on the connotations and implications of self-defense mechanisms. This study explored the value and meanings of dark aesthetics and investigated how the meanings of human’s spiritual world are unveiled in animated short firms from the perspective of psychology of personality. Based on Grounded theories, a large sample of stories was used to build the framework of dark aesthetics, and the data were coded to induce admonitions and warmth embedded in the stories. The aim was to find how one can still hold a positive view while in sorrow. Results showed that animated short films of dark aesthetics were also created on the basis of a three-act structure, which had similarities and complementary elements in the structure of animated short films of dark aesthetics. Besides, from the story structures of six sample films, this study found their storylines were not created with random ideas but on certain grounds. All the stories were developed after a theme. This study also explored the tendency in the development of dark aesthetics among recent works and summarized seven different forms of dark aesthetics, which were so intertwined that they inspired creative ideas. The results provide a guideline for production of animated short firms of dark aesthetics and they help create more possibilities for animated short films. |