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The animated film Don Quixote, one of Vlado Kristl’s greatest achievements, comprises a range of dominant themes and motifs that accompany the entire work of this author, such as the issue of the author’s existence, lingering war-related trauma and conflict with the system in general. Wars, prosecutions, sufferings, deprivation of liberty, power and corruption systems, represent some of the key terms in his personal biography as well as the European 20th century history. The subversive and avant-garde character of his work led to misunderstandings, censorship and eventually Kristl’s emigration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper centres on the status of cinema in the Program for the first cycle of primary education in Serbia and on the manner in which the Speech Development Methodology and Serbian Language and Literature Classes Methodology at the Faculty of Teacher Education in Belgrade include film in theoretical and practical courses. The methodology used for the interpretation of animated films is shown in the example of three silent period films (Enchanted Drawing /1900/ and Humorous Phases of Funny Faces /1906/ by James Stuart Blackton and A Love Affair in Toyland / Émile Cohl, 1908/), while the second part of the paper centres on several Walt Disney films (Three Little Pigs /Burt Gillett, 1933/, Three Little Wolves /David Hand, 1936/ and The Practical Pig /Dick Rickard, 1939/). Analysing formal and content-related features of the selected films, we try to present the aspects that an educator/trainer has to take into account while preparing an activity (or a teaching unit) dedicated to the animated film. Finally, we offer a value system by which the proposed films (presented from the per spective of character animation) realize their potential for fostering children’s wellbeing in kindergartens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After a short introduction that provides an explanation of the analytical approach to the subject-matter, the paper focuses on the practical aspect of the theory of literature and film, the narratological analysis. Three fairy-tales in literary and cinematic art form are analysed: Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, and Sister Alenushka and Brother Ivanushka. The author describes the time in terms of order, duration and frequency in art works and makes a comparison between the revealed temporal characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Animated film represents one of the most prominent aspects of animation and a complex combination of media formats. However, its interdisciplinary tendencies introduce certain problems when it comes to its theoretical classification. This paper examines relevant theories and animated film characteristics in terms of aesthetics, media and technology, in order to depict the complex nature of animation and animated film as media that combine the cinematic and fine arts artistic activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]