The Importance of Authenticity in Animation

With the current explosion of new content and distribution worldwide, there is an opportunity for a diversity of subject matter, point of view and style that feature animation has never seen before. This diversity, however, is not guaranteed. Feature film animation can often suffer from looking at its past work for direction and inspiration. While there is value in looking at our past, if we do in look inside for the path to the future we can miss the opportunities this renaissance of content has created.