Do You Feel that Computer Generated Imagery Should Be the Way Forward for the Film Industry?

Starting with Pixar's Toy Story in 1995, computer based 3D animation has met with both critical and commercial success. Throughout this essay I aim to consider the use of animation and CGI, in particular, in feature length films and argue whether animation should be the way forward for the film industry. I will also consider the views of some of the major film theorists and relate these views to the world of CGI. Theorists I will examine include Sergei Eisenstein, (formalist theory) Rudolph Arnheim, (anti - realist), Sigfreid Kracauer (Realist) and Andre Bazin (Neo-realist). …