George Dunning was the animator for Yellow Submarine. He was known for surreal and Kafkaesque animated shorts, which is likely why he was chosen for the project. Yellow Submarine was created to increase The Beatles' popularity. Its innovative animation style influenced audiences and the animation industry. The film is praised for its psychedelic visuals and combination of music and animation. It uses animation techniques like exaggeration and secondary action to create a surreal and busy atmosphere for The Beatles' adventures in the animated film.

1. YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968)

2. ANIMATOR
The animator of Yellow Submarine was George Dunning. He was educated at the Ontario
College of Art. He made many personal short films noted for their surrealistic atmosphere and
Kafkaesque themes. This is probably why he was picked to be the animator for Yellow
Submarine.
Some examples of his work are: The Beatles cartoon series, The Digger and the BBC’s Vision
On series.

3. PURPOSE AND INFLUENCE
Yellow Submarine was created to gain more popularity for The Beatles.
It’s innovative animation influenced the audience to become more interested in animation and
for some even get a career in animation. This animation was seen as the true start of modern
animation.
This animation has been said to influence the creators of some of the greatest animates
series in history. Such as: The Simpsons, Futurama. Southpark and Toy Story. Without Yellow
Submarine, some of these animations may never have been created because of the lack of
past inspiration.

4. REVIEWS
”breakthrough combination of the feature film and art’s intimacy with the unconscious.”
“A garish gorgeous example of pop art at it’s finest.”
“An outrageously inventive piece of eye-popping pop, it still qualifies as one of the greatest
animated movies ever made.”

5. AFFORDANCES AND PRINCIPLES OF ANIMATION
Yellow Submarine uses the affordances of animation to a great extent. It’s surreal and over
the top style would be nearly impossible to achieve in a completely live action piece.
Exaggeration: the movements of The Beatles are extremely exaggerated to emphasize their
actions
Appeal: The Beatles' characters are shown to be very friendly and jolly. This appeals to the
audience as it gives a better impression of the band.
Secondary action: this is used a lot as the scenes are very busy and have a lot of characters
and objects moving around the band and their submarine. This is used a lot to give a
psychedelic feeling to the animation and their adventure.