Acknowleging Anthropomorphism

According to dictionary.com, anthropomorphism is "ascribing human form or attributes to a being or thing not human". Some examples of this include The Cat in The Hat , Daffy Duck, Buzz Lightyear. In our film opening, we are going to establish the idea that our main character Alice can communicate with a tree (this will be in around the last 20 seconds of our film opening). We, in our film opening are gonna display our main character, Alice, as a curious girl with a large imagiantion. She will be the only character shown in the film opening conveying a sense of isolation and loneliness.

It has been found that people experiencing feelings of loneliness are more likely to perceive human qualities in inanimate objects. Take the movie "Castaway" for example. 

In castaway, a man becomes stranded on an island after a plane crashes. He is the only survivor and has no other "human" companions. He ends up creating his own companion named Wilson. Wilson is a volleyball in which Hanks converse with. He forms a bond with the volleyball as he has no one else to socialize with. If Tom Hanks had a human companion on the island, he probably would not have befriended Wilson.

People that are lonely tend to talk to inanimate objects to verbalize their feelings. In our film opening, Alice will be able to talk to a tree. I will discuss why Alice is actually able to talk to the tree in a later blogpost, but for now, I hope this post offers a bit of clarification as to why our character is conversing with an inmanaite object. 

Andy. (2016, October 30). Psychology of Loneliness and Perceiving Life in Inanimate Objects. Retrieved from http://socialpsychonline.com/2016/11/psychology-of-loneliness-anthropomorphism/