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Research: Citation Bank

Frozen 2

Brave

How to Tran your Dragon

Winx Club

Mia and Me

Tangled

Kung Fu Panda

Inside Out

Late Afternoon

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References

Andrews, M., Chapman, B., & Purcell, S. (Directors). (2012). Brave. Pixar Animation Studios.

Bagnall, L. (Director). (2017). Late Afternoon. Cartoon Saloon.

Buck, C., & Lee, J. (Directors). (2019). Frozen 2. Walt Disney Animation Studios.

DeBlois, D., & Sanders, C. (Directors). (2010). How to Train your Dragn. DreamWorks Animation.

Docter, P., & Del Carmen, R. (Directors). (2015). Inside Out. Pixar Animation Studios.

Flashback cinematography and literature. (n.d.). Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/art/flashback

Greno, N., & Howard, B. (Directors). (2010). Tangled. Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Hahn, G. (Director). (2011). Mia and Me [TV series]. KiKa, ZDF, Canal+, Rai 2, Rai Gulp, Nick Jr., Nickelodeon.

Plot devices in film that really work. (2020, January 13). StudioBinder. https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-a-plot-device-definition-examples/

Straffi, I. (Director). (2004). Winx Club [TV series]. Rai 2, Rai Gulp, Rai YoYo, Nickelodeon.

Yuh Nelson, J. (Director). (2011). Kung Fu Panda 2. DreamWorks Animation.

Research: Revision:

Quote Integration:


Verb alternates:

Suggest, assert, argue, claim, believe, observe, indicate, propose, reply, maintain, contend, say, speculate, postulate

Exercise One

Integrating quote

1)

The state of the economy is desperate, as stated by Bob Snob "Millions of jobs re being lost everyday - we're in real pain here." (Bob Snob, a Banker)

2)

The economy i looking much brighter as new jobs are emerging according to Fran Rank "Millions of new jobs are emerging. Things are really on the upswing." (Frank Rank, A Cab Driver)

3)

It is more important than ever for Americans to forge a common identity that binds them as said by Frank Hairpiece, "We need a identity that binds us together." (Frank Hairpeice, A prominent Scholar)

4) ?

Animal rights represent the next stage in human moral development.

"If we don't change our ways, future generations will judge us harshly. We need to achieve a higher state of consciousness and empathy." (Yoshi Om, A Philosopher)

 

Exercise Two:
Structure sentences

no (Both topics I don't really want to write about, they off put me too much sorry)

Exercise Three:

Short Paragraph

Does fictional, fantasy violence have an undesirable effect on our culture?

(Humans have been doing violent shit for centuries media just lets us see more of what happens)

It has long been an argument that fantasy violence has made the generations growing up with films and games more violent as they grew up watching and interacting with media that includes a variety of violent acts and topics. "Randomly Generated Quote," (Guy McGuy, A Human.. ..Probably)

Research: Source Texts

Annotated Texts:

Frozen 2:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4520988/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

What is it:

Frozen 2 is the continued story of Queen Elsa and Princess Anna, released in 2019, it follows Elsa discovering more about her powers and why she has them, bringing the story to a sweet close.

How is it relevant:

The main story of frozen 2 is not relevant to my main project, however a reoccurring theme within the story is, more focusing on one particular scene, in which Elsa's and Anna's father tells them of the ancient forest and following when the mother sings them a lullaby 

The scene in which the father tells them the story of the forest is a little on the scene is introduced via narration and while there are sounds from the flashback or "Pocket Story" the tale is narrated and driven by the narration of the father, telling the story to his daughters

The lullaby has a sweet fluffy warms that is what I am aiming to achieve in my own project, between a mother and daughter.

 

Brave

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217209/

What is it:

Brave is an animated film released in 2012, focusing on a young princess Merida who wishes to make her own choices, and defies clan tradition. The film is heavily focused on the concept of fate and the relationship between family, between mother and daughter.

how is it relevant:

In this film the most prominent theme is the relationship between the mother and daughter, while in the majority of the film their relationship is shakey they learn to get along together and mend teh tears that are in their relationship
I want to show an already loving relationship so, I believe taking inspiration and notes from teh later scene in the film that focus around the mother/daughter relationship I think it will help me create a relationship that feels warm loving and real.

 

How to Train your Dragon

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892769/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3

What is it:

How to Train your Dragon is a film about the strong and unlikely friendship of toothless (the dragon) and Hiccup (the viking), Dragons and Vikings have long been enemies in this story.
Through the film hiccups status in the village changes as he leans so much about dragons through his hidden friendship with Toothless.

How is it relevant:

This is relevant as the relationship between my characters Ezaru and Ace, have a big impact on the relationship of Ezaru and her mother martha within the Cross Destiny Story, while my short film will be a spin off from what I am planning with the entire story, the effects of the friendship between Ace and Ezaru will still be seen withing the relationship of Martha and Ezaru.

I believe that the relationship between Stoic (father) and his son Hiccup will be a good reference towards learning how to write this.
The friendship the hiccup has with toothless gives up an advantage and knowledge of dragons which impress his father and makes him proud.  (while the father has no idea of the relationship, he just thinks his son is getting better at being, what he considers, a good viking)

However when finding out about the friendship of Hiccup and toothless the good relationship was fractured between father and son.

The friendship between Hiccup and Toothless enraged Stoic and put a spilter in their relationship, showing that friendships can have a heavy impact on family relations and how people within the family react to them

  

Winx Club (Season 5)

what is it

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421482/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Winx Club is  T.V series originally released in 2004, Following the story of a fairy named Bloom and her friends the 5th season of Winx Club they travel to and forth an underwater world, known as the Infinite Ocean

how is it relevant:

The Infinite Ocean is separated from the normal style of the Winx Club show, while the normal animation of the show is 2D, the infanite ocean world is 3D, this creates a divide between the worlds emphasizing the difference of what they are dealing with.

While my story is not going to have this type of narrative, the point I am taking from this show is that the difference in animation style helps separate two locations, I want to use this to help separate past and present within my short film.

  

Mia and me

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078480/

What is it:

Mia and me is a live action/cartoon show aimed at young girls, it takes place across two worlds one being in live action, and one being in 3D animation.
The live action showing the main character Mia's everyday life and the 3D world showing her adventures in a magical land full of adventure.

How is it relevant:

Similar to my reasoning to the Winx Club, this show uses Diffrent styles in this case 3D/live action, to create a difference in story.

The 3D allows for more fantasy and unreal things compared to the live action world, and helps show that in a magic world almost anything is possible, things that don't exist in the real world can exist there.

   

Tangled

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398286/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

What is it:

Tangles is a retelling of the classic tale, Rapunzel, this version of the story brings the main character Rapunzel on an adventure with a notorious thief Flynn Ryder this movie was released in 2010

How is it relevant:

In the beginning Eugine aka Fynn Ryder, introduces us to the story via narration, the tone of which he does introduces the audience is like he is recounting what happens in the movie, it makes it feel like he is telling the audience this tale.
I want to have a similar effect in terms of the story Martha tells to ezaru, it takes up a large chunk of the short film but I want it to be clear it is a story from the past, despite Tangled not being narrated through which lets us be fully emerged in it, I want my film to have the overlaying tone of a story being told.

  

Kung Fu Panda

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1302011/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

What is it:

Kung fu Panda is a film from 2011 continuing the story of Po the panda, dragon warrior who faces a new enemy from his past, Lord Shen

How is it relevant:

In this film, there is a scene in which Po finds his inner peace, by going through his painful memories of Lord Shen's attack on his birth families village, 

In the scene blue and cold tones are used to show the sad cold world outside of the flashback while in the flashback itself it starts out with warm welcoming colours, using this to show his village happy and content, however in Lord Shen's attack very few colour are used and the ones that are, are bold and saturated, screaming danger.
Colour is another aspect that I think can help me show the mood in my short film, helping the audience feel the the mother's embrace is warm while the outside world and the scary parts of her story are cold and harsh.

  

Inside out

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2096673/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

What is it:

Inside out is a coming of age adventure taking place inside a young girls mind, it follows the personified emotions of a girl named Riley

How is it relevant:

The memories in this story are a huge plot drive, they give us insight on the character Riley, who she is and the things she has experienced, its a way of learning about her through experiences she has already had and what made her the way she is now, what molded her into the person she is in present time.

 

Late afternoon

What is it:
Short film about an old lady with dementia

How is it relevant:

Late afternoon consists majorly of flashbacks, the said flashbacks are very fluid and dreamlike separating it from the stationary real world, the style and motion of the flashback are very important within my story as it takes up a major chunk of the films duration. The majority of this short film consist of flashback yet still drives a effective story, breaking up the sections of memory with cute to the real world, which I believe will be a good tactic for my short film making sure the audience is still in the room with Ezaru and Martha being told a story. 

Research

 Hey guess what I failed.....

Animation Project/Research: Critique

Research: DONE AHHHHH

How can I effectively represent the close relationship 

I have with my mother through an animated short film, 

using flashbacks as a plot device?

(Due 27/3/20)

Portrayal of a Mother’s love
Researching the methods I can use to show and create a close mother/daughter relationship, that my audience and I can relate to and make it believable.

Question Outline:

How can I effectively represent the close relationship 

I have with my mother through an animated short film, 

using flashbacks as a plot device?

Definitions:
Flashback:
A flashback is the term used for a scene in a film set earlier than in the main story, and example of this would be a character revisiting an old memory or having a “flashback’

Plot Device:
A Plot Device is a character, object or element in a story put in place to advance the plot

Reason:

I want to share the story of my two characters, Ezaru and Martha, through an animated short film,  I want to create a relationship in my story, that not only can I relate to, but my audience as well, this is something I have trouble finding in animations from new zealand and wish to create myself. I will use my own relationship to help make the characters' relationship more believable.

Methodology:

I use practice based research, blogging and observation as my project methodologies 

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Proposed approach

I will use my methodologies to gather relevant information and document them on my blog, to support my argument.

Statement of arguments & Organization

The Argument I will be beginning my article with is Methodology, to explain what methods I will be using to conduct my research throughout my other arguments. Following I shall bring up my argument of Mother/Daughter relationships as my question is centered around this feature and the other arguments, will mostly be in relation to said argument.Continuing I will be going to Family and Friend dynamics (and how they affect relationships) 

Moving on I will lead into techniques that support my main arguments starting off with Colour and Light and following up, 2D and 3D animation.
After the supporting technique arguments, I will advance onto the arguments centered around driving the story that my characters take part in starting with Flashbacks and finishing off with Narration.
At this I will state the conclusion of my arguments and question.

Body:

Blog: https://storyboard-of-a-nerd.blogspot.com/search/label/BVA703%3A%20Research

Proposal of 6 Arguments/Topics

1. Methodology 
2. Mother/Daughter Relationship
3. Family and Friend Dynamics (and how they affect relationships)
4. Colour and Light 
5. 2D and 3D
6. FlashBacks (Plot Device) 
7. Nariration (Plot Device)
   

How the Argument Supports the Question

Methodology:

Methodology is the method of research that I will be using to find information for this article, I will be using at least 3 methods of gathering information, Practice based research, Blogs, and Observation,

Mother/Daughter Relationship

Animation can provide a medium for the representation of the mother daughter relationship. Through animation and the characters I can show my audience the bond between a mother and daughter that reflects my own relationship with my mother.

Family and Friendship Dynamics (and how they affect relationships)

Other relationships, such as friendships, can have an impact on the type of interactions a mother and daughter can have with each other.

Friendship dynamics can affect relationships within a family.

Colour and Light

Colour and light can be used to emphasize the contrast between the hostile outside world and the sanctuary of the cave, her home and her mother's embrace 

Colour and Light Strategies

2D and 3D
Depicting the mother and daughter in 3D will help them feel more fleshed out to the audience and separate them from the flashbacks of the mother's story.

Having the flashbacks in 2D will allow them to be more abstract while the 3D, non-flashback will be more solid and realistic helping the audience connect with the characters.

FlashBacks (Plot Device)

Flashback’s are quite commonly used within stories to reveal something from the past and push the story forward. 

In some cases flashbacks are used to tell an entire story, as the focus of one, may be a character recounting an adventure to another character.

Nariration (Plot Device)

Narration will be a key method within my story, as the mother is telling a story not only to Ezaru, her daughter, but to the audience, I want nariration because not only is it meant to be understood as Martha describing her past but it is also the way stories were originally passed on.

Before stories were recorded down, they were passed on by word, which is still common today, through sharing experiences with each other.

Examples to support the argument/topic for the Question

And explanation of how the Example is Relevent

Methodology: 

Practice Based Research  

Baker, Camille C, and Kate Sicchio. Intersecting Art and Technology in Practice: Techne/Technique/Technology. Routledge, 2017.n, 2009.

I will be using practice based in the sense of my own experience with my mother in relation to the characters and my own experience in 2D and 3D animation while comparing the two mediums.

Practice based research is the method of learning through research and gathering data from experience.

Blogging

 is a method of recording research done overtime, a way of stockpiling information gathered over time that you can reference back to, to show your studies done in the past,

Observation:

Observation is a method relying on ones own experiences and what goes on around them, through experience data is gathered, it is a way of studying but not looking through articles but looking with your own eyes at what happens.

Mother/Daughter Relationship

My Own Relationship:

Frozen:

In Frozen 2, the Mother tells her daughters a bedtime story, this shows us the close relationship and love they had with their mother 

(in explanation say how it relates to your project)

This relates to my project, as it shows a similar love to the one I am aiming to emulate within my own story, the love between Mother and daughter, shown through a story and through flashbacks. Frozen 2 like my film aims to create family intimacy or connection through the animated medium.

Brave:

Brave shows the relationship between Merida and her Mother, showing conflict and challenges they face all the while it shows how these challenges they face bring them closer, and strengthen their bond.

Family and Friend Dynamics (and how they affect relationships)

How to Train Your Dragon:

Within HTTYD Hiccups friendship has a big impact on his relationship with his father.

Before their friendship he and his father did not have the best relationship, Hiccup to his father, was a disappointment,
During their friendship, it changes Hiccup, which by extension starts changing the relationship between him and his father. After the climax of the film, the friendship changes the parent/child relationship for the better.

2D and 3D

Winx Club Season 5

Winx club uses both 2D and 3D within this season, It is used with differentiate diffrent worlds.
The show is normally a 2D show, following the story of Bloom (main character), however in season 5 in search of a new power, they travel to a new type of world to find it.
The strange underwater world is animated in 3D giving it a different look from the main worlds the characters live in.

Mia and me:
While this show has no 2D animation, 3D is used for the magic Elf world, while Live action is used for real life. This helps emphasize that the two worlds are different and using animation for the magic world, provides more for creative freedom than live action would allow.

Colour and Light

Tangled:

The tower that Rapunzel grew up in is shown to be a warm and welcoming home in the beginning of the movie, This is in contrast to the ending where the tower emits the emotion of a tomb and a cold unwelcoming place.

 Kung Fu Panda 2 (Inner Peace) 

During the scene where Po finds his inner peace the contrast in lighting helps reflect the broken mood he is in. The Dark and blue atmosphere combined with rain in contrast to the ram by the warm fireside showing him the path forward, the path to mending and inner peace.

FlashBacks (Plot Device)

Inside Out:

Within Inside Out, the memories of Riley are constantly shown throughout the film, Glimpses of her past, and snippets of memories drive the story and provide us with information about the character, in particular who she was in the past.

Late Afternoon:

Late Afternoon is a short film that is driven by flashbacks, Flashbacks are used to tell the story of the main character, and guide us through memories of her life.

Kung Fu Panda
Within the inner peace scene, Po’s past is revealed through a 2D paper like animation, This provides a contrast with the films 3D animation, Using 2D makes it appear as a story being told to the audience, one that is being told, through Po’s Memories.

Narration (Plot Device)

How to train your dragon

Narration is used at the beginning and end of this film. At the start it is used to set a scene, so that the audience has a better grasp of what world they are in, however they balance it with the visuals well so that they are not only telling the story, they are showing us.
At the end it mimics the beginning dialing but with a different conclusion, showing us the changes of the world in effect of the story, and wrapping up the Film.

Tangled

Narration is used at the beginning of the film, introducing us to a story, it is portrayed as Eugine (A main character) as telling a story, making the whole film in a sense a story being told, this can also be taken as the film being a flashback on how the characters, met.
It makes the character feel like he is telling us the story he and Rapunzel went through.

Conclusion:

Re-stating Argument 

I have Proven that, 

• With the right techniques, such as lighting I can make my characters connect with Ezaru and her mother's relationship

Outline Key Points
Using my own relationship will help give it a more realistic feel as I will have something to use for reference.

Using lighting and film techniques I can guide the audience to feel drawn towards the mothers warmth 

As a result (implication of findings)

Basing the characters of of my own relationship, it will help keep the relationship more realistic, and help people connect

Other characters can have an impact of family relations through the emotional support or harm the friendship forms and effects family relations

Using a cold to show the outside world, and orange to show the mothers warmth will help show the mother is a kind person and caretaker for her daughter

Setting the characters in 3D and the flashbacks in 2D it will help show that the characters are telling a story from a more fleshed out world compared to the flashback stories.

Using flashbacks will help visualize the mothers story and engage my audience in the story being told to both her daughter and us.

Narration being present in the flashbacks will emphasize the fact that the mother is telling the story, a time that has passed and is being passed on through a tale.

Research: Conclusion and reason

Research

Okay so I need to create an Argument on methodology and redo what I currently have for my reasoning of this research question.

Methodology:

Methodology is the method of research that I will be using to find information for this article,
I will be using at least 3 methods of gathering information, Practice based research, Blogs, and Observation,

Practice Based Research  

I will be using practice based in the sense of my own experience with my mother in relation to the characters and my own experience in 2D and 3D animation while comparing the two mediums.

Practice based research is the method of learning through research and gathering data from experience.

Blogging

Blogging

 is a method of recording research done overtime, a way of stockpiling information gathered over time that you can reference back to, to show your studies done in the past,

Observation:
Observation is a method relying on ones own experiences and what goes on around them, through experience data is gathered, it is a way of studying but not looking through articles but looking with your own eyes at what happens.

Reasoning:

Share the story of two of my character, 

Help people relate to them, by using my own relationship as inspiration.

Animation is a highly accessible medium and it also has the potential to bring various creations to reality no matter how abstract or unrealistic they may be in real life.

It lets you dream further than real life and allows you to create anything, your own characters and your own worlds.

New:

I want to be able to show the close relationship I have with my mother through an animated film, I am going to analyze several films and techniques I can utilize to create the effect I want and be able to show my audience the reaction I desire.

Conclusion:

As a result

Basing the characters of of my own relationship, it will help keep the relationship more realistic, and help people connect

Other characters can have an impact of family relations through the emotional support or harm the friendship forms and effects family relations

Using a cold to show the outside world, and orange to show the mothers warmth will help show the mother is a kind person and caretaker for her daughter

Setting the characters in 3D and the flashbacks in 2D it will help show that the characters are telling a story from a more fleshed out world compared to the flashback stories.

Using flashbacks will help visualize the mothers story and engage my audience in the story being told to both her daughter and us.

Narration being present in the flashbacks will emphasize the fact that the mother is telling the story, a time that has passed and is being passed on through a tale.

Research: What I have RN

How can I effectively represent the close relationship 

I have with my mother through an animated short film, 

using flashbacks as a plot device?

(Due 27/3/20)

Create Title
And subtitle (smol description) 

(The mother is not only telling the daughter the story, she is also telling the audience)

Definitions:
Flashback
Plot Device

Reason:

Share the story of two of my character, 

Help people relate to them, by using my own relationship as inspiration.

Animation is a highly accessible medium and it also has the potential to bring various creations to reality no matter how abstract or unrealistic they may be in real life.

It lets you dream further than real life and allows you to create anything, your own characters and your own worlds.

Methodology:

I use Practice Based Research, Blogging and Observation as my project methodologies 

Proposal of 6 Arguments/Topics

1. Mother/Daughter Relationship
2. Family and Friend Dynamics (and how they affect relationships)
3. Colour and Light 
4. 2D and 3D
5. FlashBacks (Plot Device) 
6. Nariration (Plot Device)
   

How the Argument Supports the Question

Mother/Daughter Relationship

Animation can provide a medium for the representation of the mother daughter relationship. Through animation and the characters I can show my audience the bond between a mother and daughter that reflects my own relationship with my mother.

Family Dynamics (and how they affect relationships)

How other relationships can have an impact on the type of relation a mother and daughter can have with each other.

How Friendship dynamics can affect relationships within a family.

Colour and Light

Colour and Light to emphasize the contrast between the hostile outside world and the sanctuary of the cave, her home and her mother's embrace 

Colour and Light Strategies

2D and 3D
Having the Mother and daughter in 3D will help them feel more fleshed out to the audience and separate them from the flashbacks of the mother's story.

Having the flashbacks 2D will allow them to be more abstract while the 3D, non-flashback will be more solid and realistic helping the audience connect with the characters.

FlashBacks (Plot Device)

Flashback’s are quite commonly used within Stories to reveal something from the past and push the story forward, or in some cases tells an entire story, as the focus of one, may be a character recounting an adventure to another character.

Nariration (Plot Device)

Nariration will be a key method within my story, as the mother is telling a story not only to Ezaru but to the audience, I want nariration because not only is it meant to come of as Martha Telling her past but it has also been a part of storytelling since the beginning, before stories were recorded down, they were passed on by word, which is still common today, through sharing experiences with each other.

Examples to support the argument/topic for the Question

And explanation of how the Example is Relevent

Mother/Daughter Relationship

My Own Relationship:

Frozen:

In Frozen 2, the Mother tells her daughters a bedtime story, this shows us the close relationship and love they had with their mother 

(in explanation say how it relates to your project)

This relates to my project, as it shows a similar love to the one I am aiming to emulate within my own story, the love between Mother and daughter, shown through a story and flashbacks. Frozen 2 like my film aims to create family intimacy or connection through the animated medium.

Brave:

Brave shows the relationship between Merida and her Mother, showing conflict and challenges they face all the while it shows the challenges they face that brings them closer, and strengthens their bond.

Family and Friend Dynamics (and how they affect relationships)

How to Train Your Dragon:

Within HTTYD Hiccups friendship has a big impact on his relationship with his father.

Before their friendship he and his father did not have the best relationship, Hiccup to his father was a disappointment,
During their friendship, it changes Hiccup, which by extension starts changing the relationship between him and his father
After the Climax of the film, the friendship changes the parent/child relationship for the better and put their relationship on the mend

2D and 3D

Winx Club Season 5

Winx club uses both 2D and 3D within this season, it is used with two different world, separating them and exploring a new medium,
The show is normally a 2D show, following the story of Bloom (main character), however in season 5 in search of a new power, they travel to a new type of world to find it.
The strange underwater world is animated in 3D giving it a different look from the main worlds the characters live in.

Mia and me:
While this show has no 2D animation, 3D is used for the magic Elf world, while Live action is used for real life. This helps emphasize that the two worlds are different and using animation for the magic world, it gives more for creative freedom than live action would allow.

Colour and Light

Tangled:

The tower that Rapunzel grew up in is shown to be a warm and welcoming home in the beginning of the movie, in contrast to the ending where it emits the emotion of a tomb and a cold unwelcoming place.

 Kung Fu Panda 2 (Inner Peace) 

During the scene where Po finds his inner peace the contrast in lighting helps reflect the broken mood he is in. The Dark and blue atmosphere combined with rain in contrast to the ram by the warm fireside showing him the path forward, the path to mending and inner peace.

FlashBacks (Plot Device)

Inside Out:

Within Inside out, the memories of Riley are constantly shown throughout the film, Showing glimpse of her past, snippets of memories, these memories are what drives the story and provides us with information of the character, of what and who she was in the past.

Late Afternoon:

Late afternoon is a short film that is driven by Flashbacks, they tell the story of the main character, and show us through memories of her life.

Kung Fu Panda
Within the Inner peace scene, Po’s past is revealed through a 2D paper like animation, it contrasts with the films 3D animation, and using 2D makes it come off as a story being told, one being revisited by the Protagonist Po.

Nariration (Plot Device)

How to train your dragon

Tangled