Detta kandidatarbete undersöker hur en karaktärs fantasi kan gestaltas med genren magisk realism inom animerad film. Under arbetets gång har vi undersökt olika filmer med magisk realism som genre, så som Pan’s Labyrinth, Ally McBeal och Six Feet Under och The Science of Sleep. I detta arbete presenterar vi de metoder vi valt för att skapa en animerad film med genren magisk realism.

This thesis examines how you can shape a character’s imagination in an animated movie with the genre magical realism. In this work, we have examined some movies with magical realism as genre, such as Pan’s Labyrinth, Ally McBeal, Six Feet Under and The Science of Sleep. In this thesis, we present our methods for how to proceed while making an animated film and sound design with the genre magical realism.