Narrative organization of animation film by J. - F. Lagioni "The painting"

The article is the first attempt at a narrative study of an animated film. The film directed by Jean-Francois Lagioni «The Painting» (2011) (scriptwriters - Stephanie Shi, Jean-Francois Lagioni, Anik Leray) is considered as a complex meta-narration. The author relies on the methodological principles of the narrative analysis of the text and operates with the key categories: «the event that is described in the text» and «the event of the story itself» (MM Bakhtin). As a means of organizing the narrative of an animated film, “signs of signs” (Y.M. Lotman) - works of painting - «revived pictures» and the journey of heroes through the multiple artistic worlds created by the Artist are investigated. The sources of the style of the animated film are revealed - the works of Chagall, Matisse, Picasso, Modigliani. In the course of analyzing the narrative structure of an animated film, it was fundamental to turn to the aesthetic concepts of «serial thinking» and non-finito text. Several narrative levels are highlighted, each of which is built according to its own laws: events unfolding in the artist's unfinished painting; the heroes' journey through other paintings by the artist (completed and unfinished) in the Artist's House and Studio; exit to the World of the Artist who has forgotten about his painting. The narrative organization of the animated film «The Painting» is based on the interconnection and interdependence of elements of different narrative levels.