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How does Toy Story 2 follow conventions of the animation genre to appeal to a polysemic audience?

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Emma Wickham. How does Toy Story 2 follow conventions of the animation genre to appeal to a polysemic audience? Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, 1999) could be considered a hybrid of many different genres, similarly to other animated films. This film follows genre conventions of action, western and, of course, animation films, with some elements of comedy. Genre means the type of film that it is, i.e. romance. The conventions within these films make it clear to the audience about the genre, i.e. a romance film will include a relationship between two people who are passionate about each other. One reason that animated films appeal to a large audience is because of the many different conventions used within the film. For example, audiences who enjoy action films may want to watch this film for the action scenes and because it is advanced in its use of computer animation, this offers a...

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