Cavalheiro, Pedro, 1961-Guimarães, Cláudio Roberto Lima, 1971-2018-09-282018-09-282018-07-052018-09-28http://hdl.handle.net/10451/34902A tese possui um Video a acompanhar que apenas pode ser consultado na biblioteca da Fbaul, com a COTA CDA 203 - ULBA018806The objective of this theoretical-practical project is to articulate the concept of metamorphosis by presenting a particular approach to the process through the development of the practical component, a three-minute animated short film titled The Legend of the Country that does not exist, executed in the drawing cartoon technique. In this component, I tried to use the metamorphosis differently than the usual way – as a visual effect or as a link between the scenes. I used it both as the most important constituent process of Animation, and as a plastic resource, and also, as the main driver of the story. For a better understanding of the concept, its applications in the fields of Visual Arts, Literature and Cinema were considered. In this paper, I have investigated animated works where the use of metamorphosis plays an important role, such as Blinkity Blank (MCLAREN, 1955), Street Musique (LARKIN, 1972), Introduction (GAZIZOV, 1992), Britannia (QUINN 1993) and Gloria Victoria (USHEV, 2012). In order to deepen the research, I have developed and proposed a set of classifications of metamorphoses: a table where they are listed according to the types of transformation (substitution, manipulation and deformation) in relation to the animation techniques in which they are produced; and other listings according to the identification of their narrative characteristics (scene transition, temporal ellipse, spatial ellipse, character change and daydream) or symbolic characteristics (transfiguration, visual metaphor and graphic distortion). In view of all the previous stages, it was possible to develop a differentiated approach, where metamorphosis and its transformations represent processes and narrate history. For the narrative development of the practical component the History of Brazil was chosen as the theme, in combination with the philosophical concepts of utopia and dystopia. This theoretical component is based in particular on the studies on Animation, by Paul Wells (1966-) and Georges Sifianos (1952-) and texts on the plasmaticity, by Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948)porEisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948MetamorfoseAnimaçãoDesenhoAdaptabilidadeDistopiamaster thesis201950758