Presentation on theme: "Animation"— Presentation transcript
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AnimationSlide2
Animate
tr.v
.
an·i·mat·ed
,
an·i·mat·ing
,
an·i·mates
1.
To give life to; fill with life.
2.
To impart interest or zest to; enliven: "The party was animated by all kinds of men and women" René Dubos.
3.
To fill with spirit, courage, or resolution; encourage..
4.
To inspire to action; prompt.
5.
To impart motion or activity to.
6.
To make, design, or produce (a cartoon, for example) so as to create the illusion of motion.
The Free Dictionary by
FarlexSlide3
Animation
Forms of animation
Functions of animation
History of animation
Technology and process
AestheticsSlide4
Two major forms of animation
Stop-motion animation
Model/Puppet
Claymation
/Mud animation
Pixelation
Cut-out animation
Cartoon or created animation
Cartoon
CGISlide5
Functions of animation
Surprise or wonder
Portrayal of wondrous creatures, action by inanimate objects
Combine humans with inhuman characters
Portray real places, events, etc. that cannot be filmed (efficiently)
CSI
House
Present content that would be considered inappropriate for live actors to engage in
South ParkSlide6
Functions of animation
Provide a viewpoint that cannot effectively be presented otherwise
Allow for enhanced interaction with the video
Real-time interactivity
Save money
But only for limited animation
Gain increased control over the videoSlide7
Animation has a long history
Early visual toys
Flip books, etc.
Development of animation in early days of film
Gertie
the Dinosaur (
McCay
)
Stop-motion (
Melies
)
Animated shorts (1920s and 1930s)
Felix the Cat
Mickey Mouse
Merrie
MelodiesSlide8
Early animation
Early animation was based on the production of a series of paper drawings that were then photographed in order
Gertie
the Dinosaur
Very time-intensive process and quite simple pictures
B/W characters and flat backgrounds
Repetitive motions
Jerky presentationSlide9
Fleisher brothers
Gradually more sophisticated presentations
More attention to narrative
Silent
Felix the Cat
Develop sound on film
Betty
BoopSlide10
Cartoon animation
At first, all pictures were hand-drawn completely
Cel
process
Portion of the picture that moves is drawn on plastic sheet, background remains steady
As animation progressed, multiple
cel
layers were developedSlide11
Cel animation
Rather than producing all pix on opaque paper, animators began to use layers of cellophane and change only parts of the picture, usually retaining the background for many pictures and only replacing the top
cel
with the charactersSlide12
Disney
During the 1930s Walt Disney’s animation studios came to dominate the commercial animation scene
Turned to feature-length films after Snow White
Naturalism
Shorts were often produced by Warner Bros, Fleischer, others
More abstractSlide13
Disney
Walt Disney wanted to make the animation seem realistic even as it portrayed animals as talking, etc.
Realistic movement
Realistic background
Sense of depth
ColorSlide14
Disney innovations
Color
Sound
Depth
Camera
Realistic depiction
Extensive use of
Rotoscope
(not first to use)
Feature length
Industrialization of productionSlide15
Rotoscoping
To improve the naturalness of the motion, the device projected actual photos onto a light table where they were traced and the outline was then filled in with cartoon character
Used in Snow White to make her movements more realisticSlide16
Cartoon animation
Developed a system (Disney perfected) where main animators would produce “key frames” or pictures that occurred at most important moments of action, then “
tweeners
” would produce the pictures that occurred between the key framesSlide17
UPA
Very abstract
Limited animation
Cheaper
Gerald
McBoingBoingSlide18
Abstract animation
Many animators do not want to present animation as though it were real—want the art of the visual and the audio to be retained
Merry Melodies
Ralph
Bakshi
Matt GroeningSlide19
Stop motion
Take picture, move object, take picture
Painstaking process
Can look jerky
Models can have mechanical problems
May need multiple models/puppets, etc.
The most spectacular example in early film was King Kong
Stop motion had been developed some time before, but usually only lasted a short time, did not try to present life-like motion of objectsSlide20
Stop motion
Melies
King Kong
Gumby
Wallace and
Gromit
Monty Python
