Now it's time to explore some forms of animation...Click on the following links to explore some historical aspects of animation and its evolution. Then, choose one of the following questions to comment on. Make sure you've had an opportunity to check out some of the animation links on the Ulik webpage before commenting.
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- What can or what does animation provide that a still image, photographic film, or video doesn't?
- How is the animator like a director?
- Is animation just for entertainment? How else could it be used?
- Describe your earliest memory of an animation and why you think you still remember it today.
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Animation is used to create a more interesting effect. Everything would be alot more boring if it was in 2-D. Animation throws in that kick of excitement. When the character talks, its the most unique part of animation.. for me. When you create an animation, you're giving the spectators more, and and a better experience. The animator can create whatever he wants and can change any part of the piece, which makes him like a director. Movies for children and even adults is the potential for animation. It's getting bigger and farmore, better. It's more then entertainment, it could be used for investigations, showing how crimes could've been committed. My earliest memory of animation is probably Scooby-Doo because it was a cheesy but creative form of animation.
ReplyDeleteThe earliest memory of an animation that I still remember today is probably the Powerpuff Girls show. The show was cute, creative, and action crazy. I loved the three little girls and the professor. All the characters in the show were always drawn very simple. The girls had only arms and their eyes were HUGE! Even their outfits were simple. Blossom, Buttercup, and Bubbles technically aren’t human beings. They’re actually made out of sugar, spice, everything nice, and Chemical X which is something that could never be done in real life but in animation anything is possible. It’s ammmazzzing!
ReplyDeleteBugs Bunny is the earliest memory I could think of.I always thought it was hilarious and creative. It's sad that they arn't on TV, but who doesn't like the classics?(cartoons). I don't think Elmer Fudd will get that rabbit...
ReplyDeleteas an aswer to the first question I would say that an animation can be more creative, or at least creative in a totally different way than you can be with still images, photographic film, or videos. When you do animations you can play with people's minds and make creatures that doesn't even extist, or you can take creatures that does exist and make them do impossible things.
ReplyDeleteIts different in a way that animation can pull your mind into a seperate world that your body is in, oppossed to a piece of 2-D art, which can be just as effective, but it is how animation effects the mind in a much different way that makes it as captivating as it is.
ReplyDeleteTrue, most animation is just for "entertainment" as you usually just see it in cartoons or anime, however, like any piece of art, it can have a meaning as well that is trying to be expressed. Another idea is putting together several images of objects or places that have no connection, what so ever. There is no story, no "entertainment". It is the human mind that can relate the objects together when they see them, creating a picture in the mind; a story in the mind. There is no actual "story" nor is it "entertaining", but it is what the viewer is creating for themselves through several animated clips, thus allowing animation to hold the ability to be anything and appeal differently to any one person, and having a different effect everytime.
Animation is one of those things that will always and forever capture our eyes; perhaps that is why they same there is magic in the movies. From personal experience (and I am sure most others can agree with me) the first animation I remember is the oh so cliche Disney movies, my first and favorites being Aladin and Beauty and the Beast, even the Little Mermaid. Anime is another form of animation i have come to enjoy, and it is a different culture's take on animation (hence anime).
Does animation provide spectators with a specific and directed experience? How is the animator like a director?
ReplyDeleteChad Says:
When you are in the seat of making an animated film or just a rough sketch you are in control of the entire movie and you are the only person who can make the scenes and choose what you want to be in the animation. It is almost like it is your own world and you play the god character. Not many people get the option to do that. You can also choose what you want your spectators to think. If you have an animation about destruction and death by nuclear war then the influence that you will have on your audience will most likely be against nuclear weapons and nuclear technology, thus making an animation seem very close minded and only thinking about one side of a situation. Animation can be used for anything and anyone can take advantage of it and use it for their own specific reasonings. Advertising is a big part of animation. It captures the viewers eye. Much like McDonalds, it has animated commercials to capture the audience of children so that they bring their parents to the restaurant.