It’s been a while – Lecture catch-up

Just some notes from the lectures we’ve had the past 3 weeks.

2D animation – 19/09/14

History has several stories:

– Of Representations
– Of Stylizations
– Realisms
– Surrealisms
– Expressionisms
– Anthropomorphisms
– Idealisms/Romanticisms.

Pre-animation
– Cave paintings
– Greek Vase W/ decorative paintings on the side
– Far-east puppetry
– The Bayeux Tapestry
– Lucretius’ “On the Nature of Things”.
– Book of Kells
– Voynich Manuscript.
– Flip books in 16th century Europe
– Zoetrope, 1934
– 1890s; comic books
– 19th century optical + kinetic toys

James Stuart Blackton, 1875-1941. “The father of American animation”
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dRe85cNXwg
(Humorous phases of funny faces – 1906)


(Emile Cohl – Fantasmagorie – 1908)


(Winsor McCay – Gertie the Dinosaur – 1914)

In 1914, J. R. Bray patented celluloid sheets.

Disney’s Snow White was the first full-colour feature-length animated feature. (1937)

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2D Animation, form and technology – 06/10/14

Notable names:
– Oscar Fischinger
– Walt Disney
– Robert Clampett
– Yuri Norstein
– Mary Blair
– Caroline Leaf

During the early years around the 40s and 50s, as animation was becoming increasingly popular – two dominant animation studios held sides of the US. Disney dominated the mid-west USA, while Warner Brothers held the north-east.

in 1941, Disney animators went on strike, wanting more recognition for their work.

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13/10/14

“Equipment just gets better”

Motion Sensory input devices:
– Infrared
– Optics
– Radio Frequency
– Sound
– Vibration
– Magnetism

“analogue meets digital”

I was advised to watch the program “How it’s made”.

D.I.Y. Projects: http://www.instructables.com/

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