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)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGXC8gXOPoU
(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/