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So that's the first week of animation now. This week was pure theory.
We watched some documentaries on the history of moving pictures. Turns out animation was actually around before live action moving pictures. I was aware of the existence of magic lanterns, but I'd never thought of them as a form of animation, which they are.
We reviewed filmmaking basics, such as the 180 degree rule (there's an invisible line between two interacting characters. You may only shoot the scene from one side of that line. The camera may only occupy the other side if it is moved there during a tracking shot), shot composition, lighting, and transitions.
Then we watched some animated shorts. Steamboat Willie and some Wallace and Gromit, plus a few short cartoons geared towards really small kids.
As we left the class today, we were tasked with writing storyboards for our own animations. We will all be making two: One in stop motion and the other in 2D drawing.
We watched some documentaries on the history of moving pictures. Turns out animation was actually around before live action moving pictures. I was aware of the existence of magic lanterns, but I'd never thought of them as a form of animation, which they are.
We reviewed filmmaking basics, such as the 180 degree rule (there's an invisible line between two interacting characters. You may only shoot the scene from one side of that line. The camera may only occupy the other side if it is moved there during a tracking shot), shot composition, lighting, and transitions.
Then we watched some animated shorts. Steamboat Willie and some Wallace and Gromit, plus a few short cartoons geared towards really small kids.
As we left the class today, we were tasked with writing storyboards for our own animations. We will all be making two: One in stop motion and the other in 2D drawing.
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Hopefully I'll be able to take some film classes next semester. The closest was a course on Film Noir and Women's Film, both of which concentrated on the '40s. Both were technically English courses though. I never really concentrated on cinematic techniques/camera angles and what not since I couldn't figure out how to incorporate them in a paper outside of "Hey, the line of sight from the bedpost to his arm make him appear imposing!" Maybe I should read more articles...
I look forward to reading more entries, should they come to be. I hear animating is pretty exhaustive work, so I wouldn't be surprised if you're too busy or tired to write more on it.