Thursday, September 24, 2009

Wells Reading Response

I think that there is an interesting separation pointed out between orthodox animation and other forms. i know that when i think of "orthodox" i think controlled, understandable, basic, and possibly even considered more "boring" than other animations, althought growing up i definitely preferred a cartoon over any form of live action. Old disney films would most likely be the most relatable for me. Tho, as time progressed my tastes in the maturity of the animation progressed, especially when thinking about japanese anime. Im not much of a nerd in the department but Ive seen how they take the traditional cel animation and hyper realism discussed in the readings and made some of the most beautiful imagery I have ever seen. especially with the film the Animatrix. in the later years I started thinking that "hey i guess animation doesnt need to be just like regular films" then i realized there was that entire other side : EXPERIMENTAL. the chart in the text clearly illustrates the distinction i had never even thought about before. the narrative aspect sort of threw me off conidering i for some reason never thought you can make ANYTHING occur in the frame in an animation, which poses an interesting question: why do so many animated films hold the specific structure that non animated films have? why dont they all take advantage of the chance to make impossible things happen?? thats what my 495 is hopefully going to do a little bit...

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