Project 5 - Preproduction

This Wednesday, we'll look at several animations as research for your final projects. We'll develop our discussion around some of these concepts and principles...


Story
Visual storytelling
Complete action
Acting
Staging
Narrative design
Writing a script
Story with and without dialogue

Visual Design
Palette
Figure/ground
Line and shape
"Character" design

Animation Design/Production Design
How is the piece to be made?
Approaches to process
How process influences meaning

Sound
Foley and practical sound
Music
Rhythm
Ambient

Content
Relationship between audio and image
Mood
Intention
Meaning/idea

Below are some approaches to animation that may inspire your own final projects:

Oskar Fischinger, who created this film using... paper and string... egad! An Optical Poem, from 1938:

Another fine example: Norman McLaren's Verical Lines from 1960:
 

Not to be outdone, here's Paul Glabicki's Object Conversation from 1985... No computers here, either!
 


A nice example of clear visual storytelling of some crazy stories... Felix Colgrave... viz Zachary Pearson...