Unit 11: Animation for Digital Media
Starting Tuesday 10th May 2016 running through to the end of June in room 155 in the Media building.
For further information, contact Jed Gibbs MA by email: jgibbs@totton.ac.uk
link to Pearson PDF (page 233/245)
Unit introduction
Have you ever wondered...
A1 and A2
Topic A.3 Animators
- In order to explore the developments in animation it is important to investigate the work of key figures in animation from different time periods:
- e.g. Jan Švankmajer
- Walt Disney (history of Mickey Mouse)
- Willis O’Brien (King Kong) mentor to Ray H...
- Ray Harryhausen (Jason and the Argonauts, Sinbad, Clash of the Titans),
- Len Lye impressionist riot of colour from 1935-37
- (also Chuck Jones)
- e.g. John Lasseter (Pixar/Disney - Toy Story, Cars)
- the Quay Brothers
- Tim Burton (creator of Nightmare before Christmas directed by Henry Selick at Disney, who worked with Laika Studios on Coraline, made with Dragonframe software).
- Nick Park (creator of Wallace & Gromit, made while at Aardman Animation in Bristol)
- (also Glen Keane steps into the paper VR) and Duet
historical (pre-digital era)
contemporary (post-digital era)
Work of key animators:
● significant productions: Disney's Snow White is "first full-length animated feature" or is it?
● character creation:
● working methods: silhouette or paper cut-outs (as used in early South Park); drawn, traced, inked and painted cels; stop-motion, Flash, Ren & Stimpy,
● legacy or influences: eg Willis O'Brien>Ray Harryhausen>Phil Tippet of Star Wars
● historical context. Harryhausen and Dr Suess both working for US military - Harryhausen given large stocks of expired film. milestones
Joseph Plateau (phenakitoscope), William Horner (zoetrope), Emile Reynaud (praxinoscope), Edward Muybridge, Edison (kinetoscope), Lumière brothers, George Pal
Learning aims
In this unit you will:
Learning aims and unit content
What needs to be learnt |
Learning aim A: |
Topic A.1 |
