the illusion of life chapter ten: how to get it on the screen
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The Illusion of Life Chapter Ten: How to Get It on the Screen. How can an animated scene’s background provide an effective setting without overwhelming the characters and the action?. How effective is the combination of backgrounds and characters in these scenes from “Bambi” ?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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How can an How can an animated animated scene’s scene’s
background background provide an provide an
effective setting effective setting without without
overwhelming overwhelming the characters the characters and the action?and the action? How How
effective is effective is the the
combinatiocombination of n of
backgroundbackgrounds and s and
characters characters in these in these
scenes from scenes from “Bambi” ?“Bambi” ?
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The background may be used to enhance the The background may be used to enhance the audience’s ability to focus upon the characters via audience’s ability to focus upon the characters via
framing and color contrast.framing and color contrast.
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Animating the shifting Animating the shifting surface and splashing surface and splashing
drops of water requires drops of water requires intensive study of the intensive study of the
dynamics of liquids, often dynamics of liquids, often by watching slow-motion by watching slow-motion
films of actual water.films of actual water.
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Shadow effects contribute Shadow effects contribute greatly to a scene’s greatly to a scene’s realism, but are very realism, but are very
difficult to implement.difficult to implement.
One solution was to paint One solution was to paint the shadow cel in black the shadow cel in black and to double-expose it and to double-expose it
with the background and with the background and other cels.other cels.
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Character colors must Character colors must be carefully selected to be carefully selected to
ensure that the ensure that the characters can be characters can be
clearly discerned in clearly discerned in each scene.each scene.
Each character has a Each character has a combination of light and combination of light and
darker colors, but note how darker colors, but note how Flower must be positioned Flower must be positioned strategically to prevent the strategically to prevent the primarily black color from primarily black color from
blending too much with the blending too much with the background.background.
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In Max Fleischer’s “Superman” cartoons In Max Fleischer’s “Superman” cartoons from the ‘30s, Superman is always from the ‘30s, Superman is always
positioned to contrast with the background positioned to contrast with the background color, make him stand out, while Clark Kent color, make him stand out, while Clark Kent frequently is positioned to blend with the frequently is positioned to blend with the
background.background.
Notice the shift in Notice the shift in hair color that hair color that occurs when occurs when Fleischer’s Fleischer’s
Gulliver needs to Gulliver needs to stand out against stand out against
the night sky.the night sky.
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The peasant disguises of the The peasant disguises of the three fairies in Disney’s three fairies in Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” were “Sleeping Beauty” were intended to be drabber intended to be drabber
versions of their fairy outfits, versions of their fairy outfits, but Merryweather’s black but Merryweather’s black
bodice tended to suck much bodice tended to suck much of the life out of those of the life out of those
scenes.scenes.
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Simplifying the Simplifying the tedious chore of tedious chore of
hand-inking hand-inking sketches for sketches for
scenes was the scenes was the motivation behind motivation behind the xerographic the xerographic
process.process.
““101 101 Dalmatians” Dalmatians” (1961) used (1961) used
xerography to xerography to print the print the
black lines of black lines of drawings drawings
directly onto directly onto the cels.the cels.““The The
Secret of Secret of NIMH” NIMH” (1982) (1982)
extended extended this this
technique technique to colored to colored
lines.lines.
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As with As with character character voices, it’s voices, it’s critical to critical to
maintain the maintain the tone and tone and mood of mood of
one’s one’s animation by animation by
means of means of music music
selections.selections.
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Animation sound falls into two basic Animation sound falls into two basic categories:categories:• Pre-synchronous Pre-synchronous
SoundSoundSound recorded before Sound recorded before the animated images are the animated images are producedproduced
• Post-synchronous Post-synchronous SoundSound
Sound recorded after Sound recorded after the images have been the images have been producedproduced• Music and sound effects for Music and sound effects for
key actions are recorded key actions are recorded pre-synch and the pre-synch and the animators “shoot to the animators “shoot to the track”.track”.• Most voices are recorded pre-Most voices are recorded pre-
synch to assist with synch to assist with synchronization with the synchronization with the characters and with the characters and with the pacing of action.pacing of action.• Sound effects that establish Sound effects that establish
the setting and don’t impact the setting and don’t impact the scene’s pacing (e.g., the scene’s pacing (e.g., ringing telephones, closing ringing telephones, closing doors, singing birds) are doors, singing birds) are recorded post-synch.recorded post-synch.
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What do the What do the following people do following people do
during animation during animation follow-up?follow-up?
Animation Checker
Blue Sketch Artist
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The Disney The Disney Multiplane Multiplane Camera - Camera -
Explained by Explained by Disney!Disney!
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Action in Drawing Humans and Action in Drawing Humans and AnimalsAnimals
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Eddie Eddie Collins, Collins,
the the burlesquburlesqu
e e comediacomedia
n, n, served served as the as the
live live action action
physical physical model model
for for DopeyDopey
Margaret Margaret Kerry was the Kerry was the
live action live action physical physical
model for model for Tinker BellTinker Bell
Live actors are Live actors are often filmed and often filmed and
analyzed frame by analyzed frame by frame to achieve frame to achieve
realistic animation realistic animation in characters.in characters.
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Precisely emulating the actions of real humans Precisely emulating the actions of real humans and animals tends to produce rather bland and animals tends to produce rather bland
animation, so caricaturing excessive actions and animation, so caricaturing excessive actions and reactions tends to produce better entertainment.reactions tends to produce better entertainment.
In these two images from “The Sword In these two images from “The Sword in the Stone”, Merlin and Arthur are in the Stone”, Merlin and Arthur are behaving similarly, but their stances behaving similarly, but their stances
and postures are somewhat more and postures are somewhat more exaggerated in the scene in which exaggerated in the scene in which
they are squirrels.they are squirrels.
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Which bird would make the best Which bird would make the best villain in an animated story? The villain in an animated story? The
best hero? The best victim?best hero? The best victim?
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The four fundamental poses of The four fundamental poses of walkingwalking
Stiff and Stiff and unnaturalunnatural
Bouncy and Bouncy and unbelievablunbelievablee
More More natural natural recoil recoil patternpattern