Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Animation Aesthetics Reading 1

Question 1 from "Introduction to Animation Studies":
How would you describe animation in comparison to live-action media? In your opinion are animation and live-action media influenced by each other? Why or Why not?

Answer to Question 1:
I would describe animation as a series of frames with a non-living object that create a film. Live-action media would be an ongoing shooting of a living object to create the film. I think that animation and live-action media are influenced by each other because the process of a "frame-by-frame" with an inanimate object is used in animation but is applied to the shooting of a live-action media. You can shoot many scenes of a living thing within the live-action media and bring them together to form a film. "The use of inanimate objects and certain frame-by-frame filming techniques suggest 'animation', whereas the appearance of live objects and continuous filming suggest 'live action'."

Question 2 from "Digital Cinema and the History of a Moving Image":
In what ways do you think the art of motion (moving pictures) has changed over the centuries? What do you think the future holds for the art of motion?

Question 3 from "Second Earth":
Do you think that the creation of a Metaverse, "referring to both the overarching collection of these worlds and the main port of entry to them...", will be beneficial or detrimental to today's society?

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