标题: Animation Feature Film - 动画片 英语学习笔记及视频资料列举 [打印本页] 作者: yearshappy 时间: 18-10-2012 21:32 标题: Animation Feature Film - 动画片 英语学习笔记及视频资料列举 Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images to create an illusion of movement.
The most common method of presenting animation is as a motion picture or video program.
animate = give life to
Techniques
Traditional animation (also called Cel animation or hand-drawn animation);
Stop-motion animation
Computer animation
A Cel, short for celluloid, is a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for traditional, hand-drawn animation.
Generally, the characters are drawn on cels and laid over a static background drawing. This reduces the number of times an image has to be redrawn and enables studios to split up the production process to different speciallised teams.
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The process of producing animation is terribly labor intensive. Animation is cheaper than live-action film, but still very expensive.
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[ 本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 18-10-2012 22:15 编辑 ]作者: yearshappy 时间: 18-10-2012 22:25 Example of Cel animation movie
The Triplets of Belleville 2003
written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. This animated comedy film was an international co-production between companies in France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Canada. Two Academy Awards Nominations - Best Animated Feature Film and Best Song ''Belleville Rendez-vous''
'I come from a humble background not a smart one. I remember going to see an old lady who lived next door to one of my aunts and finding her in a small flat that smelled of polish where every object, however insignificant, was shown at its best. I could never direct a story set in a world of rich people. My inspiration comes from my own experince.'
Sylvain Chomet
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The main characters Grandmum - Madame Souza
puppy - Bruno
Grandson - Champion [attach]247924[/attach]
Storyline
In the French countryside, a young boy, Champion, is raised by his grandmother, Madame Souza. She buys him a bicyble and encourages his dream of winning the Tour De France. He later on gets kidnapped by a group of Mafia gangsters for gambling purpose and taken to the big city of Belleville. Along with her faithful companion Bruno, Madame Souza sets out to rescue her grandson. They befriend a trio of aging musicians who were once the '30s jazz trio known as The Triplets of Belleville.' At a fancy restaurant, the mafia boss happens to be there... The film ends with the motley group riding on out of Belleville, and flashforward to an elderly Champion reflecting on the adventure.
In contrast to cel animation, which involves two-dimensional drawings, stop motion animation is generally created from objects taken from the real world and so is usually three-dimensional. A two-dimensional work has height and width, for example a drawing or painting. A three-dimensional work has height, width and depth, for example a statue, a model or a puppet木偶。Increasingly, writers and artists are talking about the 4th dimension, which is time. Filmes and animation can be called four-demensional art forms, because they occur over time.
The term 'stop motion animation' describes the technique very well. It basically consists of taking a shot with a camera, moving the object a little and taking another shot. The technique of stop motion animation may appear to be simple but it's very time-consuming. A background is created, an object placed against it and the camera takes an image. The object is moved a little and the camera takes another image. The more images that are taken, the smoother the movements will look and the more an object is moved, the faster the motion will appear.
There are various types of stop motion animation. Puppet or model animation are used as actors and they interact with each other. Cut-out animation is created by using cut-out shapes and moving them.
The most frequently used material is clay or plasticine to create the characters and usually the backgrounds, sets and props.
[ 本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 19-10-2012 00:17 编辑 ]作者: yearshappy 时间: 19-10-2012 00:23
Example of stop motion animation film
Mary and Max
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Mary and Max tells the story of two pen pals. One is a lonely 8 year-old girl living in a suburb of Melbourne and the other is a 44 year-old man in New York City who has a disorder called Asperger's Syndrome. People who have this condition have difficulty in social situations and in making friends, and usually have repetitive behaviours and specific intense interests.
This film tells the story of the characters and their friendshiip, which develops over twenty years of letter writing.
Mary and Max directed by Adam Elliot shows a combination of plastic, clay, plasticine and metal to create the characters and the backgrounds, sets props and special effects.
Mary and Max - official trailer
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[ 本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 19-10-2012 00:41 编辑 ]作者: yearshappy 时间: 1-11-2012 22:09
another classic one
The Jetsons
Porky Pig is a cartoon character from the Looney Tunes. He is wise and good-natured, but also shy and cowardly. He often plays the sidekick to the rest of the Looney Tunes. He speaks with a stutter. His trademark ( slogon ) is closing all the Looney Tunes with the phrase Th-th-th-tha-tha-tha-that's all folks.