Category Archives: Design for Animation, Narrative Structure and Film Language

A comparison of American and Japanese animation Animation is a comprehensive art form and each country’s animation reflects its own culture. Throughout the eastern and western animation works, they reveals that there are significant differences in scene design, imagery and character … Continue reading →

Take 2 films you enjoy and break down the character development and story development throughout the film: Analyse how the main characters evolve Analyse how the characters drive the story If there are similarities between your films point this out … Continue reading →

Note: I would like to choose the film Zootopia to analyse story arc analyse: You: Judy has been working hard in the town to become a police officer in Zootopia and has finally graduated at the top of her class to … Continue reading →

Note: What is Mise-en-Scène? A French term meaning what is put into a scene or frame Visual information in front of the camera Communicates essential information to the audience made up of various elements Elements of Mise-en-Scène? Settings & Props … Continue reading →

Note: We are surrounded by a wide range of media, which send us a variety of messages every day. It is easy to see that these messages also include politics. From the games we play to the films we watch, … Continue reading →

Paul Wells suggests that ‘Animation as a form has predominantly been understood as a ‘cartoon’ medium, and largely defined by the presence, and performance of Disney Animation from 1928 to the present day. lt may be argued, therefore, that all … Continue reading →

NOTES： The Timeline of the Early Film 1877-Adweard Muybridge captured motion images of a horse galloping. 1891-the American inventor Thomas Edison had perfected the kinetoscope. 1892-Emile Reynaud projected the first animated film on his praxinoscope. 1895-In England, two pioneers Robert W Paul and … Continue reading →