Maninder's Animation Blog: Task1

Edward Muybridge:

Edward Muybridge played a major role in animation because he did a number of motion studies which proved that there were actions that cannot be seen by the naked eye. However these studies of motion were significantly important in the field of animation as they allowed animators to study the motions of living animals including humans which in turn improved the quality of animation such as walk cycles.

as you can see above these are the single frames that Muybridge had taken photos of to draw over them, bind them together and play them as an animation. This was an iconic piece of work by Muybridge and till this day such principles are still used from art subjects to 3d designing.

Willis H. O'Brien:

Willis H. O'Brien is known as the early pioneers of stop motion, he created many iconic movies such as The Valley of Gwangi (1969), The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918) and King Kong vs. Godzilla. according to ASIFA-Hollywood "was responsible for some of the best-known images in cinema history,"

Brien was known for his remarkable modelling and stop motion animating of Godzilla and King Kong. He was the pioneer of stop motion before his fame from the movies. one of his most influential work was The Dinosaur and the Missing Link which was created in 1915, in this short film he stop motion animated a stone age based story where characters are moved one frame at a time and the photos are taken which are then joined together as a animation very similar to Muybridges principle however in this modelling is involved whereas muybridge utilised photography and hand drawn images. Furthermore the model is not entirely made out of clay, within the model itself there is a skeleton structure made out of valuable metal which helps to hold the clay in piece. His modelling style and stop motion technique is still used today proving a successful market and potential in terms of the stop motion animation market which I will write about below.

Aardman Animations:

Aardman Animations are among the highest-grossing stop-motion films producers, they created many iconic movies Shaun the Sheep Movie, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Chicken Run. Aardman Animations revolutionised stop motion animation as they pushed their way to the mainstream market of entertainment, this allowed stop motion animation to be perceived through a different perspective as these stop animation movies are amongst the best stop animated movies ever produced in terms of story and quality of their clay modelling/animating. Yardman Animations proves the potential behind what you can produce via stop motion as well as the growth of the market. As discussed previously about Willis H. O'Brien a lot of his technique of both modelling and stop motion animating are used.

You can see that for stop motion animation clay/play dough is used as seen above due to the fact that the material that is used for animating needs to be valuable so they can be manipulated to be used to animate other frames, photographs of each frame is taken and merged together to create an animation.

ANIME:

Anime is an abbreviated word for animation and is referred as Japanese animation, Anime as we know know is known to have distinctive art style look due to the way Japanese animators draw characters body anatomy as well as facial features such as the infamous big eyes. Japanese animation began experimenting in the early 20th century where animators were experimenting and perfecting the art of animation. The most iconic all time anime's be instantly recognized as in the late 80's to 90's anime really stated taking off to the western market and in the present day it is still booming as films such as Ghost in the shell is a film based upon a classic anime series. Anime series such as Pokemon, Dragon ball, Dragon ball Z, Attack on Titan and Death note really helped shape the face and the outlook of the anime industry.