Animation As Perceived...

Animation constitutes of a particular & distinctive form of cinema and operates as a langauge of expression in a range of diverse media forms.

It in itself is a surreal world where, it can be brought to life by an animator’s imagination & style.

Animation always has been perceived in different forms.

Norman McLaren’s words define it as “Animation is not the art of drawings that moves, but rather the art of movements that are drawn.” Based on the misconception that animators are wholly concerned about the frames, Norman states that animators are less concerned with frames and more with space.

With the advent of computer technologies, animation has definitely become more about the space. This states that traditional & contemporary animation are same. Even with computers making animation work way simpler, it is the animator’s pro-filmic investment in the artificially constructed modes of movement that is the heart of animation (Mike Wellins). He simply informs that it is the imagination & style of the animator & his/her work that makes animation alive, computers & various technologies are just the aid.

Early Animation:

• Animation didn’t emerge as a fully functional & distinctive as cinemas but as experiments to show movements in images from the long past untill recently.

To Be Continued...