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Animated film by Walt Disney "Victory Through Air Power (1943)" very interesting film and one of the first uses of animation in documentary or educational style films and propaganda.
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Animated film by Walt Disney "Victory Through Air Power (1943)" very interesting film and one of the first uses of animation in documentary or educational style films and propaganda.
Animation History. 2000s
2000- The success of Dreamworks Animation Division signifying an increasing confidence from the mainstream film industry in digital animation.
2001- The first CGI photorealistic characters appear in the feature film Final Fantasy. A new Oscar is given for Best Animated Feature Film (Shrek). Microsoft releases the Xbox. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the ring
2002- iStopMotion 1.0 software
2003- Photorealistic Lord of the Rings Gollum digitally animated
2004- Dreamworks SKG and PDI . Ryan- a study of a traditional animators life- wins the Oscar for Best Animated Short. The Film Shark Tale displays digital impact of animation. The Polar Express phenomenon robotics.
2005- Star Wars Episode III: becomes first mainstream feature shot without using film.
2006- Disneys acquisition of Pixar denotes full acceptance of digital animation.
I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of an animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather like a foreman, like the boss of a team of craftsmen. That is the spirit of how I work. Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Disney's use of human movement for reference captures subtlety and elegance during scenes, such as the dance sequence and the above, and enhances the disquieting characteristics of the witch and mirror- a foreshadowing of what games and CGI animators call the Uncanny Valley.
Digital Animation- Andrew Chong
GUIs and SIMs
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy- for tv animator Rod Lord.
The simulation of computer style earned Rod Lord the BAFTA for best graphics in 1982.
Digital Animation- Andrew Chong
Star Wars: A New Hope. >director George Lucas. This film set a new standards in special effects at all levels, but contained only one scene using digital animation. However, this was the beginning of a relationship between a visionary director and a new form of cinematic production which would eventually revolutionise the industry.
Contents of Digital Animation book- Andrew Chong
Pioneers 1960-1980
Experimental animators
Early special effects
The birth of computer games
First CGI in cinema
GUI and SIMs
Development 1980-1990
The first digital games
The animators role
CGI aesthetics
Character animation
Computers for everyone
Digitally animated shorts
Digital animation in fine arts
Photorealism
Maturity 1990-2000
The Internet and animation
Digital animation in cinema
Digital animation in tv
Traditional skills in CGI
Digital worlds and digital actors
Integration 2000-2007
Digital tools for all
Digital feature films
Digital auteurism
Media crossover
Aesthetic confidence
Beyond cinema and tv
Digital Animation- Andrew Chong
Vertigo film promotion. Animator- John Whitey Sr.
Don Bluth- "In the animation world, people who understand pencils and paper usually aren't computer people, and the computer people usually aren't the artistic people, so they always stand on opposite sides of the line."