Since 1958, when the game “Tennis For Two” was first exhibited, the question of animated representation entered the field of video game development. How could one represent a tennis match using external electronic inputs from pushing computer buttons? Developer William…
Animation and Set Dressing
The Cat and the Lion: Rhetoric on Digital and Traditional Set Dressing in Animation
by Colin Wheeler • July 26, 2023 • 0 Comments
While all productions have some element of set design, Andre Bazin would distinguish directors focused on mise-en-scene from those who preferred naturalism and fluid editing: the former would meticulously construct shots to produce distinct, if occasionally artificial imagery (Konigsberg 1998,…