Animation can represent change, even when this is invisible. Moreover, even deprived of the dimension of time, animation can recreate/represent variance and difference. Difference and variance is at the crux of the creation of animation’s illusion. Norman McLaren (in Sifianos…
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Illusion of Motion: Music and Animation
by Sarah Rundell • September 19, 2016 • 3 Comments
When we listen to music there comes a distinct experience of the passing of time. As the music changes, develops and grows, certain ‘events’ in the sound mark out a subjective feeling of time. Our awareness of following this passage…
Exploring the Links between Chronophotography, Movement and Animation
by Bronwyn Horne • September 12, 2016 • 1 Comment
It can be argued that the primary emphasis of the animation process is on observation of movement. As animators, we are continually studying motion in order to understand the way things naturally move and interact. Motion can be considered the…
Qualities of Movement in Animation
by Steve Weymouth • September 5, 2016 • 2 Comments
“The delight of animation comes of the experience of movement, and the art of animation is, above all, that of movement”, writes Thomas Lamarre (2013: 117). At the heart of our contemporary cinematographic understanding of animation are older meanings of…