Direct animation possesses certain inherent qualities, such as immediacy, accelerated kinesis, and improvisational flow that I would like to suggest can correspond isomorphically to the extemporised uptempo meters of particular forms of jazz music. Gestalt theorist Rudolf Arnheim describes the…
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Animated Sound: Two approaches (part 1)
by Aimee Mollaghan • June 10, 2013 • 3 Comments
Part One After observing the terrified expression on the face of yet another film student as I attempted to teach to them how to use a location sound mixer, it struck me that for animation and film students accustomed to…
Innovation and limitation
by Nichola Dobson • May 28, 2013 • 4 Comments
2014 will mark the centenary of Norman McLaren, one of the most innovative animators in the 20th Century. This post is something of an indulgence for me to act as notification of a work in progress. The project to examine…