Key visual materials

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  this is a poster of one of the Hayao Miyazaki animation. It's made by Hayao Miyazaki himself in 2001 in Japan. l choose this poster this is one of my favourite animation by Hayao Miyazaki. And l do think that his animation do include educational element.

This is the picture of a magic lantern which is the early device of producing animation. l hope by inserting this image can help people to have more understand about the history of animation.

http://cmplab16.ucr.edu/video/2002/mutoscope/QThigh.html
this is a clip about how a mutoscope work by Jessica Boyle, l hope it can give people a brief idea about how a mutoscrope work to make moving images.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxbruOoXfOA

this is an a trailer of Ratatouille by Disney-Pixar in 2007, it is an example of modern animation. And by insert this clip l want to show people how advance the technique reach such that everything were so real.

http://supermanreturns.warnerbros.com/

this is the trailer of supermanreturn by warner brothers in 2006. This movie shows how image can be digitalized. And it state how the digital technique help in filmmaking process.

Key quotes

--"For some reason, animated cartoons has a unique appeal to kids, and if we dare to admit it, also to us adults "by Andreas Kristiansen ,Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Trondheim,2001

--" I think the idea of a traditional story being told using traditional animation is likely a thing of the past" by Jeffrey Katzenbery, Animation, p 131

--"Computer animation is used in art to make some effects you can't make with a pallet. It is used in many professions and can also be a profession it's self." from http://library.thinkquest.org/J002472/what.htm

--"Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive" by Walt Disney in Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life, p 13

--" Smoodin argues that cartoons appealed to a wide audience - not just children - and did indeed contribute to public debate about political matters by Smoodin Eric in Animating Culture, p 217

Links

* http://www.snpp.com/other/papers/ak.paper.html

* http://www.metacafe.com/tags/advertisment/

* http://library.thinkquest.org/J002472/what.htm

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doraemon

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki

Bibliography

*Whitehead, Mark. Animation. UK: The Pocket Esential, 2004.(It's a quite useful book)

*John Grant, Le Masters Of Animation, UK:B T Batsford, 2001 (This book may be a bit boring)

*Paul Wells, Understand Animation, UK: Routledge, 1998 ( This book is highly recommanded to read it carefully)

*Norman M Klein,The Life and Death of the American Cartoon,UK: Verso, 1993 ( It gives very comprehensive information, better scan it )

*Giannalberto Bendazzi, One Hundred Years Of Cinema Animation, UK:John Libbey & Company, 1994 (An exhaustive global suevey of animation)

* Jonathan, Clements, Helen McCarthy, A Guide to Japanese Animation since 1917,
US: Stone Bridge Press, 2001(The most up to date guide on anime currently available)

*Kit Laybourne, A Complete Guide To Animated Filmmaking-From Flip Books to Sound Cartoons to 3-D Animation, US:Three Rivers Press, 1998(An ideal reading for those who keen to make their own animation)

*Carole, A Stabile, Mark Hanson, Prime Time Animation, UK:Routledge, 2003 (A brief introduction about animation, easy to read)

*Ollie,Johnston, Frank Thomas, Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life, New York: Walt Disney, 1995 ( This looks easy)

*Smoodin, Eric, Animating Culture, US: Rutgers:1993

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1. How animation is applied to our daily life?

2. The digitalization of images creats animation ,so how does animation well-received by the world?It is popular among the public?

3. Can animation replace documentary as the main stream in the cinema?

why animation interest me

The reasons why l interested in animation is because l love watching animation. It's amazing to see computer-constructed images can appeal the audiences since they are so real. However, we all know that they are probably not real. Still, people enjoy watching animation, interested in something not real. Also, another reason is that animation help to make impossible things appear on the screen, giving the audiences some enjoyment, some room for imagination as well. For example, in the real world, we can't see a mouse act like a chief and cook delicious food. In some animation, they personified some animals and add some new element and idea in film making.

Therefore, with my special interest in animation, l do want to look more deeply in the production of animation, about how a good animation is being made.With the advancement of technology, there are many computer software and tools in animation's production. All these also act as a editing skills in film production. For example, in some digital films, they may also use some painting to edit the images to make it more attractive and appeal the audiences. The advancement in film was just like a circle, every invention of new techniques help the development of other catagories.

Nevertheless, when watching animation, it brings me out of the reality and look at somethings interesting and sometimes impossible. It is ones of my most favourite leisures. When l watches animation, l can forget about all the things in the reality and enjoy one to two hours of entertainment. l love watching films as well, but l will only watch animation when l really need some good relax. It is because in films, it probably link with the reality and do stir my emotion very strongly. After a watch some horror movie, l may feel scare afterwards, sometime it takes time for me to get rid of it. For animation, l already realizes that they are not real, so it can't have great emotional effect on me. So, it really helps me when l feel tired and stressful.

The above reasons do make me want to know more about animation and that's why l choose animation as my topic for this assessment.