In abstract works, sensory and emotional responses are often unabashedly exposed
Formal Elements:
1.Use of space/composition
2. Light & colour
3. movement
4. rhythm
5. timing
6. pacing
7. transition
8. audio relationships
Enable animation to acceptably deviate from traditional narrative structure(Paul Wells,Understanding Animation 1998):
- Associative relations
- Acting and performance
- Choreography
- Condensation
- Fabrication
- Metamorphosis
- Penetration
- Sound
- Synecdoche
- Symbolism and metaphor
The Triplets of Belleville (2003) This film tells the story of a grandmother who enlists the help of some old vaudeville singers to find her son who has been kidnapped by the French Mafia for illegal gambling purposes. It’s essentially a tribute to French culture, cinema and everything that the French call cool. Through impressionist style images, it presents an exaggerated and fantastic world. Using a unique animation style, including exaggerated images, formal expressions and non-traditional narrative methods, it presents a unique visual feast for the audience.