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1.2 Design for Animation, Narrative Structures & Film Language

Week 3: The Avant Garde. Experimental, abstract constructs and analysis

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.

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