Category: Design for Animation, Narrative Structure and Film Language

2021/12-2022/1 Recorded presentation Research Posts Links: Research Topic -The reconstruction of narrative structure of traditional film by interactive film Research Topics – Drafts and processes Weekly Tasks and Notes Links: The history of Film, Animation and VFX About Disney Hyperrealism Politics in Film and Media Mise-en-Scène Character Dev in Stories Film Character and Story Development… Continue reading Research Topic – The reconstruction of narrative structure of traditional film by interactive film

2021/11 Title： The reconstruction of narrative structure of traditional film by interactive film Key words: interactive narratives, Narrative structures, Interactive film Part 1: Introduction/ Issue/ topic An interactive film is one in which the viewer can interact with it and influence the events within it. With the release of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch at the end… Continue reading Research Topics – Drafts and processes

2021/11/19 In aesthetics, the uncanny valley is a hypothesized relation between an object’s degree of resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to the object. As the anthropomorphism of a humanoid object increases, the human perception of it changes. The Valley of Terror is the range where human favorability suddenly drops as the robot reaches the… Continue reading Character Appeal

2021/11/11 Question Take 2 films you enjoy and break down the character development and story development throughout the film: Analyse how the main characters evolve and how the characters drive the story. If there are similarities between your films point this out and why you think they are following a similar structure if so. Big… Continue reading Film Character and Story Development Breakdown, Research Areas

2021/11/3 Some notes and the post task. Note-The main story arcs Stories as a curve Exposition: introduction of setting, characters, problems Rising action: characters struggling with problems Climax: tense moment of crisis Falling action: movement toward an ending Resolution: final outcome Stories as a circle It can be roughly divided into 2 parts, which is… Continue reading Character Dev in Stories

2021/10/27 Here is a brief summary of what I have learnt and some research for the questions. summary “Mise-en-scene, a French term meaning ‘place on stage,’ refers to all the visual elements of a theatriscal production within the space provided by the stage itself.” Is an important part of the creation of animation, film and… Continue reading Mise-en-Scène

2021/10/20 Question Use the remainder of the session to research examples of politics affecting media in one or more of the following media: Games, Film, TV, Advertising, Animation. After the 1980s, with the rise of the network society, the new media supported by digital technology has become the most widely disseminated and popular information carrier… Continue reading Politics in Film and Media

2021/10/13 Question Paul Wells suggests that ‘Animation as a form has predominantly been understood as a ‘cartoon’ medium, and largely defined by the presence, and performance of Disney Animation from 1928 to the present day. lt may be argued, therefore, that all other forms of animation may be addressed through the ways they relate to… Continue reading About Disney Hyperrealism

2021/10/8 Just sort of collating the history, helping to understand the relationship between them. Not a lot of deep understanding.  Animation is another form of expression of film, not independent of film and television. Traditional film and animation share the same basic rules. In the process of studying animation, the narrative techniques and lens language and… Continue reading The history of Film, Animation and VFX