applied: research

A lot of research was required before doing this piece mainly to see how different techniques would come together and how other animators have used them. My first place to look was the tales of princess kagua unlike other studio Ghibli films the stylisation of this film was far looser compared to the often semi real works from the studio. There is amazing use of colour and mark making which makes the animation incredibly expressive. I wanted to have some similar mark making in our film that wouldn't just look nice but help tell the story as well. A good example of this is when the main character is very upset and starts running the animation get looser and messier which really helps bring out the tone of the whole scene whilst still being visually stunning.

https://vimeo.com/1507264525 Dylan carter's work uses very simple colour and traditional line work. there is a lot of negative space used in his work which interested me a lot. It was very traditional and digital mixed up which I thought worked really well and hoped to apply to this project.

Short animation piece using water colour nice to see how they used the medium. It definitely came across as a less is more situation. Can have a lot more appreciation for the media if the negative space of a page is utilised.

Ernest and Celestine is a traditionally animated film. The overall styling of it is really beautiful and carries a juvenile air to it through its loose lines. A thing I definitely took from this is that production doesn't need to be full 24fps all the time all of this is done on twos and often even slower for some situations frames are often held but it still works really well. Working like this would be much more beneficial as it would allow more time to ensure work is to a higher standard.