This lecture was all about the history of animation, from it humble beginnings as a personal, small scale art form, to the multi-million dollar industry it has become today.
He talked about the way that the first major animated film, Disney's Snow White was a huge breakthrough in animation; he spoke about the way that the animators had managed to find a way of giving the characters what is known as "life between the frames". I took this to mean that the animators had managed to give the characters life and existence beyond simply what was drawn on each of the film's frames; that they had managed to make an animation that for the first time viewers could relate to the film's protagonists as real people rather than simply as cleverly made drawings.
I found this idea incredibly interesting. Sometimes I watch animated films, and from a technical standpoint, they are excellent. Well keyed animation, smooth movements, good textures etc. But they're lacking something, and this lecture made me realise what it is that they're lacking - characterization, a personality. Its something that I will certainly be looking closely at when I come to make animated shorts in the second and third year, as I think it makes the difference between a good and a great animation.
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