What is animation?

  • Animation is a medium of storytelling narrative
  • Animation is the illusion of movement

Animation generally consists of 24/25 frames a second – better quality usually consists of up to 60 frames a second

Mini movies:

  1. A colour box by Len lye
    1. Really strange
    • Kind of like cells, biology
    • Lots of colours
    • They were kind of dancing to the music
  2. (Stop motion) factual conversations: dimensions of a dialogue by Jan svankmajer
    • Uncomfortable
    • Mildly horrifying
    • Depicts arguments, disagreements, an unhealthy relationships where neither party listens to the other and talks over one another, not communicating properly, just trying to get their point across without listening to each other.

Why are you here?

  • To make people hear me

To watch:

Caterpillar-plasty by David Barlow   

Animators:

  • Christoff Niemann
  • Virginia mori
  • Georges schwitzgetel
  • Sebastian laudenbauch
  • Ladislas starkvich
  • Michael dudock duwit
  • Ng ’endo mukki
  • Vanessa bell
  • Martin parr
  • Cindy Sherman
  • Don McCullin