In this lecture we were shown Phantasmagoria again which was one of the first animations made. however we were shown a video made 2 yeatrs ago which was an homage to this. I have to say the new one didnt compare to the old. It was sluggish and slow and didn't flow and wasnt as dynamic as the version made 100years ago. It was immposible for the 3-D version to make all the different transitions the 2-D one did.
Metamorphisis and transformations are said to be difficult to do but i can think of examples where theyve been quite successful, such as the werewofl transformation in Van Helsing.
We were then shown a clip from loooney toons were daffy duck was being manipulated by the animator, which is seen through the eyes of the viewer. His appearance changes, the environemnt changes and also he's sometimes muted or made blind. However he always mantained character, which gave him a sense of reality as he reacts in different situations, but is always in character. this is incredibly affective as being part of the audience, i felt i could relate to the character and his reactions made me react in one way or the other.
Bill also showed us an animation by the Quay Brothers which was very surreal and was more of an art piece than anything else. the style reminded me of two stop animaters which are David Firth and Jan Svankmajer. Both have dealt with very surreal subjects and environemtns. In the Quay brothers animation, he only used music to compose the movement of the characters, but with Jan, his soundtrack is purely just he sound effects, such as the creak of the chair or the footsteps of the character. I deffionatly feel that this is much more affective since although the music can help emphisise the atmosphere or environemnt, jan svankmajers animations makes you a bit edgy about what might happen next since the environments you are in are very surreal and you never know what can or might happen.
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