Animation Characters and Narrative - Week 3

AND142 Animation Characters and Narrative

    Week 3

    This post is of week 3 of the first-year animation course AND142 Animation Characters and Narrative. I am attending this course in order to aid my exploration, research and development for EXD300.

    Notes

    Composition

 ELEMENTS of NARRATIVE

 (Sets the CONSISTENCY of your film)

  • Theme
  • Plot
  • Structure
  • Characters
  • Settings
  • Perspective

 Types of Shots

  • Extreme Long Shot
  • Long Shot
  • Medium Shot
  • Close-Up
  • Very Long Shot
  • Medium Long Shot
  • Medium Close-Up
  • Big Close-Up
  • Extreme Close-Up

 Film

 Le coeur est un métronome (The Heart is a Metronome) by J.C. Mbotti

 Rule of 180-Degree

 This is the 180 line that should govern your camera movement for the scene. When you position the camera for a dialogue scene, the key is to keep the camera on one side of the imaginary axis along this straight line for the duration of the scene.

 Perspective - Point of View

 Order of Shots

 Important for narrative (from long shot to close-up, vs from close-up to long shot).

 Point of Focus in the Composition

  • Rule of Thirds
  • Leading Lines
  • Balance
    • Head / looking room
  • Symmetry

 Camera Movements

 Film

 Dinner (Food 1992) by Jan Švankmajer

 Transitions

 Film

 The Chimney Swift by Frédéric Schuld