Anderson+Animation+Research

media type="youtube" key="dBphtvT5JrY" width="560" height="315" ===="Colours" by Tiji is a computerized animation that really spoke to me. This video is an animated short that breathes life into a jungle through color. The animator took simple drawings of nature and made them life-like by animating them. Finally, after adding color to everything he revealed the beauty every individual living thing. Eventually, the panda in the video wakes up to a world full of color, and sees that he's still black and white. Color, line, and light really stood out to me in this video, because it gave meaning to the nature that was featured. My personal favorite media is watercolor, so I loved how the animator really displayed the beauty in watercolor and how the paint spreads and blends. The music that went along with it correlated with the piece very well. The rhythm changed with the mood of the video, which gave another really cool effect.====

media type="youtube" key="lNoAwLAxArg" width="560" height="315" ===="Seedling" is a computerized animated short by Lee Tao that was created by first being drawn, then translated onto the computer. I really liked this animation because of the growth motif. It showed a little seedling being blown from a plant and scared that he was lost, even though he was on the right track the entire time. It almost relates to the fact that we all go through life not knowing that what we're doing is right, but everything typically works out in the end. This piece incorporated light, space, and movement because as the seedling jumps and moves through the changing space, the direction of the light moved. The music grew and subsided with the mood of the video, but didn't add too much meaning.====

media type="youtube" key="Ik43ewLOrvo" width="560" height="315" ===="Playing With Light" is a hand drawn animation created by Louis Thomas, Theo Guignard, and Benjamin Morea. It shows a boy living in the ocean and playing with a robot, who eventually runs out of light. They go off to find more light, which grows on the ocean floor, and get eaten by a piranha that has tons of light to last them years. I liked this animation because of all of the creativity. I never could have dreamed that situation up, and I really loved how it surprised me with every turn. This animation used the elements of light/shadow, shape, and line. Everything was pretty two-dimensional, but the shapes of the characters and their surroundings really stood out. The music was kind of funny to me, and gave the film a quirky feel. ====

media type="youtube" key="XX2teWwenpg" width="560" height="315" ===="Fallen" by Wolfram Kampffmeyer and Sascha Geddert is a computerized animation of a meteor falling into the earth's atmosphere. I chose this video again because of the progression and growth of the meteor. His expressions and emotions are relatable, and it's fun to see his life from start to end. The creators used the elements of shape, emphasis, and contrast. The dark meteor really stands out because of the blue and white sky behind him. I really enjoyed seeing the metamorphosis of the meteor, as it's senior year and really a year of growth and change as I'm moving in about 6 months and starting a new chapter of my life. ====

media type="youtube" key="UasFYqKBBPk" width="560" height="315" The opening credits of Juno made by Shadowplay Studios are an example of rotoscope animation. I chose this animation because Juno is one of my favorite movies, and I thought the artwork really represented her simplistic character well. The element of line was used really well, as most of these slides were created with colored pencil. The song in the opening credits matches the style of music throughout the entire movie, with a very natural acoustic style. I love the reality and rawness that is this movie, and the animation in the opening credits highlights the beautiful simplicity of it all.

media type="youtube" key="GSzCLf8tjP4" width="560" height="315" "Magic Water" by Guldies is an example stop-motion animation. I liked this animation because it doesn't follow the characteristics of water and messes with your mind a little. The artist uses the elements of texture, movement, and shape to show the water moving in different ways and defying the way water usually acts. It brought the inanimate objects to life by repetitively taking pictures and progressing the movement. The music in this was upbeat and quirky as well, which I enjoyed. It added a little more energy to the video.