Weinfurter+-+Animation+Research

= Animator vs. Animation = media type="youtube" key="Qb1VvUf21L4" width="560" height="315" ===Animator vs Animation is an older animation created by Alan Becker. It was animated digitally. Although the animation isn't perfect, especially compared to more recent creations, this one still has many great aspects of animations. The contrast of hand-drawn lines to the sleek interface of the background make the stick figure feel out of place, and I think it works well. As well, the sound is very simplistic, and adds to the idea that this is just taking place on a computer. Overall, everything feels important, and has a great simplistic style.===

=Pokeballin' 2 - Lego Stop-Motion= media type="youtube" key="SYheZ8zW2t8" width="560" height="315" ===By far, this is my favorite one on the list. The animation is excellent, the humor bizarre and awesome, and the voice acting fits perfectly. Dylan Woodley, the creator of this animation, has said that he was trying to create "a cartoon made out of bricks" and he certainly delivers on that. The compositing and effects combined with the stellar stop-motion create a video similar the the original series it's parodying. The colors create a vibrant setting, and the composition makes the entire animation pleasant to look at. On top of that, the shot construction adds the the comedy, and the animation uses many techniques, such as smooth in/out, timing, and appeal. The music and voice acting are mostly mused for the style and comedy, but are also quite effective.===

=Red - Traditional/CGI= media type="youtube" key="2gxrI5CPYIM" width="560" height="315" ===This one's a short animation by Hyunjoo Song. It was animated in cgi but turned into a 2d project. The style in the animation is great. I enjoy how the animation is purposely flawed, and how the drawing quality is based of emotions and characters. It creates a nice looking piece. It also very clearly uses color, resorting to mostly shades of red for everything except the wolf. It creates contrast, and unity. However, the sound is what really gives the piece it's character. The music's constant changing and stopping help display the character's feelings without any words and minimal sounds. This song just has so much character, and it looks beautiful.===

=The Maker - Puppet, Stop-Motion= media type="youtube" key="YDXOioU_OKM" width="560" height="315" ===This piece is an odd one. It was animated by Zealous Creative, a stop-motion group. This one is quite different to the other stop-motion I found, as it has a quite different style. The scenes are incredibly realistic, and the the figures are incredibly stylistic. This piece uses color to create a dark, sad feel, and the music is used to drive the narrative along. Everything in this animation was used so effectively, and it works so well.===

=Floating in My Mind - Traditional= media type="youtube" key="47PKQEhIBeo" width="560" height="315" ===This was a cute little animation I found for this project, by Gobelins. This one uses an incredibly simple style that almost looks hand-drawn, though I'm not sure how it was made originally. I especially like the way the lines are drawn, and the sparse use of color, and how it's used to punctuate important things. The animation is well made and really nice to look at. There's no sound effects, but the music is synced in order to help you feel emotions and sounds.===

=Wire Cutters - CGI= media type="youtube" key="Z-d-qHH9IPo" width="560" height="315" ===This is the only pure CGI film I found that I really liked. The artwork is so detailed, and the animation is so fluid, that it just seems lifelike. However, the compositions and artist techniques aren't as apparent in this one. It made many of the shots seem a bit bland, but the narrative and animation makes up for it.===