There are three main topics I would like to study on it. For this, I prepare a few slides for my tutor to understand what I briefly think about them. With the 1on1 individual session, I can be able to ask for opinions and then clear my mind to start work on it.
Topic 01
How the 12 principles of animation still being applied in today Disney VFX ?
I have been fed with Disney movie since I was a toddler. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast, 101 Dalmatians, Toy Story, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, etc. I can name them on and on. Therefore, 2D hand drawing animation is my all-time favourite topics to study on it.
When I learnt the 12 principles of animation, I can always related to a multitude of Disney movies as examples. As 12 principles of animation were first released in 1981 by the book ‘The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation‘ , I was wondering, even in the year of 2022, are the animators of Disney can still be consistently follow the principles and apply them in movie?
Sources from animationkolkata at MAAC (Slide page02) and The Lion King (1994) and (2019) by Disney (Slide page03)
Topic 02
What makes an appealing character design in animation?
We can all distinguish between adorable and basic characters by our own tastes. However, when it comes to a research to analysis what exactly matter with character design. There should be way more details to focus on. Maybe somethings such as, clean lines and easily readable features, there’s knowing what to exaggerate and what to minimise, how to give a hint of depth and background and what to do to develop personality.
Topic 03
How to stand the character out from the crowd with cinematography?
Slides to show the movie examples that I capture as crowded scene. I may collect a wide range of examples and start to divide them into categories to see how their work with cinematic storytelling.
Lost in Translation (2003),Lion King (1994), Snowpiercer (2013), Schindler’s List (1993),
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), The Artist (2011), Eyes Wide Shut (1999),
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Green Book (2018).
Sum Up
So far, topic 1 is not quite recommended by my tutor, as the contents are expected to be way more than I can handle in this limited time.
So it is more suitable for me to continue working on topic 2 or 3.