Post by Zir0-N on Jul 7, 2010 18:24:28 GMT -5
When I was deciding on the classes I wanted to take for this and the following semester at college, I learned something rather unnerving.
There were no classes dedicated to animation, specifically traditional animation. And if there are any animation classes, it's focused on digital, not traditional.
What am I talking about? Well, if anyone has seen Shrek, Toy Story 3 or movies of that like, they're using 3D digital animation, like what they use in video games except much better looking.
And what I mean by Traditional is classically drawn frame-by-frame animation used by Disney or most anime from the '90s or early Millenium.
After 60+ years of traditional animating, they're taking it out of the schools. WHY!? Most of us grew up on this kind of animation. With gorgeous painted backgrounds and colourful animated characters.
It's disappointing and enrages me that they're simply getting rid of what inspired artists of many generations and what is still a major animation genre that holds purpose even in this age.
The last traditional animated movie I saw was by, of course Disney and called The Princess and the Frog. It was nearly 10 years since their last traditional animated film, Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Not counting the direct-to-dvd sequel. which even then would make it 6-7 years.
In comparison to the many films made by sub-divsions Pixar and Disney Digital 3D, and of course it's rival Dreamworks Animation.
That's not the worst of it. Younger people, born in the mid to late '90s, who know how to access the net and send text messages on their 400 dollar phone don't even know anything about Disney's earlier masterpieces. And if they do, it's only in passing while playing Kingdom Hearts. None of the history behind those characters.
Snow White, Bambi, Fantasia, The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Rescuers, Pinocchio, 101 Dalmatians. If it wasn't for films like those, the likes of Osamu Tezuka and Akira Toriyama wouldn't have been inspired, they wouldn't have created their trademarked series that would later become the anime we all enjoy so much. Imagine it, No Astro Boy, No Dr.Slump, No Black Jack, No Dragonball...Many of you anime fans now wouldn't be anime fans at all. Because there wouldn't be any anime.
Traditional Animation is a lot more important than many people give it credit for, instead focusing on what is supposed to be the future of animation, which is CG. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed Pixar's Cars as much as the next person. But like sprites in the video game industry, Traditional animation is slowly passing into obscurity and eventually forgotten.
It's not only a part of the art industry. It's a part of history. World History. And I don't think they should be taken out of the schools and simply discarded.
Add to the fact that more people are coloring and drawing on their computers, I fear it won't be long 'til traditional media in itself is discarded.
Well, atleast one good thing will come out of it. Less paper and pencils = more trees for the environment. So, yeah, the environment gets something out of it.
Laters.
There were no classes dedicated to animation, specifically traditional animation. And if there are any animation classes, it's focused on digital, not traditional.
What am I talking about? Well, if anyone has seen Shrek, Toy Story 3 or movies of that like, they're using 3D digital animation, like what they use in video games except much better looking.
And what I mean by Traditional is classically drawn frame-by-frame animation used by Disney or most anime from the '90s or early Millenium.
After 60+ years of traditional animating, they're taking it out of the schools. WHY!? Most of us grew up on this kind of animation. With gorgeous painted backgrounds and colourful animated characters.
It's disappointing and enrages me that they're simply getting rid of what inspired artists of many generations and what is still a major animation genre that holds purpose even in this age.
The last traditional animated movie I saw was by, of course Disney and called The Princess and the Frog. It was nearly 10 years since their last traditional animated film, Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Not counting the direct-to-dvd sequel. which even then would make it 6-7 years.
In comparison to the many films made by sub-divsions Pixar and Disney Digital 3D, and of course it's rival Dreamworks Animation.
That's not the worst of it. Younger people, born in the mid to late '90s, who know how to access the net and send text messages on their 400 dollar phone don't even know anything about Disney's earlier masterpieces. And if they do, it's only in passing while playing Kingdom Hearts. None of the history behind those characters.
Snow White, Bambi, Fantasia, The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Rescuers, Pinocchio, 101 Dalmatians. If it wasn't for films like those, the likes of Osamu Tezuka and Akira Toriyama wouldn't have been inspired, they wouldn't have created their trademarked series that would later become the anime we all enjoy so much. Imagine it, No Astro Boy, No Dr.Slump, No Black Jack, No Dragonball...Many of you anime fans now wouldn't be anime fans at all. Because there wouldn't be any anime.
Traditional Animation is a lot more important than many people give it credit for, instead focusing on what is supposed to be the future of animation, which is CG. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed Pixar's Cars as much as the next person. But like sprites in the video game industry, Traditional animation is slowly passing into obscurity and eventually forgotten.
It's not only a part of the art industry. It's a part of history. World History. And I don't think they should be taken out of the schools and simply discarded.
Add to the fact that more people are coloring and drawing on their computers, I fear it won't be long 'til traditional media in itself is discarded.
Well, atleast one good thing will come out of it. Less paper and pencils = more trees for the environment. So, yeah, the environment gets something out of it.
Laters.
