Chapter 10: Documentary, Experimental and Animated Films
Experimental films as explained in the book, tie in very closely to my idea of an abstract narrative or genre. Avant-garde means non-conformist to traditional narrative conventions, and are usually made by independent filmmakers. Its purpose is self-expression or experimentation, hence the name.
Abstract form is organised not chronologically or around a story, but by themes or variations such as movement or colour for example.
Associational form suggests ideas and expressive qualities by grouping images that may not have any immediate logical connection, but forces us to look for one. It is similar to literary techniques of metaphor and simile.
Animated films differ from live action in that they are produced one frame at a time, as opposed to the continuous filming of live-action. Animation lends itself well to experimental filmmaking because of the ability of the artist to distort and employ abstract form, but it also commonly presents conventional narratives.
Drawn animation is one of the oldest types, and works with two dimensional images.
Cut out animation is like a moving collage, and also in 2D.
Clay animation also called claymation, involves clay or plasticine models being manipulated between exposures.
Model or puppet animation is similar to claymation, in that is uses moveable figures that are controlled with bendable joints or wires.
Pixillation is the frame-by-frame movement or people or ordinary objects.
Computer imaging software allows many news types of animation production, included the generation of three dimensional images.
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