1.
1.
What
is the difference between animetism and cinematism? Choose one of the animes
shown in the class and discuss animetic/cinematic characteristics in it.
2.
What
are the problems that arise when the emphasis is put primarily on the art side
of animation at the expense of an analysis of the moving image?
3.
What
is an animation stand?
4.
Why
is the multiplanar image also an animetic machine?
5.
What
is full animation?
6.
What
is limited animation?
7.
Where
do the problems regarding movement, perspective, and sense of depth arise from?
What might the solution be?
8.
What
is the basic idea behind producing multiplane camera effects?
9.
What
is compositing? Why is it essential in animation?
10.
What
is volumetric or close compositing?
11.
What
is open compositing?
12.
How
is animetic effect achieved?
13.
How
is rotoscoping used for achieving full animation?
14.
How
is the sense of movement achieved in full animation?
15.
What
are the problems posed by full animation with respect to conveying the dynamics
of the body? (in-between animation and clean-up)
16.
Why
does Thomas Lamarre insist on the priority of compositing over character
animation (or an object animation)?
17.
What
is the idea behind using rotoscoping in the service of full animation?
18.
What
is superflat movement? How does it develop an opposition between Western modernity
and Japanese postmodernity?
19.
What
is Otaku? What are the characteristics of Otaku culture? What are the changes
that VCR has brought to Otaku culture?
