The three-dimensional objects animation

Apart from the drawn animation which was described in the previous chapters (so called "cartoons"), in the "Animated Debate" project other kinds of three-dimensional objects animations were used as well.

Here one can distinguish:

puppet animation
cut-out animation
clay animation
compound techniques

In the animated film, inanimate puppets or other objects are put in a particular scenography, their motion is planned and well-thought out, and the plot is based on the script which was previously prepared. In the animated film the inanimate objects must be animated using the arduous filming, frame by frame, similarly as in an actor film, directing the particular scenes. The camera which records the action is usually motionless, however it is extremely difficult task to make sure that only our animated object is changed in each frame, that the scenography is constant, that each phase motion is recorded in the same light, etc. It happens often that the animated object, a puppet, does not endure the work being done and has to be fixed. Our participants faced these and other difficult tasks, and the results were three animated feature films where the figures made of clay were used.

These are the most important phases of the three-dimensional objects animation:

The selection of the kind of animation and material to be used >>>
Motion phases >>>
Film set and frame composition >>>
The puppet construction and animation, as well as difficulties connected
with it >>>
Scenography >>>
Light >>>
Combined techniques >>>