Animation

Noname · **on:** June 03, 2009, 12:25:35 AM

Does anyone think that the relative decline of traditional animation to computer animation is a good thing or a bad thing? I think that the older medium still has merit, but that progress from one form to another is a good transition in the long run...

Kor · **Reply #1 on:** June 03, 2009, 12:37:56 AM

I think each has good points and their own merits. I don't mind either really. I don't like one above the other, though for a movie series and tv series I can see why some would prefer cgi. It can look more realistic, and with some once you have the background done you can reuse it and the characters more easily then drawing from scratch. Though hand drawn may continue to decline, I'm not sure if it'll eventually completely disappear, at least not in the near future.

Noname · **Reply #2 on:** June 03, 2009, 12:42:00 AM

I'm not sure which one is more expensive, or if one may be out of the technical capacity of certain countries. If that is the case, we could be in a situation where traditional animation would be the domain of less developed countries, and computer animation the domain of more developed countries, although this is nothing but speculation on my part.

Kor · **Reply #3 on:** June 03, 2009, 01:05:34 AM

That could work. Though cgi takes time to render. I'm not sure if a movie or tv series needs less or more folks if it is fully done full hand drawn or full cgi. Then you have some things that are a mix like the latter lbt stuff.

Noname · **Reply #4 on:** June 03, 2009, 01:08:43 AM

Much of the animation is already outsourced to foreign countries; at least the grunt work part of it... which is often done in South Korea. The story boarding, character design, and much of the creation of the "raw materials" are made in the US.

Kor · **Reply #5 on:** June 03, 2009, 02:41:11 AM

That is what I heard, including some anime is done by south Koreans for Japanese animation companies. Makes sense some US places would do the same.

Noname · **Reply #6 on:** June 03, 2009, 02:58:02 AM

Have you seen the ending credits of a land before time movie? I think that all of the movies after the very first one are animated in Korea.

Petrie. · **Reply #7 on:** June 03, 2009, 06:55:13 AM

Quote from: Kor,Jun 3 2009 on 01:41 AM

That is what I heard, including some anime is done by south Koreans for Japanese animation companies. Makes sense some US places would do the same.

Yes...because they do it for less! Its all about the money.

2-D isn't dead...Disney's back in the 2-D biz and will have a new film in 2-D out shortly--Princess and the Frog I think (they've changed the title a couple of times). If Disney can make 2-D dominant, then you'll see more 2-D and less 3-D, because 3-D is vastly more expensive than 2-D.

Kor · **Reply #8 on:** June 03, 2009, 08:20:41 AM

Less expensive and I'd guess faster to produce also. Though I guess it may be there will be some doing 2d and some 3d. Guess the exact percentage of each will change and swing back and forth over the years.

Noname · **Reply #9 on:** June 03, 2009, 08:33:08 PM

I'm sure the costs of 3-D will fall as time goes by, if they haven't already fallen, that is.