For this blog post I wanted to talk a little about something from a couple of weeks ago but I haven't had a chance to put in my blog yet.
As I have been exposed to more and more animations in this class I am struck by how possible it is for anyone to do at least simple animations, the time, talent, and effort that goes into all animations, especially the ones like Prince Achmed and pin board animations, and admiration for the patience it has to take. Maybe it is just me, but the thought of how much patience and time went into animations like Prince Achmed and the pin board animations makes me tired just thinking about it. I found both types very beautiful and extremely impressive but while watching both of them I wondered what it would take for a person to want to put that much into something.
The pin board animations particularly struck because of how much detail the animators were able to get from just shadows. It was remarkable to me the knowledge someone would have to have about the way light works, they way pictures are made, and how each individual pin incorporates into the piece as a whole.
I personally am an awful artist and am a little baffled by how anyone can even make dog not look like a painful square with things sticking out of it. The pin boards go far beyond just bafflement I have for art. At the same time I have this admiration I have trouble understanding how someone could and would want to do something like a pin board animation. Even making a single frame of one would probably frustrate some much that I would throw it all on the floor, walk away pissed off, and drink instead. For the person how can do it for all 5,000 or whatever frames would be in a seven minute animation, my hat is off to you.
I know what you mean. You look at the movies or clips and they seem so simple and yet you know that they took hours and hours to do one simple frame. I have nowhere near the patience to do that kind of thing. I think its cool that your pointing this out because most people probably dont think about the the time and energy that goes into it.
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