On Fantasia

Assignment for ARTD472 in response to the film Fantasia (1940):

• What are FIVE of the most timeless, effective and purely artistic uses of animation that you have seen in this work?

1) The synchronicity movement of the image in relation to sound
2) Portrayal of concepts through abstraction
3) A conveyance of depth space through transformation and distortion
4) The manipulation of with color fields through time.
5) Visibility of given medium (ie: painterly qualities)



• Name three aspects to the animation that are LEAST relevant, useful or effective in light of today's animation techniques/tools.

1) The use of the multiplane camera for zooms and illusion of a 3-d effect. (as seen in the Ave Maria sequence . . . we have computers now)
2) Panning through one large background when tracking a character (it saves time but the scene can end up feeling half static)
3) Magnification of one portion of a larger scene to achieve zoom (again another time saver but detail  do not change as the "camera" zooms in or out)


To be honest, I feel that all techniques of animation's past are still relevant. It just depends on the concept and intention of the creator.

In terms of practicality, now that's another matter . . .