Character or animation?

Looking at Practial animation for television I have notest a common style in the characters, Particularly in new age animation.

All of there shapes are simple and bold, normally with a thick outline. But what is the reason for this? Is it simple to animate with and cheaper for production? Designed to be simplistic for smaller screens and audiences understanding? or a style choice like pop art that has became popular on places like cartoon net work?
At first i thoght it would have been simpler for animation becose of the switch from tradishonal to digital would make drawing solid shapes quichly and cheeply, How ever UPAs animation styled much like this was longe befor the digital animation era.

UPA insperation was from Illistrators of that time in the 1950's

here is a list of there Insperations (listed in Cartoon modern by amid amidi) to see there relevence to modern animation.

Stuart Davis

Ronald Searle

Ben Shahn

Robert Osborn

Martin and Alice Provensen

Raoul Dufy

Virgil "vip" Partch

 Saul Steinberg

From looking at theses Illistrashters you can see the clear isperation it had added to UPAs animation makeing it more of an animated art pice than a simple animation for televeshion.

(I have a link to an argument about this in a news paper artical....On my other P.c will add and find later)

 But agein Moder animation dose look similar or inspiyerd by UPAs first styal of limited animation. By only adding what is nececery. It also says in modern Cartoon by amid amidy,In the 1950s animation didnt only looked difrent they where seen difrently. Animation befor the 1950s was made purly to be seen in the cinima. Now with televishions becomeing more popular and common in the family house hold, animtion started to be simplare to agust to the smaller screen size as well as apeling to a family audiance. There was a large increce in animation for advetising it was said that 1 in ever 4 where animated. with this a lot of animation commponys opend and flureshed as this became the golden age for animetion.
This shows that theses simple shapes are for practicality and efectiveness for home televishion.

(next on to evelotion of a chracter)

Crit week Review

The Pitch whet well with more direction and clear thought on where i am going with my project. as well as i felt more confident in my presentation skills.

Feed back:
They all seemed happy with the small examples i had made and agreed i had more of a cleare idea.

Where to improve:
More Research and information. Better explain the positives and vegiteves of the tests i have done.

Things to look up:
Look up European animations (Bellgrade school) and flebus- lotie Riniger?

Definition of limited animation

Limited animation , more commonly used for television production, Do not draw every frame to make the animation feel realistic like Disney movies I.e snow white. They limit there frames to what is needed to show the motion as well as reusing frames.

I have presently been Reading Cartoon Modern By amid amidi. It was said that in the 1950's everyone was trying to make there style "Disney style" with lots of circular and pare shapes. but UPA animation Studio had a diffident approach. They did not want to stick to the same trend and stereotypes of animation in the 1950. The Early days There earlyist film I could find was Hell-Bent For Election.

This as you can see was still following the stereotypical style of then. How ever, latter on you can see the change of there style and method of animation but still making a lovely animation.

There where a few things i notes whill watching this animation that realy helped itsd animation. Basic color, there skin often was the same as the background. the only thing that was colord was there clothing to help them stand out. Some of the less Important character where even seethrow. This worked very well in the scene where gerald is wocking down a busy street. There is still a clear viwe of the main charater, drawing attenchen to him with the color of his clothing, but still haveing the feel of a very full and busy street.