Animation Examples

Examples of Animations that have used Actions to Portray Emotions:

Disney's Fantasia

The brooms in this clip are a good example of animated characters with out a face but 

can still portray emotion and relationship with Mickey Mouse.

Fantasia shows many animations with out dialogue and creates feeling and emotion 

through music and body motion. i.e. The dancing Flowers and mushrooms.

Ghost in the Shell 2 Innocence

The award winning feature animation film has a scene with the main character Bataeu

and his dog. The dog is animated very life like with characteristic of an everyday dog

but viewers are still able to see the how close the relationship for the dog and the main

character is.

Aladdin

The scene where Aladdin meets the magic carpet for the first time is a very good example

of action from the magic carpet to portray its character. The way it behaves with the monkey

shows that it is playful or the way it hangs the top 1/2 of it low to show sadness when

Abu yells at it.

Since this has been disabled here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEr8gN5GUAo

Negotiated Project Proposal

Aim: 

I want to create a 2D animation without dialogue that would get the subject across to viewers without use of words. I want to do this by exploring actions and body language to create feeling without use of or limited facial expression. I would like the piece to be a subject that children can relate to and to remind adults of childhood times. Similar to a piece for families to watch together. 

Learning Outcomes: 

• Improve my 2D animation skill and progress in my animation
• Develop the use of the programs that would be use to create a smoother animation and using the program to the full as possible
• Being able to create a believable character that can portray emotion with limited use of expression and dialogue
• Succeed in animating and understanding human behavior and body language
• Progress my narrative skills and story writing or script work