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than the narrative, the main body of an animation is the character, scenes are
elements surrounding the character, where it is placed by the animator,
socially and historically, the extras as a part of the society environment as
well, everything varies along the timeline excepting the character on the whole.
Among the three sections, pre-production, production and post- production,
design of the layout of the scenes, usually happens during the production part.
During production, role of the characters and the narrative of the story determines
the blueprint of the scenes, its main role is to build atmosphere guiding the
audience into the narrative, and to clarify the relationship between space and
time within a film. It is constantly being considered when determine the good
or bad of an animation, stands a vital position in conveying message to the
audience. In additional, environments provides the stage and space for the
characters to act in, a well-designed set of scenes can improve the animation
on artistic aspect, enhanced the theme and has great impact on the style of the
animation. Barry Purves referred in the Fundamentals of Animation, interpreted
animation as an art of ‘metaphor’ for role-play showing different perspectives
and ideas about the culture we live in, and elements within the animation are
integrated in a coherent way (2006, p33). The point that environments and
characters illuminate and support one another has been made in the statement. Apparently,
the design of scenes is an art form, but serves the purpose of the animation in
the first place, not its own, therefore not an individual art piece that
ignores the rationality of the script. In my opinions, it occupies an important
position of the visual experience given to the audiences, constitute the main
visual content and the reflection of the style of the animation, imperceptible influenced
on perception of re-narrated metaphor. Therefore I intend to discuss the
position and visual influence of scene designs in an animation, supporting the
argument with key statements and sources. To my subject discipline, effective scene
designs reinforce the impact of an animation visually and emphasis the
character that brings the animation to a higher level, therefore discuss on the
topic offers either a possibility of a clearer understanding of application of
scenes as an animator or the ability to comprehend and interpret of films.
