Study Task 5 - Writing an Introduction

Other 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.