For the past couple of weeks I have been focusing mainly on my studio work project as I had to get quite a bit to get done in a short space of time such as trying to figure out what my actual idea that I want to work on all year is going to be, along side the new mini briefs we have been given and creating my learning agreement, it has been quite chaotic. Hopefully I will be able to balance my studio work and CS work a little better in the future but with all these extra mini briefs we have been giving that is starting to look tricky. However finally I have been able to dedicate some time to getting my initial contextual studies research done which I have been really eager to do as I really interested in the topic I have decided to talk about.
There are a few key areas in my research report that I would like to be able to focus on and hopefully fit into 5,000 words which I think would be able to give good structure to what I am writing about as well as touching on quite a few areas of the 2D vs 3D debate. Obviously I could have gone a bit mad with this topic and picked out every single area of the media that is in the midst of this 2D and 3D animation controversy however, this would have turned my essay into something way past the 10,000 word option and so I decided to keep it short and sweet and made a little list of the area that I thought would give my essay the most impact.
- The history of Animation
- Animation in film
- Animation in television
- Animation in Anime
- Animation in Video Games
For each area I was thinking off writing about in my essay I have some basic knowledge of already, hence why I decided to pick them, but I knew it was also important for me to do some further research as well to make sure they were definitely worth writing about, that they head relevant information linking to the use of both 2D and 3D animation and that each topic would work nicely together. So as soon as I knew the areas that I wanted to be focusing on I got to looking up some web articles on each topic to try and get some solid research behind that I had planned to write about so far and to see if I could find any good quotes. All the webpages I have looked at and videos I have watched I have put below, obviously I will not be writing about everything I have looked at so far but it is good to have a few options to go through.
Internet articles and videos
Internet articles and videos
- http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/mar/07/disney-hand-drawn-animation
- http://www.timeout.com/london/film/pixar-director-john-lasseter-on-the-future-of-animation-1
- http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/features/creative-lifestyle/turf-war-is-2d-animation-dying/
- http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/disney-veterans-to-save-dying-art-of-2d-hand-drawn-animation-with-new-film-hullabaloo-9710694.html
- http://chrisoatley.com/making-of-paperman/
- http://nintendoeverything.com/lords-of-shadow-producer-believes-the-days-of-2d-castlevania-games-are-gone/
- http://www.gamesradar.com/interview-john-lasseter/
- http://www.animatorisland.com/why-2d-animation-should-be-abandoned-part-1/
- http://2dwillneverdie.com/intro/
- http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cgi/a-little-more-about-disneys-paperman-63782.html
- http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/the-death-of-the-3d-platformer#.preJNPodK
- http://the-artifice.com/animation-in-video-game-generation-tradition-vs-technology/
- http://www.theaggie.org/2011/03/31/2d-animation-is-not-dead-say-animators/
- https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-SUPER-MARIO-3D-LAND/Vol-1-SUPER-MARIO-3D-LAND/2-A-Missing-Link-Between-2D-and-3D-Mario/2-A-Missing-Link-Between-2D-and-3D-Mario-216918.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Paper_Mario
- http://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/09/01/disney-veterans-gather-to-save-2d-animation-from-extinction-with-hullabaloo/
- http://moviepilot.com/posts/2482678?lt_source=external%2Cmanual
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miraculous_Ladybug
- http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/MiraculousLadybug
- http://miraculeusecoccinelle.tumblr.com/post/122444887956/2danime-miraculous-ladybug-may-depend-on-the
- http://www.pgsentertainment.com/property/11/miraculous/
- http://forums.animesuki.com/archive/index.php/t-112862.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Lyoko
- http://www.slashfilm.com/disneys-return-to-2d-animation-the-prince-and-the-frog-teaser-trailer/
- http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/20/5522320/final-fight-can-japans-gaming-industry-be-saved
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_and_the_Frog
- http://www.1up.com/features/japanese-games-breaking-west
- http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/animation.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_animation
- http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko
- https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/4263.Hayao_Miyazaki
- http://www.awn.com/animationworld/the-hayao-miyazaki-interview
- http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/studio-ghibli/37209/studio-ghibli-its-final-films-the-future-of-2d-animation
- https://awsomesauce.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/what-about-the-future-of-2d-animation/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki
- http://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/hayao-miyazaki-interview
- http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/interviews/sen.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirited_Away
- http://quimbyco.net/2d-animation-dead/
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/698539fe-2974-11da-8a5e-00000e2511c8.html
- http://www.cartoonbrew.com/award-season-focus/tomm-moore-on-song-of-the-sea-reinventing-2d-and-dodging-the-studio-system-107389.html
- http://pixar.wikia.com/wiki/John_Lasseter
- https://www.bnl.gov/about/history/firstvideo.php
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Mario
- http://blog.digitaltutors.com/80s-now-evolution-animation-video-games/
This a combination of the little bits of research I did over the summer as well as a big chunk I have done over the last couple of days and reading through each web page and watching each videos, I feel a lot more confident in the topic I want to talk about as I feel this research has given me some really good structure and support to my writing and I will be able to make a good essay out of it. Whether or not I can get it all in under 5,000 words we will see however, I can always cut bits out where I think it's necessary. I think this is more than a enough research for the amount I am meant to be writing if I am honest however I do still need to grab a few books from the library at some point so that my research isn't all internet based and to see if I can find any new information. Apart from that I am very happy now to just begin getting a rough plan down of what my research report structure is going to be as well as continuing with my studio work.
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