Abstract animation
Narrative Freedom in Abstraction: breaking through narrative structure in mainstream media
Symbolism and Association: Symbolism conveys abstract ideas through concrete imagery, allowing viewers to interpret the work from multiple perspectives. Association places different images side by side, encouraging viewers to connect or contrast them, which sparks new thoughts. These methods allow creators to express the themes of animation metaphorically while inviting viewers to engage with the content through their personal interpretations, making their insights and feelings part of the experience.
Metropolis special effects
Background Panning Technique: In this film, due to the limited conditions and equipment of the time, the camera could not perform panning movements. Instead, the creators moved the background images in front of the camera to achieve the effect.
Real-Time Projection Method: In the film, when capturing a phone call scene where another person’s real-time reaction appears on the phone screen, two cameras were connected. This setup allowed the image of the person on the other end of the line to be projected in real time onto the center of the phone screen.
Cardboard Model: The scene was built using a cardboard model, with lighting changes captured frame by frame. They photographed 24 images per second to achieve smooth animation.
Mirror trick method: A mirror was placed at a 45-degree angle to the camera, with a portion of its surface scraped away. This scraped section allowed the camera to capture the image of the people behind the mirror, while the remaining reflective portion displayed the miniature model of the background. As a result, the mirror could reflect the stationary background model, while the scraped area revealed the moving figures behind it.
Multi exposure – shoot in the camera on the same reel
Non-Dialogued Films
Charlie Chaplin – Flower Girl Sequence – City Lights