Definition of puppetry5/11/2023 It is not limited to individual frames like other forms of animation, and there are new forms of 3d projection(like what they did with the Gorillaz on stage). What I'm trying to do now is to define animation in only the industrial sense. (Scroll up.) In the broadest sense, anything that moves is animation. I still say it fits the definition of the word in the broadest sense. Motion-capture may be closer to a form of computer puppetry than to rotoscope. Some don't think motion-capture is animation, but rotoscope was always considered at least a form of animation, since it was drawings that move. Rendering can be a 'real-time' process, and motion-capture can, which is a distinct difference over rotoscope. But with CG, animation is going all sorts of places it couldn't go before. In some books they go further back and start calling greek vases early forms of animation this is just because for the most part they were more interested in tracing the origins of drawn animation, by far and away the dominent form. The reason puppetry isn't traditionally lumped in with animation, is because animation traces it's roots back to the origins of cinema. It's just another way of bringing artificial characters to life. You're making destinctions of your own: I still say it fits the definition of the word in the broadest sense. Stop-motion, 2D, and CGI don't move in the real world. This should be relatively simple, people: If a physical thing is moving in the real world, it's not animation. The rotoscoped Koko the Clown that we see on screen was never dancing around in the real world. The rendered representation of the motion capture "puppet" that we see on screen was never actually moving in the real world. If the cg character is manipulated through motion capture in real time, then surely it is closer still to literally being a puppet? A puppet is pretty much any figure - felt or digital - that can be controlled by a person but Archie was obviously talking about real-world puppets. The term, puppet, is not exclusively associated with live theater. If you believe that it is, then you might as well say that an animated marquee is motion. Lights flickering on a TV or theater screen is not motion. Incidently, isn't stop-motion a form of puppetry? I have also seen animators describe a rigged cg character as 'a puppet'.Ī stop-motion or CGI puppet is never actually in motion, as a "muppet" is. If the cg character is manipulated through motion capture in real time, then surely it is closer still to literally being a puppet? Does it then cease to be animation? As you can see there are grey areas. Incidently, isn't stop-motion a form of puppetry? I have also seen animators describe a rigged cg character as 'a puppet'. If the animation section was then chock full of muppet dvds, it would bother me. If it was filed under animation in a video store, it wouldn't bother me. If someone referred to The Dark Crystal as animation, I would probably correct them. But it is best to avoid calling puppetry animation, since it just causes too much confusion. Traditionally it's not, however I think it is, since it fits the definition. To make, design, or produce (a cartoon, for example) so as to create the illusion of motion. To fill with spirit, courage, or resolution encourage. To impart interest or zest to enliven: “The party was animated by all kinds of men and women” (René Dubos).ģ.
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