| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 數位內容科技學系碩士班 === 101 === The Creative Director of Pixar Animation Studios, John Lasseter once declares: "Every animation studio all begin with the short film". Producing a short animation is an important process that each animator has to experience. There are awards given out for animated short films in domestic and international film festivals, and it has become an original art form in the movie industry. A short film is not a compressed version of a feature film, but they are telling stories through images. The director captures images through the camera, and making it become a medium of communication between the director and the audience. Therefore, making good use of camera language to convey the story concept and express the emotion has always been the most important issue to directors.
Hence, this study attempted to exam the camera shots method for making an animation shorts. First, the research explored the history and development of animation shorts, and also the structure of storytelling. Second, the study delved into the process of 3D animation shorts and the use of shots in motion pictures. Last, the research selected Pixar Animation Studio's short films as the aim of this study. In this research, the content analysis cames from Focus Group and Expert Interviews, and explored how successful commercial animation directors convey their story through the camera.
The result of this study shows that shots in 3D animation short films have various characteristics, which are extremely diverse and showing in various scenarios in the story, the use of the stage, the atmosphere are also extensive. The shots and angle in 3D animation shorts is bias in order to comply with human experience. Through shots close to human experience, the audience can quickly get into the world of the story. Supplemented by an objective shot and stable shot, the audience can appreciate in the pure viewing, and carefully arranged story by the director. Furthermore, the characteristics of virtual cameras does not make shots tends brilliant array of special effects. The shot in 3D animation short film is still used to support character performing, and is a method of storytelling.
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