The History and Development of 2D Animation

The status and development of 2D animation

From 1906 Blackton's "funny face of humor phase" the first animated film was born to date, animation this visual art has gone through her nearly 100 years of history. With the rapid development of science and technology, animation is also more and more rich in means of expression. Therefore, from different technical means will be divided into two types, namely, two-dimensional animation and three-dimensional animation.

Two-dimensional animation generally refers to the traditional hand-drawn animation, is through the animator to draw each Zhen picture, and ultimately synthesized with a camera or scanner to pass on the screen. The three-dimensional animation is the production of staff through the computer installed software interface to operate the production of animation modeling, background, lighting and other elements. Therefore, is due to the difference in the means of production will be divided into two categories.

Two-dimensional animation in the history of animation development occupies a considerable space, until the rise of three-dimensional animation in the 90's, the traditional two-dimensional animation is facing a new dilemma.

From the glory days of Disney's Mickey Mouse to the golden dynasty of Jun Miyazaki, 2D animation has never lacked her loyal followers. However, more and more excellent 3D animated films have flooded into theaters, with realistic characters, exciting graphics, and gorgeous scenes conquering all audiences.

In the 90's animated films we can find the background of two-dimensional animation began to use three-dimensional technology production. This attempt to bring a more magical effect for the animated film itself, the director prefers to have a rich, colorful three-dimensional background. The jungle background in the movie Tarzan of the Apes was chosen for its three-dimensional effect, and there are many other such movies, such as The Prince of Egypt, Steamboat Boy, and so on. This combination of ways is a great innovation in the history of animation production, so it is also well inherited. However, the appearance of "Toy Story" created the highest box office of 3D animation, followed by "Dinosaur", "Shrek", "Monsters Inc." and several other 3D animation mega-films. This high technical accuracy of the animated film a time began to lead the world of animation industry - digital era announced the arrival.

It is worthwhile to think about any art form of animation should be in line with the historical trend and development, traditional hand-drawn animation is no exception. However, in today's world of film and television media, which is itself rich in artistic elements, whether the two-dimensional animated film can be more visually stunning innovation is the basic factor in determining its status quo.

In terms of the current trend of 2D animated films, there is still no milestone breakthrough. Disney's decline is the best example. In the film industrialization of highly developed Hollywood, programmed plot, standardized characters, patterned film music had to make the audience tired. However, after World War II, the sudden rise of Japanese animation gradually took the lead. Fantastic stories, excellent production, highly stylized characters, and heavy and elegant music were accepted by most people. Because of this, Japanese animation has also developed into an industrialized mass production model, so there is also the possibility of falling back on Disney's old rut, so we must continue to innovate in style and storytelling, and continue to open up new technological areas in the visual impact, so that we can go farther.

China's two-dimensional animation is not optimistic, and there is a big gap between the advanced animation industry countries. But China's traditional animation has also been in the 1950s and 1960s once flourished, there is the "Dazhong Tenggong", "Nezha" and other excellent animated films, and a series of China's unique ink animation short films, such as "Shepherd's Flute", "Tadpole looking for his mother" and so on. They represent the highest level of Chinese 2D animation to date, so much so that it is still impossible to reach or surpass it. As the animation market in China is still largely undeveloped, China's animation industry has not yet formed a scale, waiting for the Chinese animation people need to work hard the road is still very far, so in the international animation environment is increasingly competitive form of global economic integration, China's animation should step up the pace, and strive to produce excellent animated films in a short period of time.

The development prospects of 2D animation is still a piece of vitality, as long as the efforts to seek new combinations, and 3D technology better combination, will certainly be able to shine in the future history of animation.