I know this comes up on the forums and gets discussed in features on the site itself but I was wondering about all of those types of animation competing in our modern environment. For those who don't know the last option is stuff like Paperman or certain anime or Korra which use elements of CGI with 2D animated/hand drawn techniques. So here are a few questions to define this conversation:
1) What is generally your favorite style? I know. I know. There are different (sub)styles of 2D animation and CGI and yadda yadda. When you take the outlet as a whole and your favorite animated series though which do you prefer to other types of animation? I personally can't choose. They both have unique things about them, but if I was forced to I guess the original Clone Wars shorts and Samurai Jack look pretty darn awesome compared to the new(cancelled) Clone Wars or the really crisp, well-defined animation of new anime. I'm also partial to Korra. That was a site to behold in some scenes but that was more the background artwork than the animation as a whole I suppose. Depends on your view.
2) Does the style of the animation influence the writers attracted to write for it? Notice how I phrased that question. A lot of people accuse CGI movies of losing a lot of talent for wonderful writing and link the two versus the obvious infallibility of 2D animation. I don't believe that and it's been proven false of course with many movies and TV shows. My question is whether the animation ATTRACTS certain types of writers more often than not. It doesn't matter whether one side is attracting bad dialogue writing, cliche-ridden, narrow-minded ideologues, etc. (bad writers) or good writers who descended like gods from the heavens with unique perspective and killer creativity to obliterate the works of their enemies. Anything in between works too.
3) Is CGI evidence of an over-indulgence in things that drag otherwise good ideas down? George Lucas (gets brought up every time in these I know; I'M SORRY) took over the prequels and if you watch the behind the scenes everyone had a nervous look on their face as he simplified his own plot and got all fascinated with the technology, more than ever before. Whether you liked the movies or not (and most fans don't, I know), they has been rightfully accused of making things too clean. It made them less real and thus less connective with the audience than the originals. They were also considered too flashy in their presentation especially in big action scenes.
4) How does the hobbyist culture of Blender and YouTube animators and others influence all this from your perspective? Are they like the "Games are art" crowd in that way?
Feel free to contribute to the conversation with your own questions or feedback unrelated to anything I covered about this topic but you want to discuss about it.
1) What is generally your favorite style? I know. I know. There are different (sub)styles of 2D animation and CGI and yadda yadda. When you take the outlet as a whole and your favorite animated series though which do you prefer to other types of animation? I personally can't choose. They both have unique things about them, but if I was forced to I guess the original Clone Wars shorts and Samurai Jack look pretty darn awesome compared to the new(cancelled) Clone Wars or the really crisp, well-defined animation of new anime. I'm also partial to Korra. That was a site to behold in some scenes but that was more the background artwork than the animation as a whole I suppose. Depends on your view.
2) Does the style of the animation influence the writers attracted to write for it? Notice how I phrased that question. A lot of people accuse CGI movies of losing a lot of talent for wonderful writing and link the two versus the obvious infallibility of 2D animation. I don't believe that and it's been proven false of course with many movies and TV shows. My question is whether the animation ATTRACTS certain types of writers more often than not. It doesn't matter whether one side is attracting bad dialogue writing, cliche-ridden, narrow-minded ideologues, etc. (bad writers) or good writers who descended like gods from the heavens with unique perspective and killer creativity to obliterate the works of their enemies. Anything in between works too.
3) Is CGI evidence of an over-indulgence in things that drag otherwise good ideas down? George Lucas (gets brought up every time in these I know; I'M SORRY) took over the prequels and if you watch the behind the scenes everyone had a nervous look on their face as he simplified his own plot and got all fascinated with the technology, more than ever before. Whether you liked the movies or not (and most fans don't, I know), they has been rightfully accused of making things too clean. It made them less real and thus less connective with the audience than the originals. They were also considered too flashy in their presentation especially in big action scenes.
4) How does the hobbyist culture of Blender and YouTube animators and others influence all this from your perspective? Are they like the "Games are art" crowd in that way?
Feel free to contribute to the conversation with your own questions or feedback unrelated to anything I covered about this topic but you want to discuss about it.