Documentary animation is a genre of animation that is seamlessly part of the film industry. Documentary animation defies the more commonly known form of documentaries that usually consist of live people being filmed and interviewed. It is different from both the conventional documentary and narrative animation as animation is used as a tool to present the ideas of a documentary in an effective and more interesting way. Documentary animation opens new doors to present the ideas presented in a documentary in a new form that may even reflect the thoughts of the interviewees in a more accurate manner.
Using animation as a tool to convey the content of the animation can result in a more fluid, storytelling like film. This can be seen in the use of paint on glass animation in the documentary animation Truth has Fallen. The flow of the documentary is supported by the animation, and therefore the fluidity of the ideas are easier to process.
Eunhae Mary Park
ANIM223 - HISTORY OF ANIMATION - FALL 2019 