Animations are started with a lot of drawing. In fact, we can make a little anime by drawing on a booklet repeatedly, a little difference to show the movement on each page, when we flip them quickly, we can see the movement or even the story there! I think the first person who thought of putting drawings together to produce movement was really creative, he/she broke the limitation of time. This action gave the subjects in the drawings a soul, they seem like they are actually running, dancing in the artwork. Comparing animation to drawing, animation is livelier than a drawing, which may interest the population more.
Pinscreen is an amazing invention in animation history. It employs the shadow of the pins on the screen filled with pins. A pinscreen is a flexible tool for artists to create an artwork, because they would not need more materials, like drawing and painting, to create something better, all they need is ideas! I think pinscreen has become a lot more common as I see them a lot in toy stores. I believe I have seen them a lot in the past, but this is the first time I know the origin of pinscreen. We can’t see many people producing pinscreen animation nowadays because it requires a lot of effort to make one and not knowing can it get people pay to watch it. In my opinion, pinscreen animation is very unique and stylistic. I hope I can see some of them in the future!!
Wendy Kong
ANIM223 - HISTORY OF ANIMATION - FALL 2019 