Yesterday we learned about Czech animation. This style emerged around the 1920s and its “Golden Era” arrived between the 1950s and the 1980s. There were many amazing Czech animators that have made very political and surreal pieces that make your skin crawl. The main medium of this type of animation being the use of wooden dolls, Claymation, puppets, and cutouts. 3D animation is seldom used since there is not enough finances to implement it and there is a deficient of trained 3D animators.
Some of the most outstanding animators from this era include: Jiri Trnka, Karel Zeman, and my personal favorite Jan Svankmajer. But since I have already discussed Jan Skankmajer’s work I plan on talking about Jiri Barta and his Czech Horror Film Krysa (The Pied Piper). It was inspired by German legends. Jiri uses his film as a metaphor to discuss the decay of society as we have fixated on material things. His character and environment design helps create a very easy and uncanny feeling to the movie. Below I have included the a link to the film itself.
LeAnn Schmitt
ANIM223 - HISTORY OF ANIMATION - FALL 2019 