Project 1

Reflection on 172.1 Project 1

This project was a useful insight into the 12 principles of animation, first documented by the "9 Old Men of Disney". It helped to analyse the methods used to apply the 12 principles, the origins and reasoning behind them. I was able to discover that these principles are not only applied to 2D animation but CGI and Stop-motion. It was fun watching clips from animation in a frame by frame setting, looking for key frames and principles of animation. My biggest struggle was the limited word count, which I quickly reached without meeting the set minimum number of shots needed to analyse. A lot of editing and trimming down later and I was able to finish the project with enough shots analysed. The APR referencing was also completely new to me, and took some getting used to.