Pixilation is a type of animation which gives living objects the illusion of moving. It is made by creating a film using still images of people or other living things. Wikipedia defines pixilation as ‘a stop motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames. The actor becomes a kind of living stop motion puppet.’
Pixilation can be scary and strange, but sometimes it can be funny.
The first animation we watched is called ‘Food’ by Jan Švankmajer.
Pixilation can be scary and strange, but sometimes it can be funny.
The first animation we watched is called ‘Food’ by Jan Švankmajer.
A man goes into a room where there is a human vending machine that serves sausages, mustard, bread and a drink. Once the man has eaten the food he turns into the human vending machine and the original human vending machine becomes a person, he makes a tally mark on the wall amongst others and walks out. The whole thing then repeats itself when another person comes in.
It is made using two different types of animation; Pixilation and Claymation. It also uses some live action video. It uses long shots, medium shots, establishing shots and extreme close ups.
When I watched it, it made me feel disturbed, amused and confused. I liked the fact that it was different to anything else I had watched but I didn’t like it because it used a lot of disturbing actions.
The second animation we watched is called ‘Neighbours’ by Norman McLaren.
Two men are fighting over a flower which is in between both of their houses. They put a fence up but neither man thinks that the other man should have the flower. In the end the two men end up killing each other. The film is about peace and how you shouldn’t fight over insignificant things.
It is made using only one animation; Pixilation. I uses close ups, long shots and medium shots.
When I watched it I thought it was stupid and weird and it made me feel amused. I liked it because it was funny, especially when they appeared to be flying.
Some similarities are; they both use pixilation, they use some of the same type shots, they are both weird and strange because of the unnatural movements, they both use human actors and the actors have non human movements.
Some differences are; they make you feel differently because of the different styles, ‘Food’ uses Live action and claymation, ‘Food’ is Diegetic and ‘Neighbours’ is non diegetic.
I used the websites:
- www.google.com
- www.wikipedia.org
- www.youtube.com
-www.jansvankmajer.com
-http://www3.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/filmmakers/Norman-McLaren/overview.php