"Early Abstractions" (1946-57) by Oskar Fischinger



Oskar works with abstract style. In the creation for Disney's Fantasia, Oskar was asked to create an animation for the Toccata Section. Later, the two artist could not work along together and Oskar left the project.

In this Early Abstractions video, a sense of illusion is produced. The tone of the music is bright but repeats in a meditation tone giving it an almost hypnotic feeling. I admire how the audio and images sync accordingly, almost perfect. The colors used are very intriguing too. Because it is so colourful it gives the animation a very playful character. Last but not least I enjoy watching the different layers being animated at the same time and it having smooth transition.

this is Fantasia that Walt Disney produced in the end.


The similarities both the animation have in my opinion is the colours that was used in the beginning. Those bright colours like red, orange, green and yellow against the black silhouete makes both of them look very similar in some ways. I personally enjoy watching the second part of the animation when the style takes off to an abstract style. Fantasia seems to aim adult audience by animating those simple painted brush strokes. This experimental project can be very subjective for it's beauty but I personally enjoy watching this art being animated.

Zoetrope

The zoetrope is another popular form of entertainment. The simple construction to animate an image is cheap and easy to produce.

Phenakistiscope

Phenakistiscope is one of the earliest methods of animating a sequence of images.

Here is an example of how it functions.

Eadweard Muybridge 1872

Using the system above Eadweard Muybridge was able to show for the first time that all four of a horse's hooves left the group when galloping.

The bank of cameras was activated by the horse breaking the trip wires as it passed it. This ground-breaking photographic work has been a source of reference for over a century.

Looney Toons

Today in lecture we were learning Looney Toon's cartoons.

one of the character we were learning is Daffy Duck.

Duffy Duck reminds me of Woody Woodpecker.

both these ducks have got very funny laughs.

Porkey Pig