無聲剪影動畫風格運用於動畫短片之創作研究

Abstract

動畫片經過了一個世紀的改良與演進，從初期的單張動態圖片，到手工繪製的逐格動畫，再發展到今日利用電腦運算的3D立體場景，不同的媒材與風格，都能帶給觀眾截然不同的感官體驗。本文以“無聲剪影動畫”為研究主題，使用文獻搜集與個案分析兩方法，分析歸納動畫的發展脈絡與製作方式，並輔以四部動畫的案例分析，從角色場景繪製、腳本分鏡、動畫鏡頭特效等製作面向，歸納其要點與技法，進而創作完成《Lost Memory》動畫短片（高雄電影節影展譯為：輻射失憶），探討無聲影片與剪影風格之呈現特性與運用，完成理論與實務驗證結合之研究創作。 剪影動畫為歐洲最古老的動畫技法之一，風格為全黑色塊的人物加上絢麗的合成背景。而因角色只見身形不見五官，在動畫的題材上，往往用於呈現帶有神秘、懸疑感的故事。研究者以輻射危害議題為創作概念，利用剪影動畫深沈且強烈的視覺印象，以充滿壓迫感的氛圍與場景設計，作為動畫的主要基調；並在研究創作中，嘗試使用電腦繪圖技術，以數位媒材重現手工剪影人物的古樸質感。經由研究分析，剪影動畫擁有獨特的美術與視覺特性，善於表現陰鬱、災難類型的故事主題，而無語言的設定更能加強動畫的科幻氛圍，與古樸的動態質感相輔，達成故事與畫面間的平衡。After the improvement and evolvement over a century, animation has brought the audience distinctive experience from single motion picture in the early stage, hand-drawn frame-to frame animation, to computerized three-dimensional scenes nowadays. This thesis aims at studying silent silhouette animations with the approaches of document collection and case study. From production process such as drawing the characters and scenes, planning on the storyboards and scene-to-scene special effects, the key points and skills are induced and practiced on a selff-made animated short film Lost Memory. Silhouette animations have a long history in European animations. The characters are all in black blacks and the backgrounds are composed in magnificent patterns. Because only the characters’ silhouettes instead of their facial features can be seen, the topics of silhouette animations are usually about mysteries and suspenses. The reseacher chooses nuclear detriments as the notion of creativity, applying the deep and strong image expressions of silhouette animations. The atmosphere and scene designs are filled with a sense of supression, which consists of the fundemental key of this self-made animated short film. In addition, computer graphics are used in an attempt to re-present the simple and unadorned texture of handmade silhouettes.