The nature and history of animation

The main point that Bill seemed to want to get across to us in this lecture was simply 2D animation is still just as useful and good as 3D.

Also he informed us of the processes of when modern 3D techniques were invented originating from pixar led by John Lasseter and other animators. Such as motion-blur and particle systems etc then led on to the achievements in 2D animation using the example of Bambi which I've personally never seen.

It was interesting knowing the process of how Disney created bambi such as they brought in real deers into the studio to use as reference to get accurate anatomy for the movie and using paintings as reference for the forest background and surrounding.

The idea of synthetic nature was quite interesting that we grow up with an idea of what nature is as a result of watching movies aswell as ideology being passed onto new generations through the use of children's movies which I agree with. Children are influenced by the world around them and learn from what they see and hear including movies, especially children will be affected by this. As people are older they are more aware and can interpret things in their own way and have knowledge of how to act. A not so passive influence.