定格动画的视觉语言探析

ANALYSIS OF THE VISUAL LANGUAGE IN STOP-MOTION ANIMATION

引言动画影片中的视觉语言表述清晰、到位且生动与丰富,是动画师和从业者们不断探讨、论证、实践的焦点。视觉语言是表述不同的地域文化、表述情感的媒介。视觉语言的重要特点是通过静态与动态的形象来展现视觉文化,进而使不同群体、地域的人接受和读懂形象塑造中角色的行为、动作、背景乃至故事中的事件与情节。鉴于逐帧动画的制作及拍摄特殊性,上述的特性也较为复杂、多变。依据定格动画工艺流程结合动画视觉语言,大概可分为技术制作、镜头语言两方面,其大致由肢体情感、镜头等语言构成。

The stop-motion animation is to create characters with clay, silicone, foam rubber, resin and other materials through a series of complicated processes, and then endow the characters with vitality through frame-by-frame shooting. The control of animation and the laws of motion are the key points of the visual language in the film. This paper explores the visual language for stop-motion animation from the perspective of artistic expression and different processes of stop-motion animation production. In terms of the application of role performance, modeling effect and true feelings brought by materials, the paper analyzes the language rules and relations among these three aspects and shows the laws by combining some artistic theories and animation techniques.