The Lighting Design In The Film Directing Of 2D Animation

The early research of lighting design in the scene directing is originated in stage drama. It matured with the appearance of movie and counter-breeds the art form which it based on. And it also set up a self-contained system of theory research. In the area of animation, the scene directing and lighting theory of 3D animation can learn from the experience of drama and movie because it use the CG technology to simulate the real space. But 2D animation is very different from its 3D brother, for the reason of its different nature from the reality.Based on the research of film directing and lighting design, my article try to analyze the 2D animation from the major animation countries such as China, Japan, USA and some of the European countries. It would combine with the mature experience from the film, drama, photography and painting. I would like to find the standard and universality in variety of the 2D animation of different level and type. I hope the conclusion could do some help to our animation education and research.