Interlace Of Shadow And Light:Aesthetic And Cultural Characteristics Of Silhouette Style Animate

Since Lotte Reiniger`s silhouette film The Adventures of Prince Achmed appeared in 1926,not only draw a thick and heavy colour in the history of animation,but also made the silhouette animation come into public's sight.Silhouette animation brings different visual perception to people with its unique graphic effect and style.It has lots of different to other kinds of animation on colour and character.This thesis use formal features of silhouette animation as research theme.With classified study method,combine the analysis of animation film,discuss silhouette animation's basic formal characteristic and evolution program.Divide the silhouette animation to classic silhouette animation and new silhouette animation,with the method of list animation director,analyze the case,to analyze its writing techniques,formal characteristic and evolution factors.Elucidate how silhouette decorative techniques works in silhouette animation's scene with the analysis of the method on character and colour of silhouette director.Analyze the visual feature of space,character and camera angle.List the breakthrough and innovation of visual effect and deal method of new silhouette animation.Analyze silhouette video to interpret the application of silhouette method in non-silhouette animation.With the research,summarize the evolution of silhouette animation since its born to today.Analyze the possibility future development of silhouette animation.Hope to offer new thinking method of silhouette animation creation.