As part of my research for this project, I attended ASSF in York, and this proved to be really helpful. I attended the Brothers McLeod seminar on Animation Aesthetics, and afterwards I had the opportunity to meet with them and have a good long chat about the use of 2D and 3D character animation. I felt this was interesting because The Brothers McLeod produce 2D animation, and after the seminar, their passion for it became even more apparent, so it was great to hear their point of view on the topic!
I had originally planned with them before hand to go for coffee, however something came up for them, so we ended up chatting just outside of the seminar room where it was quite noisy. This wasn't an issue at all as we were still able to have a good chat, however the only down fall was that i was unable to record the conversation, however I did take a of notes!
Outcome
When I asked them why, in their opinion that 3D animation has become so popular and more "mainstream" than 2D, Greg gave the argument that it could be to do with commercialisation, and that it is easier to make toys out of 3D characters. We also went onto the topic of Nostalgia, and how that can have an effect on people's preferences of animation. They did mention that they are kids of the 80's, so they obviously grew up watching 2D animation. This lead onto the topic of the audience's age, this is when Greg mentioned that he has kids who love both watching 2D and 3D animation.
The outcome of this discussion was really interesting, because despite Greg's love for drawing and creating 2D animation, they did argue that it is down to the individual. This was actually a really refreshing conversation to have, because I came away feeling more enlightened and even though I didn't have a recorded discussion, I still felt I could use this as part of my research.
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