Don Hertzfeldt draws stick figures for his animations. Hertzfeldt is different in a very humble way, his drawing skill depicted in his work isn't up to the standard of the CG film found in huge budget films currently in productions, but through composition, narrative good and humourous story unravels. Detail isn't previlent in the Animation so emotion is conveyed in the characters very subtly by small changes to line work which make up parts of the face, or body. Its a very precise art considering Hertzfeldt hasn't left himself much room in which to manoeuver. "Austin-based stop-motion animator Don Hertzfeldt projects the complex psychologies of his characters through minute enhancements of facial features. Yet he hasn't given himself much creative wriggle room, as the stars of his movies are all near-featureless stickmen with dots for eyes and a single line for a mouth." (Jenkins, 2017)
I find this relevant because its not about the skill of an animator at drawing, its also about the narrative and ways to convey interesting story.
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Bibliography
Jenkins, D. (2017). Don Hertzfeldt: the best animator you've never heard of. [online] the Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/may/02/don-hertzfeldt-animator-beautiful-day [Accessed 9 Oct. 2017].
Illustration:
Figure 1 - It’s Such a Beautiful Day (Dir. Don Hertzfeldt, 2012)
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