The Fan and the Flower

This animation is The Fan and the Flower, by Bill Plympton. This animation follows the love between a ceiling fan and a potted plant. One thing that is interesting is how much detail is accomplished with such little use of color in the animation. There is only one instance in which there is color, and that is when the potted plant is blooming in different ways for the fan. The rest of the time there are 3 colors used: White, Black, and Grey. Despite this though, the animator succeeds in creating a lot of detail, such as dust on the fan after it had not spun for a while. IT shows that a wide range of colors is not always necessary to show detail in an animation.

The Moon and the Sun

In this class we watched The Moon and the Sun: an Imagined Conversation by John Canemaker. As the title suggests, the animation follows an imaginary conversation between the animator and his now deceased father. Going from his father's early days in Italy to his death, the animator spills his anger and frustrations with his father throughout the film. Despite the fact that the animator is an adult, he uses a style for the animation that looks as if it would be used for a children's cartoon. The style, with its whacky proportions and bright colors, makes the animation looks bright and cheerful. It seems strange to use this style of animation when one looks at the dark and crime filled life the animator's father lived.