Thursday, November 12, 2009

On the survival of Drawn Animation

My friend , animator Tahsin Özgür has often made the point that the term "2D animation" is inadequate to use when referring to what we know as classical or traditional hand drawn animation. Writing of the annual "Day for Hand Drawn Animation" celebration that he and his wife Lale sponsor at Maltepe University in Istanbul , Tash says:


Think of our concept of "line film" as closer to the French "dessin animé" ("animated drawing") - it's French, the language of culture, so it probably has more weight in the argument.


Here is the summary:




Sherm said...

Thanks a ton for sharing that great video!

Boyann said...

In my mother tongue [that happens to be Serbian], hand-drawn animated films are called 'crtani film' or bluntly translated - DRAWN FILM, which appears to be between the Turkish definition of 'line film' and French 'animated design' or 'drawing'.
An old homecountry proverb says something along the lines, 'Call me a kettle or a pot, just don't break me'.
The same should work for the 'drawn film', too early pronounced as ready for retirement straight to the oblivion.
Thanks for listening.
[ ~b~ ]

David Nethery said...


"The Birth and Death of Drawn Animation" by Tahsin Özgür