艺术英语 unit 6

ShanghaiArts&DesignAcademy上海工艺美术职业学院ShanghaiArts&DesignAcademy上海工艺美术职业学院UnitSixCreatingDigitalComicsLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSixLearningObjectivesLearningProcedurePreviewLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSixLearningObjectivesThisunitistotellyousomethingaboutCreatingDigitalComics.BACKLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSixHighlightsILead-inIIIReadingIVExercisesVIProperTermsIIBackgroundReferenceVSupplementaryReadingLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSixI1.Whatiscartoon?2.Whatarecomics?3.WhatisanimationLead-inBACKLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSixWhatiscartoon?InhisbookUnderstandingComics(1993),ScottMeclouddefinescartooningas“aformofimplicationthroughsimplification”.Hegoesontoexplain,“Whenweabstractanimagethroughcartooning,we'renotsomucheliminatingdetailsaswearefocusingonspecificdetails.Bystrippingdownanimagetoitsessentialmeaning,anartistcanamplifythatmeaninginawaythatrealisticartcan’t.”NEXTIIBackgroundReferenceScottMeclouddefinescomicas“juxtaposedpictorialandotherimagesindeliberatesequence,intendedtoconveyinformationand/ortoproduceanaestheticresponseintheviewer.”InReinventingComics(2000),heintroducestheterm“temporalmap”asafittingmetaphorfortheprocessofplacingoneimageWhatarecomics?CHLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSixInhisbookHowToSucceedinAnimation(Don'tletaLittlethinglikeFailureStopYou!)，MasteranimatoranddirectorGeneDeitchdefinesframe-by-frame,cinematicanimation:“Therecordingofindividuallycreatedphasesofimaginedactioninsuchawayastoachievetheillusionofmotionwhenshownataconstant,predeterminedrate,exceedingthatofhumanpersistenceofvision.”Hepointsoutthat“animation,aswithmusic,isanartformthatexistsinthedimensionoftime.Itmusthaveuninterruptedmovementthroughtimetoexist.”afteranothertoshowthepassageoftimethatiscentraltocomics.YoumaynoticethatMecloud'sdefinitionisnotdependentonthecontentorstyleofthework,norisitlimitedbythetechnologyorthevariousmethodsusedtocreatethework..Whatisanimation?BACKCHLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSixTextACreatingDigitalComicsThereareasmanycreativepathsastherearecartoonists,butalmosteveryonebeginswiththeurgetocommunicateanidea,evokeanemotion,ortellastory.Themethodsandmaterialscartoonistsusetofulfillthosedesiresareasinnumerableasthelayersoftheoftheimagination.IIIReadingCHNEXTWordBankLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSixCreatingdigitallyaffordsthecartoonistan“instant-access”mediumandaremarkablearrayoftools.Butwheredoyoustartandwhatchoicesandchallengeswillyouface?Ifyouchoosethedigitalroute,thenyou'llneedacomputer,whichcanbeconnectedwithafastWeb,andascanner.CHNWordBankNEXTPREV.UPLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSixNextyou'llneedthepropersoftwaretoformat,enhance,andforanimation,enlivenyourimagesandwords.Whatyoubuywilldependonwhatyou'retryingtodo:everyartisthasuniqueneedsandpreferences.CHBACKWordBankPREV.UPNLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSixComputersgiveuslotsofrangeforcreation.Asthefirst“powerful”Applesarrivedinmyworkplacearound1994,theyhookedme.Theygavememanythingstodoandtry,nearlyunlimitedartisticpossibilities.Ihavealwaysbeendrawingcomicsinthe“normal”way,butIneverhadthepatiencetoreallyfinishsomelongerwork.CHBACKWordBankPREV.UPLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSixAlwayserasing,correcting,drawingagainwasquiteunnerving.Drawingwiththecomputerendedthatproblem.Wemightfindawaytocreate“multifunctional”charactersandlandscapesinAdobeillustrator.Itbecamenotonlyveryeasyforustocorrectandperfectthedrawingsbutalsoverysimpletocopyandchangethecharacters'movements.Webecomefasterinthework'sprogress.WordBankCHNNLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSixTheWebalsoaddsmuchtoourmotivationtocontinuedrawingcomics.Itgivesusthepossibilitytoshowourfirstseriousworktoaudiencesaroundtheworld,whichgivesussomedirectfeedbackinturn.TheWebalsogivesusunlimitedartisticfreedomandindependence.Nooneevertolduswhattodo.Therearenopublishers,noeditors,nodirectors,noclients,givingyoucorrectionsofdetailsyouwouldnevercorrectyourself.Ijustloveit.CHNNLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSixDigitalcomicsarealreadytheidealplatformforeveryindependentcomicsartist.Thenewmethodofcreatingcomicsischangingmedia.TheWebbecomesricherandricher,everyhour,everyday.CHLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSixComprehensionEx.1Ex.2VocabularyEx.3Ex.4IVExercisesBACKLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSix1.Choosethebestanswertocompletethesesentences.1)Creatingdigitallyaffordsthecartoonistindrawingandanarrayoftools.A.afastwayB.doorC.moneyD.apicture.Key:2)Ifyoudrawcomicswithacomputer,you’llneedthepropertodoit.A.hardwareB.softwareC.teacherD.papersKey:NEXTPREV.UPLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSix3)Whilewedrawcomicsinthe“normal”way,wewillkeepon,correctinganddrawing.A.givingupB.loosingC.erasingD.drawingKey:4)TheWebalsogivesusartisticfreedomandindependence.A.bigB.wideC.limitedD.unlimitedKey:NEXTPREV.UPLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSix5)Digitalcomicsalreadyaretheplatformforeveryindependentcomicsartist.A.soonB.ideaC.strangeD.idealKey:NEXTPREV.UPLOGO上海工艺美术职业学院HomeUnitSix1)Whatkindofcomputerandsoftwareyoubuywilldependonthemoneyyou’retryingtopay.().2)Computersgiveusalotofexcitementforcreation.()3)Drawingcomicsinthe“normal”way,wefinditeasytohavethepatiencetoreallyfinishsomelongerwork.().4)Sometimespublishers,editorswillmakeyoucorrectthedetailsin