"Acting and Animation" Review

Hello people of the Internet! Today I will be reviewing an article titled Acting and Animation by Doron A. Meir. I highly recommend reading the full article before continuing with this post. You can find the article -> here <-.

The article title is rather self explanatory. In the post Meir writes about the similarities between acting and animation. He mainly focuses on the aspect of "believable acting" and how a characters personality and mood will effect how it will look. The author provides a great definition of "believable acting." He describes it as "the character's actions are the result of its own inner motives." Meir effectively expands on this idea throughout the article and separates it into six different subsections: Feel, think, react, consistency, personality, and mood.

There author does a good job at explaining his ideas but he does not provide many examples of what good acting in animation looks like. This could be because no two characters are the same but it would still be helpful to find at least one or two examples.

The conclusion of the article is short but effective. He writes a quick summary of the whole article and has a satisfying final statement.

The authors argument that acting and animation are similar is believable. As someone who is involved in both theatre and animation I can easily understand how he could make this comparison. Both involve portraying a characters emotions through actions. Granted in theatre the quality of acting depends on line delivery. In animation voice acting is also a very important part of making a memorable character. But animators are usually not the ones voicing their creations. So animators are responsible for letting a characters emotions show through body language and movement.

Personally I love this article and believe that is a good read for any character animators. I am a bit biased due to my love for both acting and art. But disregarding my views  Meir did a fabulous job at writing the article in a way that is easily understandable. So if you people for some reason haven't read the article yet GO READ IT.