Gabriela Johnson

 

A New Animated Application and How TV Animation is Dying

 

https://code.facebook.com/posts/234067533455773/introducing-pop-the-animation-engine-behind-paper/

 

This post is about the animation application that the site Paper uses to make their animations and fluid transitions. Paper is, in short, a way for people to share stories with each other.

The post goes into detail about how the animation software Pop works. It begins by stating how interactive animations need to be fluid and responsive to the user in a realistic way, then transitions to include the animations in the program. The animations in the program include spiral, decay and custom. These animations can also be manipulated with experience, and they provide a good basis for people looking for animations responsive to the user’s touch. The article also offers code that is used in the program that is presented with comments that states the purpose of each line, which gives Pop a feeling of ease of use.

Readers should pay attention to this post to gain a greater understanding of animation software and what goes into these programs that makes them so useful. It offers new perspective on not only animation but also the work that goes into its creation.

 

http://animationanomaly.com/2015/03/24/tv-animation-is-about-to-dive-off-a-cliff/

 

The purpose of this post was to provide an analysis and reasoning for the decline in animated television that will happen in the next few years or so.

The post provides four bolded points for why animated television is declining, making the article easy to understand and skimmable. The four points are: “Kids channel ratings are collapsing”, “Guess who makes the most animated TV shows?” “Nobody is prepared for the future”, and, “Things will get worse before they get better”. These points are not as understandable when separated, but together they provide a timeline for the decline of animated shows. Due to how this generation perceives and absorbs media, kids channel ratings are going down which will result in smaller kid’s networks, then less animated shows.

Readers should pay attention to this article because if they are interested in the animation industry, they should keep up with its trends. This will help them with finding jobs and being informed in their field.

 

http://blogs.indiewire.com/animationscoop/are-silly-animated-shows-a-dying-breed-20150324

 

The purpose of this post is to describe how animated shows are becoming more serious and less funny, which was it trademark not so long ago. The article is highly subjective compared to the previous two posts.

The post begins with describing the evolution of animated TV and how it used to be much sillier. The blogger sites Legend of Korra and Adventure Time as two serious shows pitted against the sillier SpongeBob Squarepants and Rocco’s Modern Life from back in the day. While what the blogger says may be true, he fails to point out how everything changes and that these new animated shows are just trying to appeal to the audiences of today.

Readers should pay attention to this article because of its weighty subjective opinions and lack of fact. For example when the blogger states: “Sadly, they seem to be slowly disappearing as the desire to have kids grow up as soon as possible robs them of an audience who appreciates such silliness.” Animated television may be becoming less silly, but its obviously also appealing to more people. If people did not want to watch animated dramas sprinkled with laughter, then television networks would not be producing them.