I like black and white films. I don't exactly know why - probably because there is a stylization which is removed from actual life, unlike a color film.
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The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes.Norman McLaren
Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element.
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The good moral work of art should have all the qualities that a good amoral work of art should have, such as formal unity, balance, contrast, and a sensitivity to the material out of which it is made.
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Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn.
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In any art movement, the art has to move into a new phase - a filmmaker has a desire to make a film that is not like a previous film.
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