by Eszter Schmidt 28th of August 2026 For this assessment, it is required to create a short animated shot following the 11 Second club’s competition. The 11 Second Club is an online character animation competition where animators can create short character performances according to the monthly dialogue. For my assessment, I will work with this month’s audio : “Voice 1: We named her after a homeless guy who won the lottery, hoping he'd put her in his will, but Old, Old Dolio u

by Eszter Schmidt 26th of August 2026 André Bazin - The Ontology of the Photographic Image André Bazin argues that true cinematic realism is not an artistic illusion (plastic realism), but an unambiguous representation of reality (essential realism). Bazin believed that cameras have the ability to capture things the way they are. To him, cameras didn’t copy but they captured realistic flows and accidents, how things happen in real life. However, it seems he overlooked the cin

15th of July 2026 Induction This essay investigates the animated film The Wild Robot (2024) by DreamWorks Animation and analyses its stylised visual style and how different elements work together to create an emotional experience. Although the movie seems to reject photorealism, its stylized visuals, believable character animation, and sound create a strong emotional connection. Figure 1: Roz’s stylised character design, The Wild Robot (2024), source: Bareham (2024) Visual st