Week07: Research Areas: Visual Metaphor

Visual metaphors in animation scene design

Introduction

As a cognitive phenomenon, metaphor is used in many fields. The visual metaphor established on the basis of metaphor theory has profound inspiration for artistic creation. The visual information of vision, and then generate new interpretation and associative cognitive phenomenon. This paper analyzes the application of visual metaphor in animation scene design from three aspects of animation scene color, shape and function design by combining the similarity principle of metaphor, and discusses the function and influence of visual metaphor on animation scene creation.


Keywords: metaphor, visual metaphor, animation design

Main Body

Part1: Metaphor and Visual Metaphor

In this part I will talk about metaphors, visual metaphors and their connections

In the field of visual art, the visual language established by metaphor theory has profound inspiring significance for artistic creation. The existence of visual metaphors can be seen everywhere in the creation of advertising, animation, film and television. Creators use visual metaphors to establish connections between abstract information and visual forms, and realize the visual expression of information meaning on the cognitive level.

Part2: The connection between visual metaphor and animation

Part3: The Application of Visual Metaphor in Animation Scene Design

(1)color The Lion King

(2)shape Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride

(3)function Spirited Away

Conclusion

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