Name:
Art 300-Digital Animation
Prof. Heidi Kumao
Homework #3
(25 points)
Due Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006

On the reading: “What is Digital Cinema? Cinema, the Art of the Index" by Lev Manovich, available online in the Course Reserves Section of Mirlyn

1. (10) In this essay, Manovich describes the traditional distinctions between cinema (Hollywood) and animation and how they have become blurred. Define each:

Traditional cinema:

Traditional animation:

2. (10 points) What is digital cinema (according to Manovich)? (summarize and write in YOUR OWN WORDS) How is it different from traditional cinema?

3.(5 points) Research question. Give an example of "digital cinema." Describe its visual elements/layers/composite.