Metamophosis

"The animation film is a form which is ultimately defined by its use of metamorphosis, an effect in which a cinematic image, whether 2D graphic or 3 dimensional, appears to effect a transition in form over a period of time.” http://www.academia.edu/239880/_Graphic_and_Literary_Metamorphosis_Animation_Technique_and_James_Joyces_Ulysses_

Warner identified two different types of metamorphosis, first is when a character, object or environment suddenly becomes something else an example would be Peter Parker transforming into Spiderman. The second is when the character, object or environment goes through organic changes as a result of the circumstances it exists inside. An example of this would be Peter Parker having to resume his normal life.

“Any image can metamorphose into another and consequently, any story can be told through visual transitions from one pictorial element to another.” Referenced from Basics Animation: Scriptwriting by Paul Wells , this suggests that anything can ‘flow’ from one state to another and enables the writer to take short cuts and lead the audience from one perspective to another without using the traditional cutting together of images which is done in the editing process.

Here is an example of Metamorphosis animation: This is done by GhostDancer16 .

Here is another example of Metamorphosis animation: All rights reserved to Marvel Industries



This is a rough 3D version of the above video: Done by kronkhal