The Analysis of Animation Narration for Short Animation – The Short Film: CARN

Abstract

Original Net Animation (ONA) has become one of the major trends nowadays, along with the development of network technology. ONA tends to be shorter than traditional animation, sometimes lasting only for a few minutes. ONA can leave the audiences with a great impression through medium of animation. By taking the ONA, CARN, this research will then execute a narrative analysis. This research adopts the content analysis as research method, combined the three acts of story structure and the story strength theory. The analysis tool is the animation language which was proposed by Paul Wells. And, what is required in order to examine the narrative, and the semiology theory, and the language, this research inaugurates an analysis tool to formulate the foundation for a successful animated story narrative. The research found out that: (1) the story intensity could be effectively improved by using the animation language; (2) the metaphor was widely applied, the average percentage of the usage reaches 38.46%. It could help the story intensity enhance; (3) the Symbolic Association is also hugely used, it is obvious that symbol is an important skill to narrative. The conclusion will be the reference for the ONA related creations and analysis researches.