/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2957185
>>2947200
That's just about getting to know about cinematography rather than just watching stuff because it looks pretty/good, and anybody, even someone so detached from arts like a lawyer can do that.
Check "The Five C's of Cinematography" by the way.

But I agree with your point, however I find most western animators/animation students to be reluctant to get closer to more film-esque productions as western animation has always felt closer to cartooning reality rather than doing (most of the time, poorly) attempts to decorate it like asian animation does, and that's also the reason why they are so anal about nip productions and why you see them bitching so much with bullshit excuses like a supposed lack of squash/stretch. The only excuse I accept 100% is lack of fluidity, which is what distinguishes old traditional 2d disney/dreamworks movies from anything else in asia.

You also have to consider that most animated productions in the west are catered to kids/teenagers as the mindset of the west (and mostly in US) about animation pretty much molded that, and sure, Adult Swim may treat "mature" themes but the common joe still don't see that stuff with the same eyes they see series like CSI, just an example. Japan and the asian markets may not be as different from that as weebs say because old people over there still consider animation/manga as a thing for kids/teens, however that doesn't mean there's not a bigger older public that consumes such media over there/more interest to produce such content.
Anime may be plagued with uguu kawaii pointless shows catered to your average hikki like pretty much anything KyoAni shits lately, but there's still "quality" animated content like what MAPPA or Trigger does sometimes, even if they keep falling in stereotypes.

As a matter of preference, at the moment I'm more of a weeb/frogboo as I have a preference for TVPaint/Flash/Repas keyframe animation over CN's puppet/rigged animation done in ToonBoom.