Under-the-Camera Animation Pipeline – Studio Visit with Press Observers (Work-in-Progress Document)

Описание: This video captures a segment of a behind-the-scenes visit by journalists to the National Film Board of Canada’s animation studio, focusing on an under-the-camera work-in-progress session. The footage offers a direct view into the analog stages of a high-resolution animation pipeline where paper, pigment, and physical elements are manipulated frame-by-frame beneath a rostrum or multi-plane camera system.

During this session, artists engaged in real-time compositing, sequential page flipping, and layered registration checks using peg-bar alignment and backlight referencing. The visit provided media professionals with insight into a pipeline that resists complete digitization, instead relying on embodied repetition, tactile feedback loops, and visible correction trails—all integral to the Genomic Animation framework developed by Alex Boya.

The captured workflow bridges legacy practices from NFB’s storied history in animation with contemporary research in hybrid media interfaces. Drawing tools used during the session include graphite, ink, gouache, and occasional dry media, scanned or photographed into a post-production environment where compositing is completed digitally. The visit contributes to broader media literacy surrounding the persistence of analog craft in institutional animation settings, and may inform cultural reporting, education outreach, and production studies research.