Animation Cel discussion panel 2006:

Presented by: Sakuracon Cel Collectors

Host: Curt White

 

Key discussion points:

 

  1. The Origin of Animation, the expedited version…ie Short.

         a. Osamu Tezuka san to Disney’s Cellulose Nitrate Cels

         a. Cels, industrial waste or art? What happens to them once shooting is done?

  1. The Traditional Animation Process, from Concept/Manga to finished Series/OVA/Movie. {Show Power Point Presentation titled: “Images in Motion”}
    1. Storyboards
    2. Layouts
    3. Genzus (Planning Sketches)
    4. Roughs
    5. Gengas (Foundation Sketches)
    6. Shuuseis (Correction Sketches)
    7. Dougas (Animating Sketches)
    8. Backgrounds
  2. Types of Cels
    1. Acetate production Cels
    2. Chroma Cels
    3. Rilezu Cels
    4. Hanken mono Cels
    5. Cellulose Nitrate Cels
  3. The Next Stage: anime joins the digital world
    1. Digital scanning and painting
    2. Digital “Photography v/s Film”
  4. Cels, how to handle them, preserve them and display/store them
    1. Cel/art books
    2. Non acid materials, paper and cloth matting
    3. Frames and museum glass
    4. Direct sunlight is BAD, UV protection
  5. Special problems, separating the paper from the cel, flaking paint, fading lines
    1. Methods for separating paper drawings stuck to cels
    2. Flaking paint
    3. Line fade
    4. Cels stuck to other Cels
    5. Cel degradation, Dusty/dirty Cels and Oily Cels, moiré effect
    6. Restorations
  6. Collecting Cels, buying, selling, trading and values
    1. Fakes and other scams
    2. Online buying
    3. Bidding deputy services (buying from Japan)
  7. Respecting others collections: how to view them without harming them

 

Followed by a question and answer session and viewing of cel collections, Handouts and raffle of prizes.