CGI Landmarks: Metadata 1971

Metadata is a very experimental 2D animation short drawn on a data tablet by Peter Foldes. What makes this a member of the CGI landmarks group is due to it was created on the world first key frame animation software which was invented by Nestor Burtnyk and Marceli Wein. This very short animation only last around 9 minutes but is an excellent example of the first kind of animations that were out in the industry in the early 70s. Due to the fact that it is very different to watch in some places it was a good idea that it was an animation short as otherwise some areas of it can give you a headache due to the amount of colours and different figures and shapes used and how they are all woven into each other using early forms of stretching and the other principles. Although some aspects of it are painful to watch aspects of this animation are in fact beautiful to watch as elements of shapes move around to create different patterns and you can really appreciate how much effort went into creating it.