RESEARCH TASK

Discover as much as you can about Lotte Reiniger in 10 minutes. Write your

Lotte Reiniger, a pioneer in the world of animated film, and a standard-bearer for women in the industry,
was born 117 years ago today in Berlin. Her hypnotic films, painstakingly crafted out of snippets of card
and wire and animated by hand, have influenced generations of film-makers and artists. She also made
one of the worlds first animated features, a whirlwind of a fantasy film called The Adventures of Prince
Achmed (1926). The films, and their enduring charms, are phenomenal, but there are contradictions in the
Reiniger story. While we think of Reiniger as a trail-blazer, her work was mostly inspired by antiquated
traditions of performance and storytelling. You could also say that her story is also a cautionary one she
worked around the limitations of being a woman in the film industry, rather than storming in to claim her
place in the studio.

1. She made +40 movies

2. She use the silhouette animation technique
3. Born in Germany

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In your own words describe the technique of animation Lotte Reiniger used
Whilst watching the video jot down the process Lotte Reinger goes through to
make her animations.

Define Aesthetic

Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

Watch the example Lotte Reiniger film and make notes on its aesthetic attributes
Why is this form of animation effective? What's not so effective?

Lotte Reiniger use the silhouette animation technique that is achieved by using cardboard props
Good
in things:
a light Simple,
box and creative
making and
hinges tofairly easy to make
add realistic body movement.
Bad things: Lack of detail, rigid and jumpy movements
1. She prepares the characters/storyboards/scenery by cutting the figures out of paper and
Most ofjoining them
the time youup
hadwith wire.
to rely on the music to distinguish who are the bad/good guys
2. Animates the figures shot by shot

LOTTE REINIGER
 New developments in Media and Art are often not themselves brand new but
instead learn and build upon work of the past.

As Lotte Reinigger was one of the first feature length animators do you think we

Many films today use the silhouette technique in some scenes to add curiosity.

Many online games are based on the silhouette technique

can see any influence of her work in animation today.

Use the internet to help you find out some information or examples. Add images
too.

LOTTE REINIGER