{"id":"silhouette-animation","no":622,"name":"Silhouette Animation","ja":"シルエット・アニメーション","era":"1910s–","family":"アニメーション技法","kind":"技法","essence":"関節でつないだ黒い切り紙の人物や物を、下から照らしたガラス面で1コマずつ動かし、輪郭と身振りだけで物語を読ませる技法。Lotte Reinigerの長編と短編が、影絵、切り紙、映画を固有の画面文法へ結んだ。","cues":["内部を黒く閉じた人物と植物の鋭い外輪郭","鉛や針金の関節で分節された手足","淡色または多層の透過背景と真黒な前景","指先、顎、衣服の端を誇張した横向きの身振り"],"intents":["懐かしさ","高級","静けさ"],"sourceTitle":"BFI — Scissors Make Films: Lotte Reiniger's Magical Animations","sourceUrl":"https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/scissors-make-films-lotte-reiniger-creating-her-magical-animations","pair":["stop-motion","direct-animation"],"study":["Lotte Reiniger","jointed card figures and underlit glass","The Adventures of Prince Achmed"],"works":["寓話や神話を、表情より姿勢と輪郭で明快に進める短編や舞台映像","人物、文字、植物を同じ黒い形の体系へまとめるタイトルシークエンス"],"recipe":{"type":"文字も切り紙の面として作り、細い装飾を増やすよりカウンターと輪郭の抜けを優先する。","layout":"人物を横向きに置き、手足と視線の方向へ十分な空間を残す。前景、中景、淡い背景を別層で動かす。","material":"黒いカードを切り、関節を小さな接合で動かし、下から照らすガラス面で撮る。背景は薄紙や半透明材を重ねる。"},"avoid":"人物を単に黒く塗ったイラストではない。切り抜ける輪郭、可動する関節、透過光の層が一つの運動として設計されている必要がある。","colors":["#171513","#D8B27A","#7891A0"],"motif":"animation","collection":"Dictionary expansion 34","addedAt":"2026-08-23","source":{"title":"BFI — Scissors Make Films: Lotte Reiniger's Magical Animations","url":"https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/scissors-make-films-lotte-reiniger-creating-her-magical-animations"},"reference":{"status":"verified","pageUrl":"https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/scissors-make-films-lotte-reiniger-creating-her-magical-animations","credit":"BFI — Scissors Make Films: Lotte Reiniger's Magical Animations"},"en":{"essence":"Silhouette animation moves jointed black card figures one frame at a time on an underlit glass table. The films of Lotte Reiniger joined shadow play, cut paper and cinema into a language that tells through contour and gesture.","cues":["Sharp outer contours enclosing fully black figures and plants","Limbs segmented by wire or lead joints","Black foregrounds against pale or layered translucent backgrounds","Profile gestures exaggerating fingers, chins and garment edges"],"works":["Telling fable and myth through posture and outline rather than facial detail","Uniting figures, lettering and plants in one black-shape system for title sequences"],"recipe":{"type":"Cut lettering as solid shapes too, prioritizing open counters and readable contour over fine ornament.","layout":"Turn figures to profile and leave room in the direction of hand, face and movement. Move foreground, middle and pale background as separate layers.","material":"Cut black card, articulate it with small joints, and photograph it on glass lit from below. Layer tissue or translucent material behind it."},"avoid":"This is not an illustration filled with black. Cuttable contour, articulated joints and transmitted-light layers must form one system of movement.","study":["Lotte Reiniger","Jointed card figures and underlit glass","The Adventures of Prince Achmed"]},"usage":{"license":"CC-BY-4.0","licenseName":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org","attributionUrl":"https://indexstyle.org","scope":"Original IndexStyle text and structured data. Reference images, quoted works, and third-party material are excluded and retain their own rights."}}