ANIMATION AS A MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATING ABSTRACT CONCEPTS: THE CASE OF MEASLES
ANIMATION AS A MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATING ABSTRACT CONCEPTS: THE CASE OF MEASLES
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1985
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ADEYANJU, JOEL LADE
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ANIMATION AS; A MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATING ABSTRACT CONCEPTS
The purpose of this study was to explore the use of
animation art as a medium for communicating abstract
concepts so that such concepts could be easily understood
by a wide range of audience. An understanding of the
internal process of the disease measles was used as an
example of abstract concepts.
Two procedures were used in collecting the required
information for this project. First, lectures were
attended with the microbiology students to grasp the
knowledge about measles pathogenesis. Lectures were
also attended to understand how to communicate with
illustrations with special reference to animation art.
Information were gathered from the 'NETC1 Kaduna where
the machine for preparing animation was avaiable.
Pictures of the development of measles in their
various stages were shot in hospitals and in the local
areas where measles patients were being attended to.
The literature review on processes of meales replication
was later translated to drawings by hand by the researcher
to illustrate the measles particle in its various stages
of development, and they were converted into slides later on.
It was postulated that if this type of sequence
helped to simplify the concept of measles, these
illustrations could be effectively used for enlightening
various groups of people about measles. That would be
communicating through animation.
The study has revealed many aspects of the measles
disease such as its cause and severity; its endemic
nature throughout the world and the unfounded superstition
about it in Nigeria. The study has also shown that the
internal processes could be illustrated and this could
lead to a better understanding of the disease if animation
art could be employed. But, the scarcity of equipment
and materials and the cost of animation now in Nigeria
are such that it has not been possible for the researcher
to actually complete the process and field test the product
Although evidence seems to lead to a belief that animation
art would be an effective way of helping people to
understand abstract concepts the chances of employing
this medium for non commercial purpose in Nigeria are
at the moment remote.
In the developed countries, animation has been
accepted as an effective instructional media for communicating
concepts, especially abstract ones and are used in
various institutions. This is not the case in Nigeria,
and the use of illustrations and slides in the process of
animation can very easily be incorporated into the learning
processes of various institutions in Nigeria, with
the exception of the institutions of the blind people.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
ZARIA.
1985
Keywords
ANIMATION,, MEDIUM,, COMMUNICATING,, ABSTRACT,, CONCEPTS:, CASE,, MEASLES.