Have not been able to find a better source of data, so am going with the wikipedia page I looked at last week:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animated_feature-length_films#1990’s
Now simply have to tally the data. Some films I am already know to be either 2D or 3D from my own viewing, others I am checking the content on their linked pages to clarify.
Progressing on my Datavisualization to represent data findings. Video will feature two animated images; one an animated galloping Toaster I plan to hand draw myself - as I have been unable to find an animated Gif that satisfies me (See below)
Also, most Gifs aren’t hand drawn, although they do fulfill the definition of having been made on a flat plane.
My Toaster will represent 2D Traditional hand drawn animated feature films.
The other animated image will be a Computer Generated spinning Cake; a model I found included in the BluffTitler software, which is license free to use, as it’s part of the package for users.
My Cake will represent 3D computer animated feature films.
They will race side by side on screen, as the various years (1995 - 2005) roll by them, in the form of Titling. As they pass the two animated images, the no of films made that year will also flash on screen. There will be a total at the end of the video.
The reason I have chosen to focus on the years 1995 - 2005 is a website below:
http://virtualunderworld.net/arianeb/animated.htm
Whose reasoning I agreed with, ie, that 1995 marked the year of the first fully computer generated animated film (Toy Story) and that 2005 marked the year that CG animated films become the standard and no longer an ‘event’ or a rarity - this notion is also reflected in my data, as 2005 marks the year of most CG films produced, at least in respect of this time frame.
I plan to approach the creator of this page and ask whether I can use her reasoning, detailing her website was the inspiration for my Data Visualizations time frame frame, and including a link to her website in my datavis.
Wikipedia does not provide Administrator contacts to ask for permission to cite or reproduce material from wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us/Top_questions#Can_I_copy_articles_from_Wikipedia.3F
But I found this page
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use
from the the ‘terms of use’ hyperlink at the bottom of the page I’m sourcing the data from, so as long as I provide these details on my datavis, it should be ok.
This page was also quite helpful:
