LOTTE REINIGER WORKSHEET

Task 1
Discover as much as you can about Lotte Reiniger in 15 minutes. Write your findings in the
text box below.

Lotte Reiniger was a Germain film director from 1899-1981 born in berlin and the foremost
pioneer of silhouette animation. Her best-known films are The Adventures of Prince Achmed,
from 1926—thought to be one of the oldest surviving feature-length animated films—and
Papageno.

Task 2
Whilst watching the next video jot down the process and techniques Lotte Reiniger uses to
make her animations…

Credits. 1923, storyboards, cut out figures, separate frames

Task 3
Define aesthetic

The way something looks, deals with the nature of beauty and taste
Task 4
Watch the example Lotte Reiniger film and make notes on its aesthetic attributes.
 How does the look of it make you feel?
 Why is this form of animation effective?
 What's not so effective?

It looks scary due to the frames and makes me feel like I am in an nightmare, the audio was
not the most effective

Task 5
As Lotte Reiniger was one of the first feature length animators do you think we 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.

Illustration, movement visual communication black and white, illusion