叙事是讲述一个事件,表达某种真实或是呈现一种想象。动画叙事往往基于现实物质世界真实的观察,赋予角色丰富的想象力甚至略带跳跃的思维方式,在形体动作细节等方面追求夸张、变形的视觉效果。叙事表达的手法则是考虑动画叙事内容是贴近真实还是靠近虚幻这两个维度之间的选择。为此,动画剧本在创作构思阶段就要考虑整个短片的美术风格及叙事表达手法、剧作结构安排等方面的契合度。以中国动画学派为例,叙事题材内容源自民间故事、神话放事或寓言故事,美术风格与动作表演方法依据水墨、工笔、皮影, Narratives tell an event, express something true or present an imagination. Animation narration is often based on the real observation of the real material world, giving the character a rich imagination and even a slightly leaping thinking mode, and pursuing exaggerated and distorted visual effects in the details of body movements. The tactic of narrative expression is to consider whether the narrative content of animation is close to the real or the choice between the two dimensions of illusion. To this end, the animation script in the creative stage of the concept must consider the entire short film art style and narrative techniques, composition and other aspects of play fit. Taking the Chinese animation school as an example, the narrative theme is derived from folk tales, myths or allegorical stories, and the artistic styles and performance methods are based on the ink,