Graphic Animation History This lesson we look at what Graphical Animation and the history behind it. Ajarn David1

When did graphic animation start? Ajarn David2

History Animation is a graphic representation of drawings to show movement within those drawings. A series of drawings are linked together and usually photographed by a camera. The drawings have been slightly changed between individualized frames so when they are played back in rapid succession (24 frames per second) there appears to be seamless movement within the drawings. Ajarn David3

Pioneers of animation include Winsor McCay of the United States and Emile Cohl and Georges Melies of France. Some consider McCay's Sinking of the Lusitania from 1918 as the first animated feature film. Ajarn David4

History of animation Early animations, which started appearing before 1910, consisted of simple drawings photographed one at a time. It was extremely labor intensive as there were literally hundreds of drawings per minute of film. The development of celluloid around 1913 quickly made animation easier to manage. Instead of numerous drawings, the animator now could make a complex background and/or foreground and sandwich moving characters in between several other pieces of celluloid, which is transparent except for where drawings are painted on it. This made it unnecessary to repeatedly draw the background as it remained static and only the characters moved. It also created an illusion of depth, especially if foreground elements were placed in the frames. Ajarn David5

Walt Disney took animation to a new level. He was the first animator to add sound to his movie cartoons with the premiere of Steamboat Willie in In 1937, he produced the first full length animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Steamboat Willie: Ajarn David6

With the introduction of computers, animation took on a whole new meaning. Many feature films of today had animation incorporated into them for special effects. A film like Star Warsby George Lucas would rely heavily on computer animation for many of its special effects. Toy Story, produced by Walt Disney Productions and Pixar Animation Studios, became the first full length feature film animated entirely on computers when it was released in With the advent of personal computers, it has now become possible for the average person to create animations. Click on theDraw button to learn how our students created their animationsDraw Ajarn David7

Other E-commerce Online Auctions When you think online auction, you think eBay. Physical auctions predate online auctions, but the Internet made auctions accessible to a large number of buyers and sellers. Online auctions are an efficient mechanism for price discovery. Many buyers find the auction shopping mechanism much interesting than regular storefront shopping. Internet Banking Today it is possible for you to perform the entire gamut of banking operations without visiting a physical bank branch. Interfacing of websites with bank accounts, and by extension credit cards, was the biggest driver of ecommerce. Online Ticketing Air tickets, movie tickets, train tickets, play tickets, tickets to sporting events, and just about any kind of tickets can be booked online. Online ticketing does away with the need to queue up at ticket counters. Ajarn David8

Video -What are the benefits of E-commerce? - Where is the biggest market in the world for e-commerce? Ajarn David9

Task In groups of 2, work together to make a poster highlighting what we have learned today about E-commerce. Use Microsoft Publisher to create your poster. Use a template of your choice. Highlight what we have learned. Insert some logos of well known e-commerce websites that the online shopper is likely to use. Make a brief note under each logo about what type of business it is i.e. ‘clicks and mortar’. Please type both names on the poster. me your work before the end of class. Ajarn David10