Animation Techniques

What is animation? What is animation? –Animation is a series of drawings/photographs that are linked together. –Animation is a series of drawings/photographs that are linked together. –Drawings/photographs slightly changed between each individual frame –Playback in rapid succession (24 frames per second) –Illusion of seamless movement Formats Formats –PAL –NTSC –Web based animation – e.g..swf,.gif

Animation Techniques Early animations started appearing before 1910 Early animations started appearing before 1910 Simple drawings photographed one at a time. Simple drawings photographed one at a time. –labour intensive –hundreds of drawings per minute of film

Cel Animation Cell Animation Cell Animation –development of celluloid around 1913 –One complex background –sandwich moving characters in between several other pieces of transparent celluloid –unnecessary to repeatedly draw the background as it remained static and only the characters moved

Cel Animation Disney’s Steamboat Willy in 1928 Disney’s Steamboat Willy in 1928 –First animator to add sound to his movie cartoons

Early Types of Animation Zoetropes Zoetropes –Create illusion of motion –Drum is spun –Faster rate of spin smoother progression of images. –Faster rate of spin smoother progression of images. –Viewer can look through the wall of the zoetrope from any point around it, and see a rapid progression of images. –Viewer can look through the wall of the zoetrope from any point around it, and see a rapid progression of images. –Because of design, more than one person can use simultaneously

Zoetropes Basic Zoetrope Basic Zoetrope 3yarT_h2ws 3yarT_h2ws 3yarT_h2ws 3yarT_h2ws

Zoetrope The largest zoetrope ever made was by Sony The largest zoetrope ever made was by Sony 7MXp-c 7MXp-c 7MXp-c 7MXp-c

Computer Animation Introduction of computers to animation Introduction of computers to animation TRON had computer animation TRON had computer animation for many of its special effects for many of its special effects Toy Story Walt Disney Productions and Pixar Animation Studios Toy Story Walt Disney Productions and Pixar Animation Studios –first full length feature film animated entirely on computers when it was released in Disney Computer Animatio Early 80’s Computer animation

Other Animation Types Simple Flip book animation example Simple Flip book animation example Simple Flip book animation example Simple Flip book animation example Complex Flip book animation example Complex Flip book animation example Complex Flip book animation example Complex Flip book animation example Stop motion time lapse photography example Stop motion time lapse photography example Stop motion time lapse photography example Stop motion time lapse photography example Cut Out animation example Cut Out animation example Cut Out animation example Cut Out animation example

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