Animation Module

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Introduction “To animate” means animate” means “to give “to give life to”. to”. Animations are created from a sequence of still images. The images are displayed rapidly in succession so that the eye is fooled into perceiving continuous motion.

This his is the the tend tenden enc cy of the the eye and and brain to continue to perceive an image image even after it has disappeared.















Animation generally deals with hand drawn images in contrast to motion video which deals with actual photographs of real-world objects taken through a camera, although both uses the concept of displaying sequences of images one after another to depict motion.















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History of Animation In 1824, Peter Roget published a paper called “Persistence of Vis isio ion n With Regard to Moving Objects.” Objects.” This paper describes the phenomenon that occurs in human vision where an image lingers even after the light from from the source source has ceased. This phenomenon make animation possible. This led to numerous “philosophical” toys during the 19th century. These include the Zoetrope, and the ever famous Flipbook.

















The fir first anim anima ated ted cart cartoo oon( n(in in the the traditional sense, i.e. on film) was “ ” b by y the French director Emile Cohl. Released in 1908.

















One of the very first successful anim ima ated ted carto artoo ons was by Winsor McCay. It is cons consid ider ered ed the the fir first examp xample le of true true character character animation.

















In the 1930s to 1960s, theatrical cartoons were produced in huge numbers numbers, and usually shown before a featur feature e film in a movie theater theater.. MGM, Dis isn ney and Warne rner Brothe thers were the largest studios producing these 5 to 10 minute “shorts”. “shorts”. Comp Competi etitio tion n from from television television drew audiences away away from from movie theater theaters s in the late late 1950s, and the theatrical carto rtoon began its decline.

















How animation works In the traditional animation process, animators will begin by drawing sequences of animation on sheets of pape paperr ofte often n usin using g colo colorred penci encils ls,, one picture or “frame” or “frame” at at a time.

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The take the lead and assistant animators’ drawings and trace them onto a new sheet of paper, taking care in including all of the details present on the original model sheets, so that it app ppea earrs tha that one one per person son anim anima ated ted the entire film. The will draw in whatever frames are still missing in between the other animators’



















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TV video builds 30 entire frames or pictures every second. Movies are shot at a shutter rate of 24 frames per per seco second nd,, but usin using g proj projec ectio tions ns tricks the flicker is in-creased to 48. On some projectors each frame is shown 3 times before the next frame frame, for a total of 72 flick flickers ers per seco second nd whic which h help helps s elim elimin ina ate the the flick flicker effect. ef fect.



















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Animators draw images on a transparent piece on a top of a lightbox, one frame at a time. Requires very strong drawing skills.



















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Comp Comput uter er gener enera ated ted anim anima ation tions s, that uses the exact same techniques as traditional animation. The animator has the option to move the body parts rts indiv ivid idu ually instea instead d of dra drawing wing the char haracter acters s over and over. Does

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Inst Instea ead d of dra drawi wing ng,, the the char haracte acterrs are digitally modeled in the program, and then fitted with a “skeleton” a “skeleton” that that allows animators to move the models. models. Body Body part parts s are are alw always pres presen entt and and shou should ld be tak taken into into cons consid ider era ation, tion, not like in 2D Animation.



















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Animated logos, commercials, television promos or fil film opening titles. Usua Usuall lly y inv involves olves anim anima ating ting im ima ages, es, texts, or video clips.





















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Any animation that uses objects that are photographed in a sequence to create the illusion of movement. The process of stoptop-m motio otion n is very long as each object has to be





















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Anim Anima ation tion usin using g Pupp Puppet ets s (bui (built lt wi with th skeleton rig; some with strings)





















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Using construction paper or car cardb dboa oarrd char haracter cters s and and pl plac acin ing g them on paper while shooting the





















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Also uses cardboard or some fla flat material, but the objects are all black and the shot is depicted with silhouette silhouette or shadow only only.































































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