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Animation. Two major forms of animation. Stop-motion animation Model Puppet Claymation Pixelation Cut-out animation Cartoon or created animation Cartoons CGI. Animation has a long history. Early visual toys Development of animation in early days of film Gertie the Dinosaur
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Two major forms of animation • Stop-motion animation • Model • Puppet • Claymation • Pixelation • Cut-out animation • Cartoon or created animation • Cartoons • CGI
Animation has a long history • Early visual toys • Development of animation in early days of film • Gertie the Dinosaur • Animated shorts • Felix the Cat • Mickey Mouse • Merrie Melodies
Disney • During the 1930s Walt Disney’s animation studios came to dominate the commercial animation scene • Turned to feature-length films after Snow White • Naturalism • Shorts were often produced by Warner Bros, Fleischer, others • More abstract
UPA • Very abstract • Limited animation • Cheaper
Cartoon animation • At first, all pictures were hand-drawn completely • Cel process • Portion of the picture that moves is drawn on plastic sheet, background remains steady • As animation progressed, multiple cel layers were developed
Cartoon animation • Developed a system (Disney perfected) where main animators would produce “key frames” or pictures that occurred at most important moments of action, then “tweeners” would produce the pictures that occurred between the key frames
Rotoscoping • To improve the naturalness of the motion, the device projected actual photos onto a light table where they were traced and the outline was then filled in with cartoon character • Used in Snow White to make her movements more realistic
Abstract animation • Many animators do not want to present animation as though it were real—want the art of the visual and the audio to be retained • Fantasia • Abstract independent animation
Stop motion • Take picture, move object, take picture • Painstaking process • Can look jerky • Models can have mechanical problems • May need multiple models/puppets, etc.
Stop motion • Melies • King Kong • Gumby • Wallace and Gromit