HISTORY OF ANIMATION

Archeologist findings reveal that paintings oncave walls are actually attempts to capture themovements of people and animals..

The first animated cartoon was created byCharles-Emile Reynaud using invention calledPraxinoscope which can create loops of 12pictures.

12 fps 500 fps

• The first animated cartoon on standard picture film was made by Emile Cohl(Emile Coutet) called FANTASMAGORIE.

• “Father of Animated Cartoon”

• As technology developed, so did animation– from silent movie like Mickey Mouse to full-length movies like Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves(1937). To long-running shows like Warner Bros-Looney Tunes, tv series of Hannah Barbera Productions.

>Storyboarding >Voice Recording

>Story Reel- videotaped version of story board

• Methods and practices that are used in the animation phase of a project. • Involves use of ink and paint on cels which are shot using a rostrum

camera.

CEL ANIMATION- MANUAL INKING AND PAINTING EACH FRAME OF MOVEMENT. -LIMITED ANIMATION

LOOPS- SEQUENCES THAT REPEAT OVER AND OVER ARE USED IN SOME STRETCHES OF SCENES.

ROTOSCOPING- used to capture realistic human movement by drawing over film footage of live actors.

COMPUTER ANIMATION

• 2-D computer animation• 3-D computer animation

DIFFERENCE• The most obvious difference between the two

genres of animation is of course the three dimensional characteristics or the appearance of depth. While 2D animation is a flat animation and all the actions happen in the x-y axes, 3D animation includes an extra dimension and that is the z axis.

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