THE ART OF ANIMATION

Animation as we know it today, integrates, drawing, paintings, or illustrations that are photographed frame by frame in rapid succession at 24 frames per second. When combined with two-dimensional static art and music, cinematic images come alive and the viewer is transported to a world of make-belive.

Back in 1868, John Barnes Linnet introduced the kineograph, a flipbooks with pages of a series of images. It like a notebook with several pages that when flipped rapidly from one page to the next, it will show a series of images as if they were moving from one scene to the next.

From flipbooks to animation

The first animated projection in France by Charles Emile Reynaud’s praxinoscope in 1877.

The first animation was project in public at the Musee Grevin in Paris on October 28, 1892.

The title of animation show was Pauvre Peirrot.

In 1893, Eadweard Muybridge, zoopraxiscope disc showed A Couple Waltzing Dance.

J. Stuart Blackton He was the father of american animation.

In 1900 there was Enchanted Drawing and in 1906 he showed the first entirely animated film, Humorous Phases of Funny Faces.

By 1910, animated short films had become an industry of its own and cartoon movies were shown in movie theaters.

Cartoons were founded in 1300 and Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Drawfs was released in 1937.

In 1945, the first japanese anime film was shown by japanese director Nitsuyo Seo as a propaganda to support the war.

Hanna Barbera released animation television programs such as Terrytoons and The Flintstones.

Through the 1930s to 1950s animated characters like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Popeye, and Superman captured audencies worldwide.

Animated musical incorporate musical numbers into the story narrative. Some examples are Snow White, The lion King, and Beauty and the Beast.

Animation Techniques Clay puppets and figures made of rubber,

cloth, and plastic resins were used for many animation productions such as The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach.

Computer- Genarated Imagery was invented and this revolutionized animation and in 1995 the first fully CGI animation.

Pixar’s toy story was released.

Human characteristics are project, including facial expressions, feelings, and emotions. Some examples are seen in The Polar Express, Up, The Incredibles, and Avatar.

In Incredibles are shown that the body can be stretched, deformed, and with the ability to move swiftly while speaking like human beings.

Filipino animation features characters from comics like Kenkoy.

The first filipino- made cartoon for television was Panday by Gerry Garcia in the 1980’s. He aslo used animation film Urduja in 2008 where digital and traditional animation techniques were used.

The animation council of the Philippines was organized to oversee and coordinate the filipino animated industry.

The Animahenasyon was established as an award- giving body. It also offers training and workshop on animation to children