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1 - Introduction To Animation

Animation is the illusion of motion created by displaying a series of pictures or frames in quick succession. It has its origins in techniques like cave paintings, Egyptian murals, and early devices like the zoetrope from ancient China, which used spinning disks or wheels to simulate movement. Modern animation developed through technologies like the phenakistoscope, flipbooks, and cel animation. Computer animation now allows for highly realistic 2D and 3D animated films by enhancing and making hand-drawn characters appear more real. Students are instructed to create their own flipbook with a sequence of up to 20 pictures to demonstrate the basic principles of animation.

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1 - Introduction To Animation

Animation is the illusion of motion created by displaying a series of pictures or frames in quick succession. It has its origins in techniques like cave paintings, Egyptian murals, and early devices like the zoetrope from ancient China, which used spinning disks or wheels to simulate movement. Modern animation developed through technologies like the phenakistoscope, flipbooks, and cel animation. Computer animation now allows for highly realistic 2D and 3D animated films by enhancing and making hand-drawn characters appear more real. Students are instructed to create their own flipbook with a sequence of up to 20 pictures to demonstrate the basic principles of animation.

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Introduction To

Animation

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Animation - Definition
● A simulation of movement created by displaying
a series of pictures, or frames

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What is animation
● Animation is about creating illusion. It is the art of making
still drawings to appear move on film. Nothing is real,
nothing exists as it does in drama- yet we are able to
relate to animation characters as if they were real, and we
can believe the world where these characters live
● Animated films are created by filming individual drawings.
Each single drawing is called a set-up and is filmed in
sequence for a certain number of frames. When twenty-
four frames per second – each one slightly different –
move in front of our eyes, we 'see' the picture moving. This
movement gives us the impression that the characters are
really moving and it brings the cartoon stories to life.

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History of animation
● Paleolitic cave painting - where animals are
depicted with multiple sets of legs in
superimposed positions, clearly attempting
to convey the perception of motion

● Egyptian mural – approximately 4000 years


old - shows wrestlers in actions

● Zoetrope - created in China around 180 AD


by the prolific inventor Ting Huan Made
from translucent paper or mica panels,
Huan hung the device over a lamp.
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● Thaumatrope - (disk with one image on each
side) twirl it and the two images superimpose
on each other. two frame animation

Phenakistoscope - The device consisted of a


wheel with the animation sequence (what we
define as separate frames of motion now)
drawn in succession around its
circumference. Slits were cut in the wheel,
and it was mounted vertically in front of a
mirror.

● Flip book - creates the illusion of motion. A


set of sequential pictures flipped at a high
speed creates this effect.
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Types of animation
● Cel Animation
The most traditional form of animation. It consists of
drawings that progressively change in order animate
certain actions.

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●Clay Animation
Also called claymation, clay animation is a type of stop
●
motion animation that uses clay figures and objects

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●Computer Animation
Computer Animation is the latest technique of animation
that includes 2D and 3D animation. These animations not
only enhance the hand-drawn characters but also make
them appear real as compared to the above mentioned
animations.

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Create a flipbook
● Create your own flipbook . Make a sequence up to 20 pictures

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