1 Animation Flashcards
Animation
- A series of drawings that show action
- Human eye sees the change in image as movement, not as separate pictures.
kinetoscope
a device for viewing through a magnifying lens
zoetrope
motion picture projector consisted of a drum containing a set of still images
Thomas Edison
invented the kinetoscope
Eadweard Muybridge
English photographer
he made “The Horse in Motion”
The Sculptors Nightmare
1908 film
directed by Wallace McCutcheon
The Horse in Motion
1878 short/silent film
3 seconds
a series of cabinet cards
The Lost World
1925 film about dinosaurs
Workers leaving Lumiere Factory in Lyon
1895 French short black and white silent documentary
directed and produced by Louis Lumiere
5 types of animation
traditional
2d animation
3d animation
motion graphics
stop motion
cel animation
objects are drawn on celluloid paper
light table
Traditional Animation
movement in a 2d space
done every 2 frames
individual drawings are sequenced together over time
2d Animation
most common type
digital environment
moves the character’s body around
3d Animation
3 steps in 3d animation
modeling
layout
rendering
digital graphics that create the illusion of motion
motion graphics