Animation Essay Research Paper AnimationMy personal enjoyment

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Animation Essay, Research Paper Animation My personal enjoyment with animation has inspired me to write this essay, pertaining to animation. Since I was a child I have been fascinated with cartoons; from when they started out to be black and white, and until now with full colour and computer effects. To better perceive what my personal feelings about animation are, I must first discuss in full detail, a general overview of how animators bring traditional animation alive with motion. Animation seems like a smooth movement of drawn sequences of artwork, pasted together to form a single sequence of animation. This is the basis of animation, but animation is far simpler than it may seem. “The true meaning of animation is that it is a series of drawings strung together to create

the illusion of smooth fluent movement.”1 But the process of creating this so- called illusion, is a pain staking process during which artists must spend tremendous hours of agony to produce only seconds of animated film. Before an animator goes about creating an animation he or she must have the knowledge of several rules of animation, which animators around the world follow. The first rule of animation is that an animator must hold the understanding of the techniques used to produce single cells of animation. Second rule, and one of the most important ones is that, the animator must have great patience, so that his or her piece of artwork is not rushed, to prevent the animation from looking choppy and not as smooth as it should look. Finally what is required from an animator

is “it takes commitment and effort to make the basis of animation come alive with fresh ideas.”2 The following is not a rule of animation, but is often taught to animators around the world. “Animators were often taught that animation is only limited by the imagination and skills of its creators.”3 Using these rules animation companies hire artists who are familiar with the rules previously discussed, but to create a feature full-length animation you need more than just these rules. Below the process of creating a feature full-length animation will be discussed in further detail. To create a traditional animation requires a team of cooperative artists and editors. It also demands a collective, creative approach, within which the individual artists and editors of the team

must harmonize and communicate well with the other members of the team, for the final product to be successful. Because so many personnel are involved in producing a single piece of animated film, creation of this is very costly. Companies must create a team of animators that are willing to work together to get the finished product perfect the first time around. No matter how modest or ambitious the project, the team of animators follow a strict number of structured procedures, and must possess the understanding of the concepts and terminology in traditional animation. When the team has been assembled. The team begins a long process of set procedures, which all animators worldwide use. Below the many set procedures are described in full detail. 1.Script The script is the first

stage in all film production. In an animation script, the visual action in the plot and performance is far more important than the dialogue. 2.Storyboard The storyboard is a series of roughly drawn images that convey the action described in the script. This scene-by-scene portrayal helps the writer, director and animation team to access the content of the project and to correct any deficiencies in the scripted story. 3.Soundtrack After the script and storyboard are completed, the recording of any dialogue or key music is undertaken. Since traditional animation relies on perfect synchronization of the picture to the soundtrack, the animator must receive the recorded track before beginning to draw. 4.Design Designers create visual interpretations of all the actors in the script.