Animation

POS connections

• Visual composition• Media• Animation• Graphic Tools

what is it?

Animation is the process of taking manyimagines or frames, where they are placed inorder with slight alterations between slidesgiving a sense of movement.

-flash is a lower budget alternative to video

12 Golden Rules

Developed by Walt Disney Studios

1. SQUASH AND STRETCHGiving weight and volume to a character as it moves.

2. ANTICIPATION Movement prepares the viewer for

action. The character could be starting to run, jump or change expression.

3. STAGING

directing the viewers attention to the story or idea being told.

Proper staging will emphasize moods and characters

4. STRAIGHT AHEAD AND POSE TO POSE ANIMATIONstarting from the beginning and flowing to the end of a scene.

5. FOLLOW THROUGH AND OVERLAPPING ACTIONthe body of the character stops while other parts catch

up, such as arms, long hair, clothing.

6. SLOW-OUT AND SLOW-INMore drawings near the starting pose, few in the

middle, and more drawings near the end.

7. ARCSMost actions follow an arc or slightly circular

path.

8. SECONDARY ACTIONadds more dimension to the main action

9. TIMINGMore frames between poses slow and steady the

action. Fewer make the action faster and crisper.

10. EXAGGERATIONCharacters exaggerate movements or actions to better

show a point.

11 . SOLID DRAWINGThe principles of drawing form, weight, volume solidity and the

illusion of three dimension.

12. APPEAL A character need appeal ,not just being cute and cuddly. All require the proper appeal for their role

whether they are heroic, villainous, comic or cute.

Example of a flash animation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L8b1zPE0-Y

Your Turn!

-Using the booklets providedMake a simple animation strip

Just like the video example.

http://vimeo.com/23673802

Citations / resources

Walt Disney inc. Illusion Of Life" by Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnston (pp.47-69).

http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/aim/a_notes/anim_principles.htmlhttp://kalyankrishna4886.wordpress.com/tag/j-stuart-blackton/

http://www.87seconds.com/en/video-marketing-blog/read/the-12-basic-principles-of-stunning-animation-video

http://amford5.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/walt-disneys-12-principles-of-animation/http://jordannwharton.wordpress.com/year-2/unit-67-3d-animation/12-principles-of-animation/

http://www.animatorisland.com/improve-your-demo-reel/http://www.evl.uic.edu/ralph/508S99/timing.html

http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/09/14/the-guide-to-css-animation-principles-and-examples/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6tK1sEQiekhttp://mohammedawath.blogspot.ca/2010/11/exaggeration.html

http://mnmtanimation.weebly.com/solid-drawing.htmlhttp://splinedoctors.com/2010/11/appeal/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1220930/Pixars-animation-up-away--78-year-old-hero-voice-Lou-Grant.html

http://www.cgmentor.com/mentor-blog/3d-animation-characters.html/

Citations / resources

Walt Disney inc. Illusion Of Life" by Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnston (pp.47-69).

http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/aim/a_notes/anim_principles.htmlhttp://kalyankrishna4886.wordpress.com/tag/j-stuart-blackton/

http://www.87seconds.com/en/video-marketing-blog/read/the-12-basic-principles-of-stunning-animation-video

http://amford5.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/walt-disneys-12-principles-of-animation/http://jordannwharton.wordpress.com/year-2/unit-67-3d-animation/12-principles-of-animation/

http://www.animatorisland.com/improve-your-demo-reel/http://www.evl.uic.edu/ralph/508S99/timing.html

http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/09/14/the-guide-to-css-animation-principles-and-examples/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6tK1sEQiekhttp://mohammedawath.blogspot.ca/2010/11/exaggeration.html

http://mnmtanimation.weebly.com/solid-drawing.htmlhttp://splinedoctors.com/2010/11/appeal/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1220930/Pixars-animation-up-away--78-year-old-hero-voice-Lou-Grant.html

http://www.cgmentor.com/mentor-blog/3d-animation-characters.html/