A short journey behind the Animation

Clarissa Ciampi

The protagonistsand what kind of animation we can find

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What does “Animation” mean?

• from Latin animatio “the art of bringing to life”

• the rapid display of a sequence of images to create an illusion of movement

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Who: • the animator• frames and key frames

Character animator

Special effects animator

• storyboard artist

• layout artist

• background artist

• inbetweeners

• clean-up artist

What:

1) Traditional animation

• full animation

• limited animation

• rotoscoping animation

• live-action/animation

2) Stop motion

Animation exemples

Puppet “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, Tim Burton, 1993

Clay “Chicken Run”, Aardman Animations Studios, 2000

Cutout “South Park”, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, since 1997

Model “King Kong”, Merian C. Cooper, 1933

Pixilation “The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb”, Bolexbrothers, 1993

3) Computer animation

• 2D animation • 3D animation