Task 1 B

Task 1 B

B: Explain and evaluate in detail each of the animation techniques: 

Point - evidence - example

Zoetrope:

A Zoetrope is one of several pre-cinema animaton devices that produce the illusion of motion by displaying a sequence of drawings or photographs showing progressive phases of that motion. The zoetrope consists of a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides. On the inner surface of the cylinder is a band with images from a set of sequenced pictures. As the cylinder spins, the user looks through the slits at the pictures across. The scanning of the slits keeps the pictures from simply blurring together, and the user sees a rapid succession of images, producing the illusion of motion.

 Kinetiscope:

The Kinetoscope was designed for films to be viewed by one individual at a time through a peephole viewer window at the top of the device.The Kinetoscope was not a movie projecter but introduced the basic approach that would become the standard for all cinematic projection before the advent of video.

Flick Book:

 

A flip book or flick book is a book with a series of pictures that vary gradually from one page to the next, so that when the pages are turned rapidly, the pictures appear to animate by simulating motion or some other change. Flip books are often illustrated books for children, but may also be geared towards adults and employ a series of photographs rather than drawings. Flip books are not always separate books, but may appear as an added feature in ordinary books or magazines, often in the page corners. Software packages and websites are also available that convert digital video files into custom-made flip books.

Cel Animation:

 

A cel, short for celluloid, is a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for traditional, hand-drawn animation. Actual celluloid (consisting of cellulose nitrate and comphor) was used during the first half of the 20th century, but since it was flammable and dimensionally unstable it was largely replaced by cellulose acetate. With the advent of computer-assisted animation production, the use of cels has been practically abandoned in major productions. Disney studios stopped using cels in 1990 when  Computer Animation Production System(CAPS) replaced this element in their animation process.

Rotoscoping:

Rotoscoping is an animation technique in which animators trace over footage, frame by frame, for use in live-action and animated films. Originally, recorded live-action film images were projected onto a frosted glass panel and re-drawn by an animator. This projection equipment is called a rotoscope, although this device was eventually replaced by computers.

In the visual effects industry, the term rotoscoping refers to the technique of manually creating a matte for an element on a live-action plate so it may be composited over another background.

Drawn on film:

Drawn-on-film animation, also known as direct animation or animation without camera, is an  technique where footage is produced by creating the images directly on film stock animation, as opposed to any other form of animation where the images or objects are photographed frame by frame with an animation camera.

Claymation:

 

Clay animation or claymation is one of many forms of stop motion animation. Each animated piece, either character or background, is "deformable".

Traditional animation , from cel animation to stop motion, is produced by recording each frame, or still picture, on film or digital media and then playing the recorded frames back in rapid succession before the viewer. 

Digital applications:

 

Digital application is any cartoon made on a computer in the past 5 years for example toy story,  despicable me, the incredibles.