Animation Introduction to FlashMedia

By,

Mr. Hindi

What is Animation?• Animation is the illusion of movement. It is like magic.

Nothing is real, nothing exists, yet after watching an episode of an animated series like “Sponge Bob” or “Scooby-Doo”

• You are able to relate to the characters as if they were alive

and you believe in the world where these characters live.

Brief History• In 1872, former Governor of California Leland Stanford,

wagered a bet whether all four of a horse's hooves left the ground at the same time during a gallop.

• So he hired Eadweard Muybridge a photographer to develop an idea for instantaneous motion picture capture.

• Muybridge had successfully photographed a horse in fast motion using a series of twenty-four cameras.

Brief History

• The Galloping horse was an early experiment in animation are which is a landmark in history.

• He strove to freeze motion, to hold still for our contemplation the most rapid muscular movements of man and beast.

• In doing so he was unwittingly created the basis for moving pictures.

What is Animation?

• Animation is the quick display of a sequence of images of 2-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement.

• It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision. This could be anything from a flip book to a motion picture film.

One of the first cartoon creations

• Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

• How do you think this was created?!?

• This happens because our eyes cannot keep up with the speed of change between each photograph. This is called persistence of vision.

• Persistence of vision refers to the length of time the retina (the screen at the back of the eye) retains an image.

How is Animation created?

• The frames of a traditionally animated movie are hand drawn.

• The drawings are traced or copied onto clear sheets called cells

• which are then placed over a painted background and photographed one by one on a staged camera.

Time to Create!• A flip book demonstrates persistence of vision very well

and is an easy way to demonstrate how animation works.

• In class write right now we are going to create a simple flip book together!

• then after that everyone is going to have to create their own flip book

Flipbook• 1st you are going to storyboard it!

• The storyboard is the "visual script" for a cartoon. It describes all of the action that is going to take place in the finished cartoon.

• Storyboards may have as few as one and as many as 12 drawings per page.

• I must approve your story boards before you begin, so remember Keep it clean!

Flipbook• You must draw out each frame in your story board, using a

pencil.

• After I approve your story board, I will hand you some sticky notes to start your flipbook.

• If you do not finish your storyboard today, do not worry.

• You have the next class period to finish up your storyboards and flipbooks, then we are going to go over them in class.

Tips to Remember• Remember that by starting at the bottom, you get a better

idea of where to draw your pictures.

• You can start at the top if you wish, but it may be harder.

• The more slides per second you have, the more realistic your film will be.

• Draw your flipbook in pencil first. You can always outline in pen later.

• Number your slides on the top right corner

• The German word for flipbook is “Daumenkino” which means “Thumb Cinema”