Lesson 1DIGITAL ANIMATION

Understand diff erent types of animati on

Know the purpose and use of each

Be able to describe advantages and disadvantages

LESSON GOALS

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WHAT TECHNIQUES DO YOU KNOW ABOUT?

One of the most basic forms of animati on that has been used for many years.

Every fl ipbook has a diff erent frame on each page of the book.

When you fl ip through them you can see the story one page aft er another like it is being played at a faster rate.

FLIPBOOK

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When this type of animati on is done properly it can look as realisti c as a video.

Stop moti on requires you to take a photo for every frame of the animati on.

The more photographs you take the bett er the appearance of the fi nal animati on.

STOP MOTION

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This is a photography based technique.

It takes a long ti me to create these types of animati on because it requires hundreds of photograph.

This type of animati on shows the diff erence that occurs in a scene over a period of ti me.

TIME LAPSE

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Cel animati on signaled the beginning of changes in traditi onal animati on.

Each part of a frame in cel animati on is drawn on a separate cel then moved independently.

This meant drawings didn’t have to be repeated when you needed part of a scene again in future.

CEL

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Clay modelling brought animati on into a new generati on.

This requires 24 frames photographed for each second of fi lm.

Nick Park created the most famous animated movie with ‘Wallace and Grommit ’ which was released in 1989.

CLAY MODELLING

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2D and 3D animati on can be created by computer.

Most common method for making fi lms.

Star Trek 2 was the fi rst fi lm to use CGI .

Lucasfi lm, Dreamworks, Pixar and Disney also use this technique.

DIGITAL

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This is one of the most common techniques used in the industry today.

Adobe Flash is used to create animati ons which using features such as: Tweening Key Frames Layers Audio Library Frame by Frame

DIGITAL (FLASH)

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YOUR TASK Understand animation techniquesDescribe purpose & use of each

Research and describe at least four animati on techniques used in the digital media industry such as: Flipbook Stop Motion Time Lapse Photography Cel Animation Clay Modelling Digital Animation Flash Animation (Required)

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For each technique you research explain the following: Purpose Use Advantages and Disadvantages