Saturday, 17 April 2010
Animation Styles
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Posted by
Jack Witherden
I definately want to create an animation piece for this project however there are a few techniques and obstacles i need to overcome such as what style of animation i wish to pursue. There are many forms of animation which can be used to create a film on their own or used in conjunction with one another.
The three main forms of animation are:
Traditional Animation
- Cell Animation
- Hand Drawn
Individual frames of films are photographed of drawings on paper.
Each frame differs slightly from the previous frame to give movement
much like a flick-book does. This form of animation is very time
consuming and i think the ending affect is not worth it considering the
next style, Computer Animation has a similar look if done right.
Computer Animation
- 2D
- 3D
- CGI
- Flash
- After Effects
Computer Animation encompasses a variety of techniques, the unifying
factor being that the animation is created digitally on a computer.
There are many forms of software that can be used for this technique
of animation and it has the capabilities to cover other forms also.
Although this may not be my main focus for actually creating the raw
animations for a film, it will almost definitely be used in some way to
generate my outcome.
Stop Motion Animation
- Puppet
- Clay
- Cutout
- Graphic
- Pixelation (real life photography)
Physical real world objects or subjects are manipulated and photographed
to create a single frame. The process is then repeated to create
the illusion of movement. Stop Motion Animation is extremely time
consuming however the resulting film that is produced from this technique
looks very nice and is worthy of the time invested. Im very interested in
this form of animation and may either use it on its own, or incorporate it
into the final outcome somehow.
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