In this challenge:
you will use computer software to create
an imaginative animation
What is animation?
Animation is the simulation of moving art that relies on the human eye's persistence of vision.
When the eye observes an object it detects
the image on the retina at the back of the eye. Even when the object is
removed it still appears in the mind's eye.
You can try this idea by staring out a window for half a a minute and then
closing your eyes ........ you will probably see the image of the window due
to persistnece of vision.
Early animations were made using many timed photographs of a moving subject that were then caused to appear to the viewer for a fraction of a second
early animation by Eadweard Muybridge around 1885
The first full
feature cartoon animation about Gertie the dinosaur was
drawn by hand in 1921 by Winsor McCay
view a segment of the original GERTIE by Winsor McCay
Later Walt Disney would
industrialize the labour intensive process of animation and make it a
Hollywood product.
Along the way he made Mickey Mouse a famous household name.
Disney's techniques relied on the use of clear celluloid "cells" to separate
the image and background to save time.
With the advent of desktop computers
teams of animators can now use "Wire Frame Animation"
to render 3D appearing animations
The "Simpsons" are
produced in America but most of the animation is
sourced out to South Korea over the Internet. Why?
Animation has the ability to
inform viewers in ways that
words cannot.
Animation is a communication tool be sure to think of your animation as a
story that you are telling a viewer.