Saturday, 26 April 2014

Animation Week One - Saturday Lesson

Prezi presentation


1914 Gertie the Dinosaur by William McCay

1917 Max and David Fleischer - Betty Boop

1920 Otto Messmer  - Felix the cat

1928 Steamboat Willie - first synchronised sound

1932 Flowers and Trees - first colour cartoon and first to win an academy award

1938 Snow White - first feature length animation which they thought would fail.


Key terms

 
·         Key frames – the main start, middle and end point of a piece of action

·         Inbetweens – the drawings which go between the key frames

·         Rolling – using your fingers to roll between different images

·         Pencil test – photographing or scanning light drawn images to see if the animation works

·         Charting – a notation on drawn animations to tell you where the key frame is and where the in-betweens go. This also helps with timing.



Rules of drawing

 

Draw lightly in pencil

 

Use shapes

 

Draw what is in front of you

 

Don’t be too precise to begin with

 

Multiple movements
 

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