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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