Major films like Shrek, Toy Story, The Lion king, Monsters Inc and many others have helped animation to become a very common and successful method for film creation. It is a method which has been around for many years now but the types of animation have changed and developed to produce films of much higher quality. Animation is also used in films which aren't supposed to appear as though they have been animated at all now as it can produce fantastic effects.
One of the earliest types of animation was stop-motion animation and this method was very popular with children's television programme creators' years ago. Stop-motion involves the objects in shot being moved a small amount between each photo being taken. When the photos are placed in a sequence it gives the illusion that the objects which were moved are now moving by themselves. Stop-motion isn't used much at all today though.
Another type of animation which is very similar to stop-motion is traditional, cel or hand-drawn animation. Again this type of animation is quite dated now as it was predominantly used in the 20th century to make films like Pinocchio and The Aristocats. This type involved a drawing being traced and slightly altered to provide the next frame in the sequence. Just like stop-motion this is a very long process although is aided by the use of computers now.
Over the last couple of decades the most commonly used type of animation was 2D and it was a very successful method with films like The Lion King and Aladdin being produced. Computer's became a huge part of film making with this method and shaped the way for the future. Each image is a vector or bitmap image which would be altered ever so slightly to give the next frame. Using a computer meant that the whole image didn't have to be recreated.
Finally there is 3D which was first introduced with the first Toy Story film. Things are created with a digital skeleton and then features can be added to the skeleton once it has been moved. This allows for much finer detailing in things like facial features, hair and fur.
One of the earliest types of animation was stop-motion animation and this method was very popular with children's television programme creators' years ago. Stop-motion involves the objects in shot being moved a small amount between each photo being taken. When the photos are placed in a sequence it gives the illusion that the objects which were moved are now moving by themselves. Stop-motion isn't used much at all today though.
Another type of animation which is very similar to stop-motion is traditional, cel or hand-drawn animation. Again this type of animation is quite dated now as it was predominantly used in the 20th century to make films like Pinocchio and The Aristocats. This type involved a drawing being traced and slightly altered to provide the next frame in the sequence. Just like stop-motion this is a very long process although is aided by the use of computers now.
Over the last couple of decades the most commonly used type of animation was 2D and it was a very successful method with films like The Lion King and Aladdin being produced. Computer's became a huge part of film making with this method and shaped the way for the future. Each image is a vector or bitmap image which would be altered ever so slightly to give the next frame. Using a computer meant that the whole image didn't have to be recreated.
Finally there is 3D which was first introduced with the first Toy Story film. Things are created with a digital skeleton and then features can be added to the skeleton once it has been moved. This allows for much finer detailing in things like facial features, hair and fur.
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