Animation Flashcards
(26 cards)
What’s key framing?
Something that defines the starting and/or ending point of any smooth transition.
What’s inbetweening?
the intermediate frames between two keyframes.
What’s an animation loop?
a continuous sequence of animation frames that repeat endlessly
What is traditional animation
The animator draws every single frame by hand to create an animated scene. This is usually done on a light table that allows artists to see previous drawing through top layer of paper. Disney is known for this type of animation. This animation is still done today on computers with special tablets.
What is 2D animation
This is ‘vector-based’ animation where the artist has the option to create rigs for the characters and move single body parts at a time rather than constantly redrawing the characters.
What is 3D animation
most commonly used form of animation today.The focus is on moving the character in a program as opposed to drawing, and animators use physics to create realistic animations, where they create keyframes of specific movements and the computer does the rest.
What are motion graphics
Used more for promotions, explainer videos and animated logos
What is stop motion
similar to traditional animation because it combines a series of still images that are slightly different to show movements, but stop motion uses photography and captures real objects. Each photo becomes a frame in the animation.
What was the magic lantern
An image projection device developed in 1603. This devices used a mirror in the back of a light source that would direct the light through long glass slides, projecting the slide’s illustrations. Placing the slides together formed movement, or “moving pictures”
What is the thaumatrope
19th century toy that features a picture disk held by two strings. When the strings were twirled, they would spin the disk, moving images on either side of the disk into one by the “persistence of vision” - an optical illusion that tricks the eye into seeing movement long after the movement has stopped.
What is a phenakistoscope/fantascope?
debuted circa 1833, and features spinning, painted cardboard disks reflected in mirrors, which created the illusion of movement. This innovative experience could only be enjoyed by one viewer at a time.
What is a zoetrope?
Successor to Phenakistoscope was a spinning cylindrical version that multiple viewers could watch at a time. The cylinder contained several vertical slits, which provided a mechanism for the eye to keep the spinning photographs from blurring together while in motion
What is a kineograph/flip book?
debuted in 1868. The kineograph is a small book of drawings, which each page conveying a different form of movement, when pages are flipped quickly, they animate a scene
What is a Praxinoscope
In 1877, the praxinoscope succeeded the zoetrope, replacing the narrow slits with inner circle of angled mirrors. The mirror helped provide a clearer and more vivid animation than peering at the moving illustrations through slits.
Persistence of vision
When multiple images blend into a single moving image in the human mind.
Celluloid
transparent plastic sheet formerly used for cinematographic film
Rotoscoping
animation technique in which animators trace over motion picture footage, frame by frame, to produce realistic action.
Limited animation
animation technique in which animators reuse animated frames, mirror images (characters) and draw new frames only when necessary, this is done to limit the work, save time and reduce overall budget.
Cost effective techniques
smears (simulate motion blur), looping cycles (repeat frames), suggestion (implying not showing)
Axis
For 2D graphics, there are two axes (X (horizontal) and Y (vertical); For 3D graphics, there are three axes: (X, Y and Z (depth)
Background
The background is the artwork or decor farthest to the rear against which the animation takes plac
Compositing
The action of incorporating all of a scene’s elements to create the final result prior to rendering
Cut-out animation
Action of animations characters made out of several pieces by moving them around frame by frame.
Cycle
Group of images that together make up an action, such as walking.
