General Definitions of Animation

Question 1

What is animation?

Answer 1

Animation is the capturing of sequential, static images—drawings or photos of inanimate objects—and playing them in rapid succession to mimic real-world motion.

Question 2

How does animation create the illusion of movement?

Answer 2

Animation starts with independent pictures and puts them together to form the illusion of continuous motion.

Question 3

What is the dictionary definition of animation?

Answer 3

The technique of photographing successive drawings or positions of puppets or models to create an illusion of movement when shown as a sequence.