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Animation

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animation A filmmaking technique where the illusion of motion is created frame-by-frame. The word comes from the Latin word, "anima," meaning "life" or "soul". Animator The person who draws the moving character in an animated film.
background A flat piece of artwork that is the setting for a moving character in an animated film. A background could be a picture of a forest, a sky, a room, or a castle.
cel A clear piece of plastic on which the animator's finished drawings are painted. The cel is clear so that when placed over the background, the animated characters appear to be in a setting
frame An individual still picture on a strip of film. 24 frames equal one second of a motion picture.
frame by frame The filmmaking technique in animation where each frame is exposed one at a time and the object being photographed is slightly altered for each picture.
ink and paint The step in cel animation where the animator's drawings are placed on cels to be photographed. A drawing is outlined on the front of the cel with black ink, while the back of the cel is painted
kinestasis An animation technique using a series of still photographs or artwork to create the illusion of motion.
secondary action additional action that supports the main action.
model sheet A reference sheet for animators that shows a number of different poses of an animated character. The model sheet also shows how characters relate in size to other characters
pixilation A stop-motion technique in which life-size props or live actors are photographed frame-by-frame. When viewed, they appear to be moving at a fast speed.
script The written story of a film that supplies dialogue, camera moves, background, staging and action.
squash and stretch A drawing technique used by animators and originally developed at the Disney Studio to show exaggerated movements in characters. For example, if you wanted a character to jump, you would draw him close to the ground as if 'squashed' and then you would 'st
storyboard is a visual representation of a story. Pictures can be sketched on pieces of paper and pinned to a large board, or they can be drawn on a large piece of paper, comic-book style, to represent scenes in a film.
zoetrope An early animation device that spins drawings in a revolving drum to create the illusion of motion.
in-betweens the creation of successive frames of animation between key frames.
staging presenting an idea so that it is unmistakably clear.
ease Drawings that are in between the drawings that are at the beginning and end poses.
extremes drawings that are at the beginning and end of a particular pose.
classic tween s a concept in video and film production in which the frame is divided into
keyframe is a single still image in an animated sequence that defines a specific position of onscreen elements at a specific time in the sequence.
pixel the smallest visible unit of measure on a computer screen; a single tiny dot of light that grouped together create a recognizable image.”
render the process of creating a series of computer-generated images or a self-contained movie based on a user's working timeline.
timeline the frame-by-frame layout of all animation occurring over a delineated course of time in a piece of software.
in-between the creation of successive frames of animation between key frames.
behavior prebuilt computer designated animations
frame rate the measure of the number of frames displayed sequentially per second of animation in order to create the illusion of motion.
anticipation that brief moment of action/time that precedes another action.
exaggeration accentuating the essence of an idea via the design and the action.
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