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Animation

Animationistherapiddisplayofasequenceofimagesof2-Dor3-Dartworkormodelpositionstocreateanillusionofmovement.Theeffectisanopticalillusionofmotionduetothephenomenonofpersistenceofvision,andcanbecreatedanddemonstratedinseveralways.Themostcommonmethodofpresentinganimationisasamotionpictureorvideoprogram,althoughthereareothermethods.

Earlyexamples

AnEgyptianburialchambermural,approximately4000yearsold,showingwrestlersinaction.Eventhoughthismayappearsimilartoaseriesofanimationdrawings,therewasnowayofviewingtheimagesinmotion.Itdoes,however,indicatetheartist'sintentionofdepictingmotion.

Earlyexamplesofattemptstocapturethephenomenonofmotiondrawingcanbefoundinpaleolithiccavepaintings,whereanimalsaredepictedwithmultiplelegsinsuperimposedpositions,clearlyattemptingtoconveytheperceptionofmotion.

Fiveimagessequencefromavasefound

A5,000yearoldearthenbowlfoundinIran.Ithasfiveimagesofagoatpaintedalongthesides.Thishasbeenclaimedtobeanexampleofearlyanimation.However,sincenoequipmentexistedtoshowtheimagesinmotion,suchaseriesofimagescannotbecalledanimationinatruesenseoftheword.

AChinesezoetrope-typedevicehadbeeninventedin180 AD.Thephenakistoscope,praxinoscope,andthecommonflipbookwereearlypopularanimationdevicesinventedduringthe19thcentury.

Thesedevicesproducedtheappearanceofmovementfromsequentialdrawingsusingtechnologicalmeans,butanimationdidnotreallydevelopmuchfurtheruntiltheadventofcinematography.

AnEgyptianburialchambermural,approximately4000yearsold,showingwrestlersinaction.Eventhoughthismayappearsimilartoaseriesofanimationdrawings,therewasnowayofviewingtheimagesinmotion.Itdoes,however,indicatetheartist'sintentionofdepictingmotion.

Thereisnosinglepersonwhocanbeconsideredthe"creator"offilmanimation,astherewereseveralpeopleworkingonprojectswhichcouldbeconsideredanimationataboutthesametime.

GeorgesMélièswasacreatorofspecial-effectfilms;hewasgenerallyoneofthefirstpeopletouseanimationwithhistechnique.Hediscoveredatechniquebyaccidentwhichwastostopthecamerarollingtochangesomethinginthescene,andthencontinuerollingthefilm.Thisideawaslaterknownasstop-motionanimation.Mélièsdiscoveredthistechniqueaccidentallywhenhiscamerabrokedownwhileshootingabusdrivingby.Whenhehadfixedthecamera,ahearsehappenedtobepassingbyjustasMélièsrestartedrollingthefilm,hisendresultwasthathehadmanagedtomakeabustransformintoahearse.Thiswasjustoneofthegreatcontributorstoanimationintheearlyyears.

Theearliestsurvivingstop-motionadvertisingfilmwasanEnglishshortbyArthurMelbourne-CoopercalledMatches:

AnAppeal（1899）.DevelopedfortheBryantandMayMatchstickscompany,itinvolvedstop-motionanimationofwired-togethermatcheswritingapatrioticcalltoactiononablackboard.

J.StuartBlacktonwaspossiblythefirstAmericanfilm-makertousethetechniquesofstop-motionandhand-drawnanimation.Introducedtofilm-makingbyEdison,hepioneeredtheseconceptsattheturnofthe20thcentury,withhisfirstcopyrightedworkdated1900.Severalofhisfilms,amongthemTheEnchantedDrawing（1900）andHumorousPhasesofFunnyFaces（1906）werefilmversionsofBlackton's"lightningartist"routine,andutilizedmodifiedversionsofMéliès'earlystop-motiontechniquestomakeaseriesofblackboarddrawingsappeartomoveandreshapethemselves.'HumorousPhasesofFunnyFaces'isregularlycitedasthefirsttrueanimatedfilm,andBlacktonisconsideredthefirsttrueanimator.

AnotherFrenchartist,ÉmileCohl,begandrawingcartoonstripsandcreatedafilmin1908calledFantasmagorie.Thefilmlargelyconsistedofastickfiguremovingaboutandencounteringallmannerofmorphingobjects,suchasawinebottlethattransformsintoaflower.Therewerealsosectionsofliveactionwheretheanimator’shandswouldenterthescene.Thefilmwascreatedbydrawingeachframeonpaperandthenshootingeachframeontonegativefilm,whichgavethepictureablackboardlook.ThismakesFantasmagoriethefirstanimatedfilmcreatedusingwhatcametobeknownastraditional（hand-drawn）animation.

FantasmagoriebyEmileCohl,1908

FollowingthesuccessesofBlacktonandCohl,manyotherartistsbeganexperimentingwithanimation.OnesuchartistwasWinsorMcCay,asuccessfulnewspapercartoonist,whocreateddetailedanimationsthatrequiredateamofartistsandpainstakingattentionfordetail.Eachframewasdrawnonpaper;whichinvariablyrequiredbackgroundsandcharacterstoberedrawnandanimated.AmongMcCay'smostnotedfilmsareLittleNemo（1911）,GertietheDinosaur（1914）andTheSinkingoftheLusitania（1918）.

Theproductionofanimatedshortfilms,typicallyreferredtoas"cartoons",becameanindustryofitsownduringthe1910s,andcartoonshortswereproducedtobeshowninmovietheaters.ThemostsuccessfulearlyanimationproducerwasJohnRandolphBray,who,alongwithanimatorEarlHurd,patentedthecelanimationprocesswhichdominatedtheanimationindustryfortherestofthedecade.

ElApóstol（Spanish:

"TheApostle"）wasa1917Argentineanimatedfilmutilizingcutoutanimation,andtheworld'sfirstanimatedfeaturefilm.

Traditionalanimation（alsocalledcelanimationorhand-drawnanimation）wastheprocessusedformostanimatedfilmsofthe20thcentury.Theindividualframesofatraditionallyanimatedfilmarephotographsofdrawings,whicharefirstdrawnonpaper.Tocreatetheillusionofmovement,eachdrawingdiffersslightlyfromtheonebeforeit.Theanimators'drawingsaretracedorphotocopiedontotransparentacetatesheetscalledcels,whicharefilledinwithpaintsinassignedcolorsortonesonthesideoppositethelinedrawings.Thecompletedcharactercelsarephotographedone-by-oneontomotionpicturefilmagainstapaintedbackgroundbyarostrumcamera.

Anexampleoftraditionalanimation,ahorseanimatedbyrotoscopingfromEadweardMuybridge's19thcenturyphotos

Thetraditionalcelanimationprocessbecameobsoletebythebeginningofthe21stcentury.Today,animators'drawingsandthebackgroundsareeitherscannedintoordrawndirectlyintoacomputersystem.Varioussoftwareprogramsareusedtocolorthedrawingsandsimulatecameramovementandeffects.Thefinalanimatedpieceisoutputtooneofseveraldeliverymedia,includingtraditional35 mmfilmandnewermediasuchasdigitalvideo.The"look"oftraditionalcelanimationisstillpreserved,andthecharacteranimators'workhasremainedessentiallythesameoverthepast70years.Someanimationproducershaveusedtheterm"tradigital"todescribecelanimationwhichmakesextensiveuseofcomputertechnology.

ExamplesoftraditionallyanimatedfeaturefilmsincludePinocchio（UnitedStates,1940）,AnimalFarm（UnitedKingdom,1954）,andAkira（Japan,1988）.TraditionalanimatedfilmswhichwereproducedwiththeaidofcomputertechnologyincludeTheLionKing（US,1994）SentoChihironoKamikakushi（SpiritedAway）（Japan,2001）,andLesTriplettesdeBelleville（France,2003）.

Fullanimationreferstotheprocessofproducinghigh-qualitytraditionallyanimatedfilms,whichregularlyusedetaileddrawingsandplausiblemovement.Fullyanimatedfilmscanbedoneinavarietyofstyles,frommorerealisticallyanimatedworkssuchasthoseproducedbytheWaltDisneystudio（BeautyandtheBeast,Aladdin,LionKing）tothemore'cartoony'stylesofthoseproducedbytheWarnerBros.animationstudio.ManyoftheDisneyanimatedfeaturesareexamplesoffullanimation,asarenon-DisneyworkssuchasTheSecretofNIMH（US,1982）,TheIronGiant（US,1999）,andNocturna（Spain,2007）.

Limitedanimationinvolvestheuseoflessdetailedand/ormorestylizeddrawingsandmethodsofmovement.PioneeredbytheartistsattheAmericanstudioUnitedProductionsofAmerica,limitedanimationcanbeusedasamethodofstylizedartisticexpression,asinGeraldMcBoingBoing（US,1951）,YellowSubmarine（UK,1968）,andmuchoftheanimeproducedinJapan.Itsprimaryuse,however,hasbeeninproducingcost-effectiveanimatedcontentformediasuchastelevision（theworkofHanna-Barbera,Filmation,andotherTVanimationstudios）andlatertheInternet（webcartoons）。

Rotoscopingisatechnique,patentedbyMaxFleischerin1917,whereanimatorstracelive-actionmovement,framebyframe.Thesourcefilmcanbedirectlycopiedfromactors'outlinesintoanimateddrawings,asinTheLordoftheRings（US,1978）,orusedinastylizedandexpressivemanner,asinWakingLife（US,2001）andAScannerDarkly（US,2006）.Someotherexamplesare:

FireandIce（USA,1983）andHeavyMetal（1981）.

Live-action/animationisatechnique,whencombininghand-drawncharactersintoliveactionshots.OneoftheearlierusesofitwasKokotheClownwhenKokowasdrawnoverliveactionfootage.OtherexampleswouldincludeWhoFramedRogerRabbit（USA,1988）,SpaceJam（USA,1996）andOsmosisJones（USA,2002）.

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Computeranimation

2Danimation

2Danimationfiguresarecreatedand/oreditedonthecomputerusing2Dbitmapgraphicsorcreatedandeditedusing2Dvectorgraphics.Thisincludesautomatedcomputerizedversionsoftraditionalanimationtechniquessuchasof,interpolatedmorphing,onionskinningandinterpolatedrotoscoping.

2Danimationhasmanyapplications,includinganalogcomputeranimation,FlashanimationandPowerPointanimation.Cinemagraphsarestillphotographsintheform