3D CGI Animation

3D CGI Animation

3D Animation is using 3D images to create an animation. Equipment needed is a computer and software for 3D animation.

Advantages of using 3D CGI Animation

-Can use the same images multiple times

-Saves time because you don't need to redraw each image

Disadvantages of using 3D CGI Animation

-Some software can be complicating 

-Equipment can be expensive

Pixar which is a company invented in 1985 created the first ever movie to use all CGI animation in 1995. Two well known examples of the technique are Toy Story and The Sponge bob Movie 

An example of 3D CGI Animation 

2D Computer Graphic Animation

2D Computer Graphic Animation

2D Computer Graphic Animation is the animation of 2D digital images. The equipment involved is a computer and different animation programs

Advantages to using 2D Computer Graphic Animation

-Do not need to keep drawing the same picture over and over again

-Less time consuming than drawing everything

Disadvantages to using 2D Computer Animation

-Expensive equipment

-More difficult than drawing the image

Early digital animation was developed at Bell Telephone Laboratories by 

-Edward E. Zajac, Frank W. Sinden, Kenneth C. Knowlton, and A. Michael Noll. 

In the 1960s

Two well known examples of 2D animation are Mario and Sonic

Below are examples of 2D Computer Graphic Animation

Flipbook

Flip book

A Flip book is a book with a series of slightly different images on each page and when a person flicks through the pages quickly it gives the illusion that the images are moving. the images can be created using anything you can draw with. The equipment needed is a note pad and something to draw with.

Advantages of using a Flip book

-Easy to gather the materials for the flip book

Disadvantages of using a Flip book

-Time consuming
-Need some artistic skill

The Flip book was invented in 1868 by John Barnes Linnett

Two well known example of a Flip book is a Man running and Images of things growing e.g. trees

A video of a working Flip book is in the link below 

Zoetrope

Zoetrope

The Zoetrope was invented in 1834 by William George Horner. The Zoetrope consists of a cylinder shaped object with pictures around the inside of it. When the cylinder is spun the images appear to move and can be seen through slits in the cylinder. 

Advantages of the Zoetrope:

End result is interesting

Fun to play with

Disadvantages of the Zoetrope:

Somewhat difficult to make

Some well known examples of a Zoetrope are a person riding a horse and a person running, which are both shown as images below.

Below is a video about a Zoetrope

Cel Animation

Cel Animation

A cel is a sheet of transparent cellulose acetate used as a medium for painting animation frames. The reason it is transparent is so the pages can be laid on top of each other to create different layers and backgrounds. the movement of the characters is then made by taking pictures and slightly moving the main object. 

Advantages to using Cel Animation

You do not have to keep redrawing the background.

The background does not shake as much because it's the exact same.

Disadvantages of using Cel Animation

It can be quite costly depending on how many frames you create.

It can also be very time consuming depending on how many frames you create.

The inventors of Cel Animation are Earl Hurd and John Bray in 1910 and the year it was first used was 1914

 Two well known examples of Cel Animation are The Simpsons and Beavis and Butt-Head.

Below are Two examples of cell animation.

Stop-Motion

Stop-motion

Stop motion consist of a person taking pictures of an object then moving it slightly and repeating this process until they have multiple pictures. these pictures are then put together and the image appears to be moving. Objects in stop motion can be almost anything because the multiple pictures make any object look like it's moving.

advantages of stop motion.

-can use any object when creating a stop motion

-stop motion can be cheap to make

disadvantages of stop motion

-time consuming

-some artistic skill needed

The inventor of stop motion is James Stuart Blackton and the first time it was used was in 1896. A well known example of a stop motion video is Wallace and Gromit and another is Chicken Run.

Below are a few examples of stop motion films.

Thaumatrope

Thaumatrope

A Thaumatrope is a Victorian toy made from card (mostly in the shape of a circle) with two pieces of string attached to each side. Each side of the card has a picture on it and when the string is spun quickly the images look as if they are one.

The Thaumatrope was invented by John Ayrton Paris (1785 – 1856), in 1825, who was an English Physician. Two well known examples of a Thaumatrope is the example of a bird in a cage and a person riding a horse which are both shown below.

Advantages of the Thaumatrope:

Easy to make

Not much artistic skill needed

Disadvantages of the Thaumatrope:

Very basic

Below is an example of a thaumatrope shown in a video