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What is Animation
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1. What is animation?
2. What type of animation is used in the book 'The Illusion of Life'?
3. The book The Illusion of Life uses 'inbetweens'. Please explain what inbetweens are.
4. Why is the traditional form of animation (using inbetweens), so time consuming?
5. How many frames per second (fps) does a normal video have?
6. What is the most common form of animation?
ABC Rollermache Animation Overview
ABC has put together a great website called Rollermache which covers animation in detail. Their following webpage has a great video at the top of the page on animation. Please click on the following link http://www.abc.net.au/rollercoaster/rollermache/create.htm and then answer the following questions;
1. What is exaggeration used for?
2. What is anticipation used for?
3. What is squash and stretch used for?
The illusion of Movement
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1. How many frames per second (fps) does a film have?
2. Try your best to explain what is meant by the 'Persistence of vision'?
3. Try your best to explain what is meant by the 'Illusion of Movement"?
The 3 different types of animation
Provide an overview of the following 3 types of animation
- Traditional (hand drawn, sometimes referred to as cell animation)
- Stop motion
- Computer generated imagery (CGI)
The information above is easily accessible. However, for your quick reference, the following two pages provide a simplified overview;
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-animation.htm
OR
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-animation.htm
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Further reading
The following website is put together by the Centre for Animation & Interactive Media. If you are after further material on animaiton, you will find it at this website.
