Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 25 views

    Introduction To Animation

    Uploaded by

    Walter John Gauiran
    Animation involves a large team working together to create films through techniques like 2D, 3D, and stop motion. The process begins with pre-production where the story, characters, and animatic are developed. In production, animators create key drawings that in-between artists develop into fluid animation, while clean up artists maintain visual consistency. Finally, post-production involves compositing the animation and backgrounds together and adding effects. Modern animation benefits from computers but still relies on collaboration between artists at each step.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Introduction To Animation

    Uploaded by

    Walter John Gauiran
    25 views6 pages
    Animation involves a large team working together to create films through techniques like 2D, 3D, and stop motion. The process begins with pre-production where the story, characters, and animatic are developed. In production, animators create key drawings that in-between artists develop into fluid animation, while clean up artists maintain visual consistency. Finally, post-production involves compositing the animation and backgrounds together and adding effects. Modern animation benefits from computers but still relies on collaboration between artists at each step.

    Original Description:

    Reviewer for animation subject for senior high school students for AMA or sister company only

    Original Title

    Reviewer

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Animation involves a large team working together to create films through techniques like 2D, 3D, and stop motion. The process begins with pre-production where the story, characters, and animatic are developed. In production, animators create key drawings that in-between artists develop into fluid animation, while clean up artists maintain visual consistency. Finally, post-production involves compositing the animation and backgrounds together and adding effects. Modern animation benefits from computers but still relies on collaboration between artists at each step.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    25 views6 pages

    Introduction To Animation

    Uploaded by

    Walter John Gauiran
    Animation involves a large team working together to create films through techniques like 2D, 3D, and stop motion. The process begins with pre-production where the story, characters, and animatic are developed. In production, animators create key drawings that in-between artists develop into fluid animation, while clean up artists maintain visual consistency. Finally, post-production involves compositing the animation and backgrounds together and adding effects. Modern animation benefits from computers but still relies on collaboration between artists at each step.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 6

    Introduction to Animation

    Kinds of Animation
    Animation is one of the hardest disciplines of multi-media and visual arts.
    Because of the nature of the work, a large team of organized, dedicated and
    talented artists are needed to complete an animated film. There is a need to
    have an organized and collective creative approach where each individual
    can clearly communicate with each other for an effective collaboration.
    There are 3 categories of animation.
    2D animation- is a term and an animation technique used when a
    hand drawn animation is created via cel or frame by frame animation.
    This is the process used by most traditional animators and later on
    been digitalized by modern artists. During the early years of
    animation, the individual frames of a 2D animated films are
    photographs of drawings. They first draw the animation on paper and
    later shot individually to film to create an illusion of movements
    3D Animation-is a modern animation technique used when the
    animation is made fully by computer software’s and is digitally
    modeled and manipulated by an animator. 3D animation is usually
    created by polygon mesh to manipulate its structure and from.
    Stop motion animation- also known as experimental animation, stop
    motion animation is a technique and category of animation that is
    used to describe an animation created by physically manipulating the
    real world objects and photographing them one by one or frame by
    frame to create an illusion of movements. This includes puppet
    animation, clay animation, cutout animation, model animation, object
    animation and pixilation

    The first animated film was created in 1906, which makes


    animation exist for only a century. The traditional process
    was tedious and involved having to draw each frame by
    hand on paper. Today’s technology makes modern
    animation more convenient through the use of computers.
    Nowadays, animation can be seen in film, television,
    commercials, presentations, and videogames

    The Process of Animation


    There is a certain structured procedure that every member of the animation
    team to know. Any overlooked steps and guidelines will negatively affect the
    quality of the final output. When this happens, an animation project could
    become more costly and time consuming then what was originally intended.
    In a standard animation production pipeline, the process of animation is
    divided into 3 stages: Pre-production, Production and Post-production.
    Per stage and step has a specific set of artist that handles only a certain task
    in order to create fluid pipeline production.

    Pre-Production
    1. Storyline and Script – The first stage in creating an animation is creating
    the storyline and the script. An animation script is very different from a
    live action script for television. A live action script focuses on the dialogue
    for the actors. But when it comes to animation script, the concept is more
    of “show, don't tell”. The scenes and actions of the characters are given
    more importance than what they say. The best animation is achieved
    through a form of mimed action where dialogue is non-existent, yet the
    visuals manage to convey the message. As they say, actions speak louder
    than words
    2. Storyboard – From the script, the artist or director produces a series of
    drawn images that visually portray the action and scenes described in the
    script. Storyboards are made for the team or producer to see the step by
    step shots, outcome, actions and content/elements of animated project
    based on the story.
    3. Soundtrack – Once the script and storyboard are completed, the dialogue
    and/or background music is recorded. The background music and sound
    effects make up 50% of the whole animation experience. Since animation
    relies on perfect organization and synchronization of the pictures to the
    soundtrack, it is essential for the animator to have the final recordedtrack
    before they even begin to draw. Without the soundtrack, the animator
    will not be able to time the animation accurately.
    4. Design – In this step, the artist will produce concept designs and visual
    interpretation of all the characters, background, color, and elements
    featured in the film. When the design is approved, each character,
    background, color and element concept is drawn from a multitude of
    angles and placed in a model sheet for all the animators to use as
    reference.
    5. Animatic/track breakdown – The Animatic or track breakdown is
    where the editor or the director assembles the storyboard to create
    timing and camera movements on every shot and scene. This is where the
    editor or the director notes the timing of actions, film cuts and transition
    to the X sheet or time line. For example, if a character begins to cry after
    one second of film time, (24 frames per second) the editor or director
    marks the start of the tear drop from position A on the 25th frame and
    indicates the subsequent frames through which the tear drop falls to
    position B. The animatic is also used to time the whole duration of the
    film
    Production
    6. Animation – The animators come in once everything in the pre-
    production stage is set. In the animation stage, the artist creates the pose
    to pose action or key drawings that are limited to the timing of the
    animatic and track breakdown
    7. In-between – The in-between artist adds drawings to create a fluid
    animation based on the animator’s pose to pose key drawings.

    8. Clean-up – The clean-up stage of production is where a set of artists


    clean up the drawings to give them a consistent visual style. This is very
    important because there is an inevitable variation in the appearance
    the characters. After the entire clean-up, it is best to line test the drawings to see if there are still obvious
    inconsistencies
    9. Background – In modern animation production, another team of artist is in charge
    of producing the background while the animation is in the process of in-between.
    Since each background must have a continuity of style, background artists are
    expected to produce work identical to the film design.
    10.Digital ink and paint – When the clean-up for animation and background is
    approved, the animation and background is transferred to the digital ink and paint
    department. This is where they color the animation and background using the
    color script given during the design process.
    Post-Production
    11.Compositing and rendering – This is the final part of the animation procedure. In
    the compositing and rendering process, the final animation and background are
    stitched to each other, creating fluidity and
    continuity of the film. Effects such as blur, rain, and glow of fire are added. After
    everything is stitched together, the rendering process will take
    effect. This will take time, and the duration of the rendering depends on
    the technical specifications of the computer.

    Animatic- The Animatic is where the editor or the director assembles the story board to create timing and
    camera movements on every shot and scenes.
    Animation- The process of creating an illusion of movements.
    Background- The scenery behind the main focus of a subject.
    Clean up- The clean-up stage of production is where a set of artist just cleans up the drawing to give them a
    consistent visual style
    Compositing- Combining multiple images into a single picture. Effects- Lighting or sound or
    enhancement used in a visual media. In-between – The middle of two key drawing
    Key Drawings- A drawing or a point t6hat defines the starting and ending point of any animation in the
    timeline
    Layout- the arrangement of elements and subjects in a scene. Multimedia- Using of more than
    one medium of communication. Post-Production- The stage after the Production process

    Pre-Production- The stage before the production process


    Production- The actual working stage of a film
    Track Breakdown – The timing of an animatiio

    You might also like