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    LESSON 1 - Animate Using Traditional Animation

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    1. The document discusses traditional animation techniques such as using storyboards, scripts, exposure sheets and bar sheets to plan timing. 2. It describes different traditional animation methods like planned animation, cycle animation, and limited animation that help reduce production time. 3. The document provides step-by-step instructions for students to create a simple traditional animation by sketching frames on paper to depict a simple character action like walking.

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    LESSON 1 - Animate Using Traditional Animation

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    1. The document discusses traditional animation techniques such as using storyboards, scripts, exposure sheets and bar sheets to plan timing. 2. It describes different traditional animation methods like planned animation, cycle animation, and limited animation that help reduce production time. 3. The document provides step-by-step instructions for students to create a simple traditional animation by sketching frames on paper to depict a simple character action like walking.

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    1. The document discusses traditional animation techniques such as using storyboards, scripts, exposure sheets and bar sheets to plan timing. 2. It describes different traditional animation methods like planned animation, cycle animation, and limited animation that help reduce production time. 3. The document provides step-by-step instructions for students to create a simple traditional animation by sketching frames on paper to depict a simple character action like walking.

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    Animate Using

    Traditional Animation
    LESSON OBJECTIVES

    At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:

    1. Create an animation using traditional method;

    2. Understand correct timing for character action; and

    3. Combine character and background panning.


    LESSON DISCUSSION

    The story board and script are the


    foundation for the rest of the animation. The
    animator is the actor of the film cartoon. The
    timing is important. Some animator use the
    device called metronome to determine the
    correct timing.
    Scene Timing
    The storyboard and script are like a blueprint and the film is
    constructed on these foundations. Each scene is described in the
    script for picture and sound. The scene title should describe the
    character, the sound and the type as close-up, long shot and
    medium shot. Exposure Sheets or X Sheets plan the animation
    production timing of an individual scene.
    TV bar sheets have one foot (16 frames) per bar. Dialog and
    music are planned in these bar sheets with a stopwatch. Music is
    then composed and recorded with dialog and the scene timing may
    have to be adjusted to fit. Adjustment and changes are constant in
    animated films.
    When you animate a walk, the background should also move on a precise distance as required by the action. For
    example, the background would be moved more slowly for a walk than for a run. Never move a character without
    meaning. Try to bring out a gesture or mannerism in every cycle. Below classes to animate a traditional way. This may
    help lessen the time of producing the animation.

    • Planned Animation combines animation methods and the artwork can be planned to be reuse on the different
    scenes. It may combine cycle animation and limited animation. So the production is developed faster the usual as
    the term says to plan the film.

    • Cycle Animation is a repeated series of a drawings that can be used several times on a film. Grass swaying in wind,
    waves on the shores, or even in walking is rhythmic cyclic action, which can be repeated over and over again.

    • Limited Limitation is a process where reusing of animated frames, mirroring of characters, and drawing new frames
    only when necessary are done to cut down the work, save time, and reduce the budget. The dialog for example, can
    be divided into several expressions and drawn on a different cel. This will just be combined with the body drawn.
    The cutout parts are called animated cutouts
    Animated cutouts are costs effective in producing a tradition
    animation. Body poses with different heads can be used over and
    over in multiple combinations. For example, different arms can be
    used on the same body together with the eyes, mouth and nose.
    Each character is drawn on a cel and if cutouts needed, they are drawn on a separate
    cel. The background should also be drawn on a separate paper or cel where the character
    are as joined in for camera shoot.

    First, you need to prepare all the materials needed and place them all within your reach.

    • Tracing papers (72gsm)

    • Scratch papers

    • Mechanical pencils (0.5 and 0.7)

    • Colored pencil leads (Blue and Red)

    • Fine point marker (0.4)

    • Eraser

    • Light box
    Think of any simple action that you want your character to do.
    Examples; walking, jumping, picking up an object, eating/munching, eyes
    that are starting to fall asleep, etc. Once you are done, you may starting
    thinking about the sequence. Note: The longer the sequence, the smoother
    the action flow.

    You may begin with a rough sketch of a character on scratch paper,


    focus on the transition of post per frame. See the image below.
    Now begin sketching the first post on the first frame. See image
    below.
    First Frame

    Second Frame
    You can use different lead color as
    you draw on different frames.

    Third Frame

    Make sure that the size of the body of your


    character is equal
    Fourth Frame

    you can play with facial expression as you


    sketch your character; make his/her facial
    expression as a bit exaggerated

    Fifth Frame
    Sixth Frame

    Seventh Frame
    Then you should have the same output as shown below.
    The animation discussed depended on cels in its final
    stages. Painted cels are hard to find to day as the computer
    moves into the animation studio. These days, sketches are
    just scanned into the computer and cleared up digitally
    instead of being transferred to cels and colored by hand.

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