The Work of Animation Basics

The Work of Animation Basics

The basics:

2D drawn animation consists of a series of drawings shot one after another and

played back to give the illusion of movement. This animation can be played back

in a number of ways.

  1. In the form of a 'flipbook' ( basically a pile of drawing in sequence, bound

       together and flipped with the thumb ) .



  2. The drawing could be shot on film one drawing at a time with a movie camera

       and played back using a cinema projector.



  3. They could be shot on a video camera and played back with a video player.



  4. They Could be shot wiyh a video camera attached to a computer and played

        back on the same computer using an animation program.



  5. Or they can be scanned into the computer and played back.