REVIEWER: ANIMATION I

4. THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN ANIMATION

Lesson 1: History of animation (1930-1950)

1. EARLY WAYS OF SHOWING MOTION ● Merrie melodies(1930) - Warner Brothers

(30,000 BC – 1500 AD) Cartoons founded, created the Merrie Melodies
series starring Bugs Bunny.
● SHAHR-E SUKHTEH(3000 BC) - A bronze-age ● Snow White(1937) - Walt Disney releases Snow
pottery bowl depicts goats leaping (Shahr-e White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first animated
Sukhteh, Iran). feature to use hand-drawn animation.
● VITRUVIAN MAN(1500 AD) - Leonardo da
Vinci’s Vitruvian Man drawing shows multiple 5. The American Television Era
angles, implying movement. ● Flintstones(1960) - Hanna-Barbera releases The
2. ANIMATION BEFORE FILM Flintstones, the first animated series on
(1600-1877) prime-time
● MAGIC LANTERN(1603) - an image projector ● Yogi bear(1961) - The Yogi Bear Show, a spin-off
using pictures on sheets of glass. Since some of Huckleberry Hound (another Hanna-Barbera
sheets contain moving parts, it is considered the production), debuts on national TV.
first example of projected animation. ● ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIAN(1961) -
● THAUMATROPE(1824) - housed a rotating This one's on the animation Timeline because it
mechanism with a different picture on each was the first full Feature animated film Disney
side. When rotated, you saw a combined picture made
“persistence of vision”. ● THE PINK PHINK(1964) - Wins the Academy
● PHENAKITO SCOPE(1831) - It features spinning Award for Best Short Film for The Pink Phink (of
disks reflected in mirrors that made it seem like the Pink Panther series)
the pictures were moving. ● FRITZ THE CAT(1964) - Fritz the Cat is
● ZOETROPE(1834) - A hollow drum that housed released—the first animated adult (X-rated)
images on Long interchangeable strips that spin feature film.
and make the images appear to move.
● FLIP-BOOK(1868) - also known as the 6. GOLDEN AGE OF CGI
kineograph, reached a wide audience and is ● THE ADVENTURES OF ANDRE & WALLY B (1984)
credited with inspiring early animators more This short film was the first fully CGI-animated
than the machines developed in this era. film, created by The Graphics Group, the
● PRAXINOSCOPE(1877) - The praxinoscope precursor to Pixar.
expanded on the zoetrope, using multiple ● THE SIMPSONS (1987) - It is the longest-running
wheels to rotate images. It is considered to have American sitcom, the longest-running American
shown the first prototypes of the animated animated program, and in 2009 it surpassed
cartoon. Gunsmoke as the longest-running American
3. THE SILENT ERA(1900-1930) scripted primetime.
● HUMOROUS PHASES OF FUNNY FACES(1906) - ● TOY STORY (1995) - Toy Story, the first fully
marks the first entirely animated film, using computer-animated feature film, was released.
Stop-motion photography to create action. ● LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS 2002 -
● GERTIE THE DINOSAUR - is considered the first Gollum was the first real character that showed
cartoon to feature an appealing character. the world what motion capture and CGI was
● FELIX THE CAT(1919) - Musical Mews and Feline capable of. A fully computer generated
Follies introduced Felix the Cat—often character could appear alongside actors and it
considered the first animated movie star. looked amazing.
● STEAMBOAT WILLIE(1928) - featuring Mickey ● AVATAR (2009) - James Cameron’s Avatar
Mouse—becomes the first cartoon with the featuring real actors in completely computer
sound printed on the film, and is the first generated Worlds Avatar blew audiences away
notable success for Walt Disney Studios, with its advanced CGI and motion capture
founded in Los Angeles in 1923. techniques, bringing the lush, alien world of
Pandora to life in both 2 and 3 dimensions.
● BIG HERO 6 (2014) - Big Hero 6 is the first
If you can dream it, you can do it
Disney animated film to feature Marvel Comics
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characters
7. WHAT’S COMING AR/VR AND 360 DEGREE Digital Ink and Paint - The animators’ drawing are
ANIMATED VIDEOS colored in this part All characters and background
(POST 2018) are painted digitally on the computer

LESSON 3: Traditional Animation Workflow Compositing - All colored artworks are filmed on this
part,usually over background artwork. Entire
process are virtual and carried out in
Traditional Animation Workflow
software now a days
A very straight forward pipeline. Many of the steps
cannot be done simultaneously, meaning they must
Post production Distribution - The final production that
be completed before continuing on to the next step in
is delivered to the viewers. This can be shown in
the process.
cinema, television, or over the internet

PRE - PRODUCTION
Story - An idea established from a book or a
conversation in a coffee shop or even your own
imagination

Script - A storyboard is a visual representation of all the

scenes and actions contained in the script. The
dialogue, backgrounds, action notes, and characters are
included.

Storyboard - This is the blueprint or master plan for the

final film. These are broken down into sequences,
scenes and/or shots.

Animatics - Succession of static images It will be cut to

the same length as the final film so it can be a useful
guide

Voice Recording - Succession of static images It will be

cut to the same length as the final film so it can be a
useful guide The script is needed for dialogue and extra
sound effects. The actors will read the lines from the
script and record their dialogue. These voices will be
used later on for the animatic, the animation and the
final production compositing.

X-Sheet Slugging - X-sheets or exposure sheets The

frame by frame on how the animation should be drawn
and shot

PRODUCTION
Layout - Shows the visual workings of the shot and the
precise framing of the camera

Background - It is composed of scenery, buildings,

characters and props

In-Between - It is composed of scenery, buildings,

characters and props

Clean-Up - This is where rough drawings are

traced to make the final drawings.