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PLANNING ANIMATION

Using a storyboard like a film script

N is for Narration
lf a piece of animation is not self-
explanatory, it might need a voice to
commentate on what is happening to make
the story clearer.

O is for Observation
When you are going to animate something,
take the trouble to research your subject.
Observe what you are going to draw - if
you are animating feet, look at your own
(and other people’s) so that when you
draw them they look realistic.

P is for Pixilation
Pixilation is a technique in which objects and
people are photographed frame by frame to
create unusual movement effects. One
frame an apple might be in a bowl,
the next on the floor

Q is for Quick Action Recorder
A Quick Action Recorder is a specially
designed machine which photographs
animation frame by frame. Images are
stored in the computer and can be used to
create many different effects

R is for Rotoscoping
The Rotoscope, invented by Max Fleischer
in 1917, is a device which projects film
one frame at a time, on to a glass surface
from below. The animator can put drawing
paper on the glass and trace images onto it.

S is for Storyboard
This is a series of images to explain how a
story will be told and a film created.

T is for Tracing
This is the task of copying every drawing
made by the animator onto the front of
transparent cels, the colour is then painted
onto the reverse side of the cel.

U is for Ugly Duckling
This animated version of Hans Christian
Anderson’s story made in 1939 won the
Disney Studios an Oscar.

V is for Voice Track
The voice track contains all the voices of
cartoon characters and is synchronised
so that the speech matches the
movement of the mouth.

W is for Warner Bros.
As all Club Members should know by now,
Warner Bros. are the creators of classic
cartoons ‘Looney Tunes’ and
‘Merrie Melodies’. Bugs Bunny and Daffy
Duck are just two of the Warner characters.

X is for Xerox
Often animators use a xerox printing machine
to copy their drawings onto paper or cel
and this saves a lot of time.

Y is for Yogi Bear
Yogi Bear is perhaps one of the most famous
creations from the animating duo Hanna and
Barbera, and was first shown on television
in the late Fifties.

Z is for Zooming
The technique of zooming is used to make
something bigger, or smaller, as the camera
is brought closer to or further away from
a piece of artwork.