Category: Animation Techniques

  • Rotoscoping

  • Principles 3

    figure drawing Animation principles animation process Animation is a process and the malleability of time is its primary material. ‘Time is what prevents everything from being present all at once’ Henri Bergson. The animator seeks to control at what pace, rhythm and direction things appear. “What happens between each frame is much more important than…

  • Animation Principles

    figure drawing Animation principles animation process Distorted movementThe above systems of observing and capturing movement are useful foranimators but only in so far as they inform the animation process rather thandictate it. If followed too closely these techniques severely limit the possibilitiesof animation. As noted above, it is not possible to transcribe the whole of…

  • Norman McLaren

    An artist may be like someone who just hears music and then starts to dance Norman McLaren (1914 – 1987) was a Scottish Canadian animator, director and producer known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including hand-drawn animation, drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound. Experiments in Motion Synaesthesia and experiments…

  • Sound Design

    Foley sound Sound libraries

  • Cut paper animation

  • Stop Motion Studio iPad

    Issues Do I lock WB/exposure settings. Does that depend how I am bringing objects in and out? What isvthe best interval timer setting – 15fps? For what types of movement?. Or use remote? Backdrop/lighting. Pro version has greenscreen. Lego animation Effects Audio

  • Stop Motion techniques

    You Tube Examples LOOK AT KEVIN PARRY Framerate Stop Motion Studio on iPad

  • Adobe Premiere

    https://www.filmeditingpro.com/the-editors-guide-to-working-with-still-images-in-premiere-pro/

  • Animation Approaches and Styles

    Types of animation Early animation 2D ANIMATION FLIPBOOKS Animation is a process and the malleability of time is its primary material. ‘Time is what prevents everything from being present all at once’ Henri Bergson. The animator seeks to control at what pace, rhythm and direction things appear. “What happens between each frame is much more…