Animation terms #1

What was the 18th century horror film with moving images projected onto walls with smoke and what did it use?

Phantasmagoria, Magic Lantern

Optical toy with a disk and two strings that blends 2 images when spun rapidly

Thaumatrope

type of optical illusion where the human eye continues to briefly see an image after it has disappeared from view. It is utilized in animation to give the impression of motion

Persistence of vision

father of american animation

J. Stuart Blackton

first to pioneer traditional animation techniques such as tracing, animation loops, and key frames

Emile Cohl and Winsor McCay

first animated film with a distinguishable character with personality

Winsor McCay’s Gertie the Dinosaur

process of drawing over live action footage frame by frame resulting in more realistic movement

Rotoscoping

rotoscope inventor

Max Fleisher

Otto Messmer’s super star character that was mass merchandized

Felix the Catuse

used cut out paper silhouettes to make the first animated film The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Lotte

Artist that is credited with making the multiplane camera in the 1930s used in Disney films

Ub Iwerks

golden age of animation

1920s to 1960s

traditional animation alternate name

Cel Animation

how did using clear cels make animation more efficient and effective

animators did not have to redraw the background every frame

what was the first traditional animation feature film

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

most important frames of character movement

Keyframes

process that replaced inking cels in traditional animation

Digital/Computer Animation

one of the most significant differences between anime and U.S animation

Anime focuses on detail, where U.S animation focuses on movement

what is stop motion animation often intertwined with

Live Action

type of animation that uses paper or fabric adjusted from frame to frame to create the illusion of movement

Cut-out

technique where animators make and move seperate elementss in a character for efficiency

Puppet animation

what was the first TV show made completely out of 3D computer animation?

Veggie Tales

what is the first computer generated feature length animation

Toy Story

process where an animation program fills in frames between keyframes

Tweening

type of animation that involves animated graphic design and typography, usually has no story

Motion Graphics