Task 1 Research the history and techniques of animation

Task 1 Research the history and techniques of animation

A Fox Tale - A short animation HD

CGI

Some well known people and companies are Pixar with examples like toy story and CARS.

One of the technique used for this animation is the motion capture.

a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video)

Rotoscoping

The Person who made Rotoscoping was Max Fleischer on which his first work of using this technique is called Out of the Inkwell. Rotoscoping was invented in 1915.

One of the techniques that people use or avoid is called "boil" in other words when the lines dont match up properly and there for looks like the lines are shaking and unnatural.

Traditional cel animation

Krazy Kat At The Circus 1916 Early Animation - George Herriman

 

Some well known people and companies is Walt Disney with Disney with  examples like Micky Mouse and Donald Duck.

One of the techniques used for this animation is the animation loop. The animation loop makes repeating animations like walking a lot easier by using the same animation until it is no longer needed.

The first film to be made is called "fantasmograph" by a artist named Émile Cohl. The film was a very strange one which consist of a clown doing at sorts of odd things, this is most likely because this was the first film and Emile Cohi wanted to just so all out on this new media.

Animation started out just
as pictures made by cavemen and egyptians drawing what happens almost frame by frame. In the 17th century they had a "magic lantern" which was more like a prototype projector to light up small images to make bigger shadows for images. 







A few early examples of rotoscoping are

Betty Boop 1933 Cab Calloway "The Old Man Of the Mountain"

The thing I really like about this work is when the giant starts dancing with the use of rotoscoping, I can watch that all day. The thing i kinda dislike is only the fact that you don't see that dance till a bit in the video. I really liked his dancing. Watch it. Its great.

Alice in Wonderland (1951 film) and Superman (1940s cartoons)

The thing that I like about this work is the colours and the scene always matches the mood of what is happening within the video. What I don't like about the work is for how much money this would of cost to make years ago I feel like most of the colours was "washed out" and I wish I seen more bright colours within the work.

A Troll in Central Park Trailer

There are also recent examples of the use of rotoscoping and they are:

The thing I like about this work is the colours "pop" out and makes it wonderful to look at with all the pretty colours and its very vibrant. What I don't like about this work is the looks of the characters them selfs. To me they don't feel like they fit in with the setting and places they visit.

Once upon a time in the woods

What I like about this video is the fact that its so simple yet not simple at the same time which gives the work a unique effect but what I don't like about it is that it puts me a bit in the "uncanny" area when the kid talks, it feels odd to me.

Fantasia 2000 - Disney

My opinion on rotoscoping is that it can really great in the right hands and done properly, i love the style of some of the work in the examples no matter how odd or strange it might be, in fact that what makes me like the uses of rotoscoping more because it can open the mind to make all kinds of strange and wonderful things that might not have been done before.