Jade Timeline

8/7/2019 Jade Timeline

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By Jade Potter


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Key Frame animation

Keyframe animation is a form of animation

created by drawing individual key frames

and linking them together.


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Gertie the dinosaurGertie the dinosaur is a Keyframe

animation made by WindsorMcCay in 1914.

It was created by using thousands ofpieces of rice paper sized 6.5 by8.5 inches.

He hired his neighbour John A.Fitzsimmons who was an artstudent. Johns job was to drawthe background for the animation.He had to very carefully retracethe rocks, lake and trees from amaster drawing onto every pieceof rice paper.

Windsor McCay used Kay frameanimation and many others tocreate Gertie the Dinosaur.Another key technique he usedwas Limited animation. He usedthis by re-using some of hisdrawings in shots instead of re-

drawing them for every scene.Gertie the dinosaur has pioneered the

future by being the first animationto make it onto celluloid. Alsowhen creating this animation lotsof new techniques werediscovered such as Limited

animation which is now used a lotin animations.


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Cel Animation

Cel animation is made by creatinglots of tiny cels and puttingthem together to create ananimation. A cel is created iscreated by getting a sheet of

transparent cellulose acetatethis is used as the medium forpainting the animation frames.It must be transparent so thatyou can place it on top of othercels such as the backgroundand then it must be photograph

this is done hundreds of timesthen put together to create ananimation, This is often used tomake cartoons. This idea wasfirst developed in 1914.

Cel animation allows theanimators to save time andmoney. It helped them savethis by using repeat cycle.Repeat cycle is when you

replay a scene over and overagain such as if you hadsomeone talking you wouldonly have to create it oncethen repeat it.


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The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid was

made in 1989 by Walt

Disney productions. It

was based on the HansChristian Andersen fairy

tale of the same name.

Cel animation was very

beneficial when making

this animation because it

saves money and time.Also because the

background is very

similar throughout they

could keep the same

background throughoutinstead of having to keep

drawing it.


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Synchronized Sound

In the 1960s Synchronizedsound was firstdeveloped and used inanimations.

Synchronized sounds wherethe first time that soundswhere properly used inanimations. Before theywhere developed

cartoons where eithersilent or had backgroundmusic which was oftenplayed by musicians live.


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Steamboat Willie

Steamboat Willie was made in 1928by Walt Disney productions andthe story was written by WaltDisney and Ub lwerks.

This animation was different becausefor the first time Synchronized

sounds were used. It progressedsilent animation and pioneered thefuture by creating animations withsounds that can create laughterand more involvement in theanimation.

Limited animation was used so thatmoney and time could be saved.Instead of having to redraw everyscene some could be used again.For example; when Mickey iswhistling they can just repeat that

part over and over again. Also thebackground could be kept thesame so they didnt need toredraw every scene every time.

The animation used sound to make itmore funny and effective. They didthis because it added laughter,captured the audience andbrought something fresh and newto the animation world whichincreased the popularity of Disneyanimations.


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Colour animations

Animators started to

use full colour for their

animations rather

than black and whitein 1931.


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Snow White

Snow White was made in1937 by Walt Disneyproductions. It was basedupon a German fairy talecalled Snow White byThe Brothers Grimm.

Snow White was new toother animations becauseit was one of the first fullcolour animations. It

pioneered the full colouranimations which aretypical for our modernday animations.

Snow White is classed asthe greatest Disneyanimation of all time. It isstill a much loved, familyfavourite around theworld. Disney have evenre-released the film but inhigher definition andclearer colours becauseof its ever growing

popularity.


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TV and Saturday morning

cartoonsThe rise of TV in the 1950s and1960s, and the rise ofSaturday morning cartoonseffected animation because itshowed that things could be

created cheaply, quickly andsimply but still gain a largeaudience. Some of themethods created are still usedto today. If you look at manySaturday morning cartoons

they are very simple with only24 frames per second usedand small movements such as,Mouths or eyes.


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Yogi Bear

Yogi Bear was made in 1961 by HannaBarbera.

Limited animation was used a greatdeal in making the cartoonsbecause a lot of it was repeat. If youlook at the cars in the background

you will see they are the same buton a loop. This is used to save timeand money when producing. Also itis a lot quicker to repeat or reusesomething instead of redrawing iteach time you need it. Thesecartoons have helped influencefuture animations by using

techniques in a very new way. Theyhave shown that very simpleanimations still capture a largeaudience and that not everythinghas to be moving, often people willbe looking at the moving object andnot look further into the animation.


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CGI

CGI stands for Compute

generated imagery. It is a

process in which to

create animations by

using computer graphics.

CGI over took Cel

animation.

One of the main successful

animations companies

that uses CGI is Pixar.


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Toy Story

Toy Story was made in1995 by Pixar.

It was new and different toany other animation

because it was made fullyfrom CGI. CGI is now oneof the most popularmethods to use.

Toy Story was and still isone of the most popularCGI created animationsof all time.

Disney shut down their celdrawing animationstudios in 1990 becausethere was no longer a

market for this form ofanimation.


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Youtube, the internet, and

Amateur Animation

Youtube, the internet, cheap

cameras and cheap

editing have opened new

opportunities for amateur

animators by letting them

try out new techniques

and allowing instant

feedback. Also for some it

gives them a chance toget noticed by companies

and other animators.


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Salad Fingers

Salad Fingers was created in2004 by David Firth.

The animation is different to theothers in the past because it

is very simple yet effective. Ituses techniques from thepast but in a new way; suchas the idea of only movingone object like in Saturdaymorning TV. The difference

with this is it is all computerdrawn and is very basic.

The animation was verysuccessful worldwide.

Amateur animators are usingYoutube to broadcast theirwork and get instantfeedback. Also they are usingit as a way of showing offtheir work. It can help themget famous and noticed.

Youtube helps people gain alarge, worldwide audience.

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