Types of Animation (P1)

footage old an old Victorian rotoscope.

Movement

What the animation depicts when in motion. Animation, (or any filmed motion) is at its core just a set of pictures being shown one after the other, at such a pace that it creates the illusion of movement.

A making effect used by pixar to make 3D images on 2D characters.

Masking

 A film making technique that evolves cutting out pieces of film or objects from an image that don’t need to be seen by the audience. It is also used in animation, for instance the first season of South Park, where the animation had each body part and facial feature separate. Leaving them to change or take away bits and pieces to animate the characters.

An example of morphing

Morphing

Morphing is an effect that turns one image into another seamlessly. It was first used in the motion picture film The Golden child in 1986. It is a computer effect that was mostly used for transformation sequences.