Year 6. Unit 1. Creating Animations

Year 6. Unit 1. Creating Animations

By Sir Ariffin Masri

An Introduction to animations

What is an animation?

Have you ever watched cartoons on television? Cartoons are moving pictures that are created by a series of pictures. The pictures are displayed one after another to make it appear as if the objects in the picture are moving.

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Some text here about the topic of discussionCartoon​s and movies that are made in this way are called animations.

Adobe Flash

3D Max

Pencil

​Animation software

​Animation software is used to make animations on a computer. Common animation applications include:

Before you make an animation, you must create a storyboard. A storyboard is a series of simple drawings that tells you the sequence of the scenes that will make up your animation. Most storyboards are sketched on paper.

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The picture is a sample of a storyboard.

Using a storyboard

The simple drawings that make up a storyboard are then sketched in more detail.

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The picture shows​ a sketch of one scene fo a cartoon animation.

The sketch is then copied and coloured using a graphics of animation application.

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An animation or video application is then used to move the objects in different ways.

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The animation is then exported as a movie.​

Multiple Choice

_________ is a moving pictures that are created by series of pictures.

• Game

• Music

• Animation

• Television

Multiple Choice

Below is list common animation applications except ______.

• Adobe Flash

• Audacity

• 3D Max

• Pencil

Multiple Choice

Before you make an animation, what should you do?

• Create a song

• Create a storyboard

• Create a movie

• Create a book

Multiple Choice

The animation is then exported as ____________.

• a b

• a game

• a song

• a movie.