Animation Vocabulary

The process of creating illusion of motion by creating individual frames

• Animation

• Camera

• CGI

  Computer Generated Imagery

• Claymation

A device for recording images

• Animation

• Camera

• CGI

  Computer Generated Imagery

• Claymation

Use of computer graphics to create special effects

• Animation

• Camera

• CGI

  Computer Generated Imagery

• Claymation

Animation created with clay models

• Animation

• Camera

• CGI

  Computer Generated Imagery

• Claymation

The creative artist who directs the making of the film

• Director

• Editing

• Frame

• Stop Motion

Changing the sequence of events

• Director

• Editing

• Frame

• Stop Motion

Form of animation in which objects are filmed frame by frame, photo by photo, and sped up

• Director

• Editing

• Frame

• Stop Motion

Graphic organizer in the form of images to display a sequence of events

• Storyboard

• Character

• Frame rate

• Animator

A person or other being in a narrative. The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person

• Storyboard

• Character

• Frame rate

• Animator

The number of frames or images that are displayed per second

• Storyboard

• Character

• Frame rate

• Animator