BrainPOP: Traditional Animation

Why do you perceive a succession

of still images as smooth motion?

• Your brain fills

  in the gaps

  between the images

• Each image lingers on your retina

  as the next one appears

• The fact that the image flickers creates the impression of motion

• The soundtrack that accompanies the images fools your brain into believing that the images move

A movie that's animated at a rate of 10 frames per second will appear:

• Lifelike

• Fairly smooth

• Jerky

• Like a collection

  of

  still images

Traditional animation is an example of:

• An optical illusion

• Digital technology

• A magic trick

• An ancient art

How does a stop-motion camera differ from a traditional movie camera?

• A stop-motion camera shoots 12 frames per second;

  a movie camera shoots 24 frames

  per second

• A stop-motion camera can only capture two-dimensional images; a movie camera can capture 3-D images

• A stop-motion camera captures images on cells; a movie camera images on film

• A stop-motion camera shoots one frame at a time;

  a movie camera shoots continuously

How does using cells help animators save time?

• It prevents them from having to draw the same character over and over

• It allows them to

  re-use background images

• It makes the animation appear smoother and more realistic

• It allows the characters to stand out against the backgrounds

One frame of a traditionally animated cartoon usually consists of:

• Several cells layered on top of one another

• A single detailed drawing

• A hand-drawn character laid

  over a

  computer-animated background

• A hand-drawn character laid

  over a photograph

What term best describes the process of creating traditional cartoons?

• Inexpensive

• Simple

• Time-consuming

• One-person job

How is limited animation different from traditional animation?

• It's composed of more individual pictures than traditional animation

• It's composed of fewer individual pictures than traditional animation

• It uses fewer colors and characters than traditional animation

• It uses more colors and characters than traditional animation

Where might you see limited animation?

• A weekly

  TV cartoon

  from the 1960s

• A Disney movie

  with a big budget from the 1990s

• A digitally-animated commercial from the 2000s

• A classic cartoon short from the 1940s

Place the following in the order they were introduced, earliest to latest:

A) Limited animation;

B) Digital animation;

C) Traditional animation

• C, A, B

• A, C, B

• C, B, A

• A, B, C