Animation Concept Vocabulary

An art form manipulating still images to appear in motion

• Voice acting

• Animation

• 24 Frames per second

• CGI (Computer Generated Imagery)

The standard speed in movies creating the illusion of motion

• Claymation

• voice over

• motion capture

• 24 frames per second

A significant frame defining the start or end of a movement

• Key frame

• voice acting

• 24 frames per second

• puppet

Traditional technique of drawing framing on transparent sheets

• 24 frames per second

• motion capture

• animation

• cel-animation

Creation of animated images or special effects using computer software

• storyboard

• puppet

• CGI computer generated imagery

• armature

technique of physically manipulating objects between photographed frames

• keyframe

• claymation

• storyboard

• stop-motion animation

a type of stop-motion animation using clay models or figures

• motion capture

• voice acting

• claymation

• stop motion animation

a movable model used in stop motion animation

• puppet

• storyboard

• animation

• claymation

skeletal framework allowing precise movement in stop motion animation

• armature

• keyframe

• 24 frames per second

• storyboard

drawings outlining the sequence of scenes and actions in an animated fiilm

• voice acting

• motion capture

• storyboard

• animation