Types Of Animation

Traditional animation

Until the time that computers were invented, the traditional animation method was used where there were multiple drawings, each slightly different than the first. These were then traced or photocopied onto transparent acetate sheets and coloured with paint. Each drawing was photographed onto motion picture film against a painted background.

Animal Farm, 1954, By Halas and Batchelor

Stop Motion

Physically manipulating real world objects and photographing them one frame at a time – creating the impression of movement is stop motion animation. There are a lot of different types of stop motion animation, most of them named after the medium used to create the animation. E.g.

-      Puppet Animation

 

The Nightmare before Christmas, 1993, By Tim Burton

 

-          Clay Animation

          

Wallace and Gromit

-          Cutout Animation

-          Silhouette Animation

-          Model Animation

-          Object Animation

-          Pixilation

 

Computer Animation

Computer Animation uses a variety of techniques, The constant being that the animation is created digitally on a computer.