Anime Anime‚ which is short for (animēshon) from the English word "animation"‚ in the western world most popularly refers to the medium of animation originating in Japan‚ with distinctive character and background aesthetics that visually set it apart from other forms of animation (e.g. Walt Disney films‚ Warner Bros. short cartoons). (Baricordi‚ Andrea; Pelletier‚ Claude (2000). Anime: A Guide to Japanese Animation (1958-1988). Montreal‚ Canada: Protoculture). In Japan‚ the word anime is
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Computer Animation Computer animators work to bring objects to life through the use of computer graphics. Like traditional animators‚ computer animators manipulate graphics and images to simulate movement. However‚ unlike traditional animators‚ computer animators use digital technology to create new visual effects and motions that help avoid the monotonous‚ frame-by-frame drawing required for each picture. Computer animation is a very lucrative business and shows no sign of slowing down in the future
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Alexander Lee GD 150 9/2/2010 History of Animation Animation began to develop in 1824 when a British physician‚ named Peter Mark Roget‚ described the concept of “persistence of vision‚” which means that the pictures appear to create the illusion of motion as we quickly look and retain them one by one.1 In the 1870s‚ Eadweard Muybridge started his photographic gathering of animals and humans in motion.2 While he was in the West Coast‚ he experimented and recorded the movements of a galloping
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(still picture of the movie clip) every 1/24th of a second and the same frame is shown three times during this time period (Persistence‚ 2001). The eye retains the image of each frame long enough‚ giving an illusion of smooth‚ continuous motion. Animation uses exactly the same principle to render the idea of motion. This led to such devices as the zoetrope‚ or "wheel of life." The zoetrope has a short‚ fat cylinder‚ which rotated on its axis of symmetry. Around the inside of the cylinder was a sequence
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Reasons why Anime is not sexist? It’s not actual videos‚ its animation! Its actual art! It’s just the artists opinion of what he/she thinks is beautiful; it’s his/her way to express art. If you call (picture 1) this sexist‚ than you may as well call this (picture 2) sexist. And yes‚ you could argue that picture 2 is a feminine hero who just went through war well the same thing happens in picture 1! It’s is just a modern‚ fiction version
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History of Animation Animation itself is a simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures‚ or frames using and photographed by a camera. Cartoons on television are one example of animation. The difference between animation and video are that video takes continuous motion and breaks it up in the form of live and action and it is edited by add cuts. Animation starts with independent pictures and puts them together to form the illusion of continuous motion. Animation has been around
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Animation Animation is a visual technique that creates the illusion of motion‚ rather than recording motion through live action. The technique is used mainly for motion pictures. Animation can be created by illustrators‚ filmmakers‚ video makers‚ and computer specialists. Animation is most popular in creating cartoon movies. Advertisers also employ animation to develop commercials for television. In addition‚ producers of instructional films may use animation to help explain a difficult idea
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History of Animation History of Animation Zoetrope (180 AD) The zoetrope is a device which creates the image of a moving picture. The earliest elementary zoetrope was created in China around 180 AD by the prolific inventor Ting Huan Made from translucent paper or mica panels‚ Huan hung the device over a lamp. The rising air turned vanes at the top from which hung the pictures painted on the panels would appear to move if the device is spun at the right speed. Magic Lantern (1600) The magic
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Who is the father of animation ? People might say Walt Disney‚ but there were animated movie cartoons‚ based on comic strips for the most part‚ pre-Disney. It is believed that Felix the Cat-in black and white‚ was the earliest Movie animated cartoon by the King Features Syndicate and by accident of history- a soaky-head puppet used as a test subject on a turntable in l947- the first Television cartoon- regular movie-based Felix shorts were also probably the first regularly televised. Chronology
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Music in cartoons has been very prominent since animation became popular. It is used to accomplish many different things in a scene. It can speak for characters that can’t or won’t speak‚ set tempo‚ set the time period‚ be sound effects‚ and make the scene interesting. The use of music in animation has changed over the years‚ but it has always played a prominent part in the success of the film. Tom and Jerry cartoons use music so much‚ that without it the cartoon would be completely different
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