What I need to do

Founding fathers of animation

Animation 1930-1950

Cel based animation examples

how cel based animation works

pixilation examples

how pixilation works

pixilation class exercise

how model based animation works

cut out animation examples

Time Lapse

Time Lapse

Time lapse is a technique where an image is taken every time the image moves so it appears like a moving film.





Koyaanisqatsi






Zed and 2 Noughts

Cut out animation

Today I started working to create my own cut out animation. I looked through various of magazines to find out images which would look best in my animation and cut them out and put them together.

Cut out animation

South Park


The style of the animation used in South Park is inspired by the paper cut-out cartoons created by Terry Gilliam in his series 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' of which the creators of South Park were huge fans of. Construction paper and traditional stop motion cutout animation techniques were used in the original animated shorts and in the pilot episode. Episodes after this started to get produced by computer animation. Before computer artists began animation a series of storyboards were created.

The various stages of production (from top to bottom): the storyboard sketch, the CorelDRAW props with stock character models, and a frame from the fully rendered episode in Toon Boom are provided by the show's storyboard artists.^[45][72]

Cut out animation

Cutout animation is a technique used for producing animations using flat characters, props and backgrounds cut from materials such as paper, card, stiff fabric and even photographs. 

Stop Motion Cat

Using clay I created a clay model of a cat so i can create a stop motion video.

Animation 1980's - Present

Matt Groening 













Matt Groening is the legendary creator of popular shows such as The Simpsons and Futurama. Matt Groening is said to make over 385 billion dollars from all the sketchers he has created. 

The Simpsons

One of his television series which has over 500 episodes recently adapted into a movie which grossed over £527 million. The Simpsons is the longest running american sitcom. The Simpsons have won dozens of awards such as 27 Primetime Emmy Awards, 30 Annie Awards and a Peabody Award.

The shows humour covers a wide spectrum so that viewers from all generations can enjoy it. 










Futurama 
Another one of his animations also became extremely 
popular and has won loads of awards. This animation was recently cancelled but due to it's popularity it was revived and is aiming for the next series to come out later 2012 - early 2013. 











Seth Macfarlane 

Seth Macfarlane is an american actor, voice actor, animator, screenwriter, comedian, producer, director and singer. He is best known for his animated series called Family Guy and American Dad. Seth Macfarlane makes over 2.4 million a year.

Family Guy



Another award winning animation it started out being unpopular and was going to stop running after the third season but due to high DVD sales and public demands they started running it again. The program has a parental rating and in some cases TV-14 because of it's adult content and slapstick humour. In most cases they have one speaker who performs more than one of the characters roles so this will save them more money. This program has began selling a series of merchandise with is allowing them to obtain even more money from the series.








American Dad

American dad has aired 136 episodes and had began airing season 8 this year. American dad has been nominated for important awards even though it doesn't have as many episodes out as the other animation shows. Once again like Seth's show Family Guy this has parental guardian rating because of it's strong content. 








Aardman animations

Wallace and Gromit

Chicken Run













Studio Ghibli

Spirited Away

Spirited Away is originally a Japanese cartoon but Walt Disney decided to create an English dubbed adaption. A website called Rotten Tomatoes ranked it has the thirteenth best animation film on the site and it received a 97% approval rate. 

Howls Moving Castle 

This film was released in Japanese theaters on November 20th and went on to gross $231.7 million worldwide, making it one of the most financially successful japanese films in history. The film went on to be dubbed into English by Walt Disney.

Spongebob Squarepants

Billy and Mandy

South Park 

Animation 1950s - 1970s

Hanna Barbera

Hanna-Barbera Productions was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation for nearly three decades in the mid-to-late 20th century. The studio produced many successful animated shows, including The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Quick Draw McGraw Show, The Flintstones, The Yogi Bear Show, Top Cat, The Jetsons, The Magilla Gorilla Show, Jonny Quest, Space Ghost, Wacky Races, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and The Smurfs among others.

Looney Tunes

Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. The series features some of the most well-known and popular cartoon characters in history, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Tweety Bird. 

Animation 1930s -1950s

Norman Mclaren

Born	April 11, 1914
Died	January 27, 1987 (aged 72)

A pioneer in a number of areas of animation and film-making, including drawn on film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound.


His awards included an Oscar for the Best Documentary in 1952 for Neighbours a Silver Beat for best short documentary at the 1956 Berlin International Film Festival Rhythmic and a 1969 BAFTA Award for best animated film for pas de deux.

Art Clokey

An american pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, beginning in 1955 with a film experiment called Gumbasia. 

Born	Arthur Charles Farrington October 12, 1921
Died	January 8, 2010 (aged 88)

Ray Harryhausen
Raymond Frederick ''Ray'' Harryhausen (born June 29, 1920) is an American visual effects creator, writer and producer. He created a bran of stop-motion model animation known as ''Dynamation.''

Among his most notable works are his animation on Mighty Joe Young, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (his first color film) and Jason and the Agronauts, featuring a famous sword fight against seven skeleton warriors. 

Walt Disney 

( steam boat, snow white)

Fleischer Brothers ( Betty boop, popeye, my bug goes to town)