Animation

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Animation is a way of making a movie from many still images. The images are put together one after another, and then played at a fast speed to give the appearance of movement. Most animations are played at a speed of twenty-four to sixty images per second. Each image becomes one frame of the movie.

A person who makes animations is called an animator.

There are three ways to animate:

1. Draw each frame
2. Use stop-motion: make a model scene and change it to create a new image (frame)
3. Make computer graphics

Contents 1 Overview 2 Famous names in the business 3 Famous animation studios 3.1 United States 3.2 Canada 3.3 Europe 3.4 Asia 3.4.1 Japan 3.4.2 China 3.4.3 Philippines 3.5 Australia 4 See also 5 Other websites

[change] Overview

Because it is expensive to make, most animation comes from professional companies. However, independent animators have existed since the 1950s in America, with many of those people entering the professional industry. In Europe, the independent movement has existed since the 1910s, with animators like pre-revolutionary Russia's Ladislas Starevich and Germany's Lotte Reiniger.

On the internet, many people use a computer program called Flash to create animations. Flash uses a combination of drawing and computer graphics to make animations. Many animations on the internet are made in Flash. Most animators on the internet do not work for professional companies.

On television, limited animation is used a lot. It is used by popular companies such as UPA and Hanna-Barbera Productions. Simple, limited movement makes the images easier to draw, which lowers the cost of making animations and makes the production of animation faster.

[change] Famous names in the business

Tex Avery Ralph Bakshi Joseph Barbera Brad Bird Mel Blanc Don Bluth Sylvain Chomet Gabor Csupo Gene Deitch Walt Disney Adam Elliot Max Fleischer

Friz Freleng Matt Groening Yoram Gross William Hanna Ray Harryhausen Ub Iwerks Ollie Johnston Chuck Jones Mike Judge Glen Keane Arlene Klasky Walter Lantz

John Lasseter Winsor McCay Norman McLaren Hayao Miyazaki Yuriy Norshteyn Katsuhiro Otomo Nick Park Trey Parker Bill Plympton Matt Stone Ivan Ivanov-Vano Will Vinton John Kricfalusi Bob Clampett Frank Thomas Richard Williams

[change] Famous animation studios

[change] United States

• DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
• DreamWorks SKG
• Film Roman
• Filmation
• Hanna-Barbera (now Cartoon Network Studios)
• Klasky Csupo
• MGM
• Pixar
• UPA
• Walt Disney Pictures
• Warner Bros.

[change] Canada

• Atkinson Film-Arts
• Cinar (now Cookie Jar Entertainment)
• CinéGroupe
• National Film Board of Canada
• Nelvana

[change] Europe

• Aardman (United Kingdom)
• Belvision (Belgium)
• Chromosomos (Spain)
• DIC (France)
• Ellipse Programme (France)
• France Animation
• Grand Slamm Children's Films (United Kingdom)
• Soyuzmultfilm (Russia)
• Sullivan Bluth Studios (Ireland)
• Zagreb Film (Croatia)

[change] Asia

[change] Japan

• Bandai Visual
• BONES
• GAINAX
• Gonzo
• Madhouse Studios
• Nintendo
• Production I.G.
• Studio Ghibli
• Sunrise
• Tatsunoko Productions
• Toei

[change] China

• Beijing Xie Art (mainland)
• Colorland (Hong Kong)
• Wang Film Productions (Taiwan)

[change] Philippines

• Toon City

[change] Australia

• DisneyToon Studios
• Liquid Animation

[change] See also

• Movie
• List of movie genres
• Cartoon

[change] Other websites

• Keyframe - The Animation Resource
• A Detailed History of Animation
• Don Markenstein's Toonopedia
• Animation World Network
• Cartoon Research (site has a complete list of American release dates for animated features)
• Internet Movie Database's page for animation (and also its lists of best and worst titles)
• PowerPoint Heaven - The Power to Animate Contains tutorials on creating animations for PowerPoint Presentations.