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This is a list of films with live-action and animation, films that combine live-action and animated elements, typically interacting.
Oct 5, 2020 · The 100 Sequences That Shaped Animation From Bugs Bunny to Spike Spiegel to Miles Morales, the history of an art form that continues to draw us in.
Mar 8, 2024 · The Hayao Miyazaki Sequences That Changed Animators’ Lives. The animation master’s devotees on the moments they can’t forget. By Eric Vilas-Boas, a Vulture editor who covers streaming and...
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- Squash and Stretch. The Squash and Stretch technique is used by animators to convey an object's weight, flexibility, and hardness. For example, when there is an animation of an object falling, it gets flattened when it touches the ground and stretches out to maintain its volume.
- Anticipation. Anticipation in animation prepares the audience for what will happen next. It involves a small movement or action that precedes a larger one.
- Staging. Staging in Animation involves arranging characters, props, background, and camera perspective. You might have noticed that in animation, a scene unfolds in a sequence and not all at once.
- Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose. Drawing animations can be done in 2 ways - Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose. Straight ahead action involves drawing an action frame by frame, creating a smooth flow of movement.
- Squash and Stretch
- Anticipation
- Staging
- Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
- Follow Through and Overlapping Action
- Slow in and Slow Out
- Arcs
- Secondary Action
- Timing
- Exaggeration
This basic principle helps an object feel fluid by applying a change to its shape as it moves. One classic example is of a bouncing ball; the ball will start as a sphere, is stretched as it arcs toward the earth, gets squished flat when it makes contact, and stretches out again as it bounces back upwards and towards its original sphere shape. An im...
With anticipation, a character takes a moment to get ready to follow through with an action, giving the viewer time to understand what’s going on, and making the scene feel more realistic. A person might reach into their pocket before pulling out a wallet, run in place before sprinting off, or smile widely before laughing. Note how in this animatio...
Staging is the presentation of an idea so that it is completely clear. Making effective use of the environment in your animation is important for that to happen, as is employing good lighting, music, background objects, and other atmospheric cues. Consider this animation by AnimatorSteve. Even though the characters take up a very small portion of t...
This principle covers two approaches to animating frames. The straight ahead method is when the animator linearly draws from one frame to the next, without an exact end pose planned. Pose to pose by contrast has the animator first choosing their planned keyframes, and then filling in all the in-between frames afterwards. Walk cycles like Caterina W...
This principle considers a character’s momentum, physics, and position. If a character was running and suddenly stopped, the rest of her body would slightly lurch forward as a follow through movement. Likewise, if she suddenly sprinted in the other direction after stopping, her shirt and hair would have a different overlapping movement than her bod...
This principle means that things take a bit of time to speed up and slow down. Unless you’re making a robot, it should take the objects in your animation a bit of time to accelerate and decelerate, and Simon Pasquesi’s car in this animationdoes just that. Link to artwork >
Like with the previously mentioned principle, actions of non-machine objects tend to follow an arc or slightly circular path. Using arcs when planning paths helps give an animation a more natural feel. Watch how these dancers by Tarakesh Artswhirl around in arcs and loops!
Secondary actions support a main action by adding more dimension to an animation. For example, in this clip from Pedro Contiand team, the clown girl kisses the frog, and also daintily kicks up her leg. Link to artwork >
This important principle relates to how the speed of the animation’s action influences its feeling. Balancing slow and fast timing makes a scene feel rich. Animators can adjust the amount of frames per second based on their scene’s intent, and their personal workflow; it takes less time to draw less frames. Watch how a lower number of frames in thi...
Exaggeration means to take reality and make it bigger, bolder, and brighter. Doing so helps give the audience a better understanding of what’s happening on the screen, as well as make the work feel more convincing and exciting. Meg Park’s stylized interpretationof Iris Apfel is still true-to-life, while giving this real person an extra exaggerated ...
Jun 19, 2023 · To create truly engaging animated sequences, it's important to achieve a sense of natural movement for your characters and objects. This not only makes your animation more believable, but it also helps to convey emotions and tell a story effectively.
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Follow each step and you’ll be able to create animation that makes the viewer believe your creations are living, breathing creatures - just like those created by Disney animators through the years, which include some of the most popular animated characters of all time.
