The History of Animation — Types of Animation Styles Explained [Shot List Ep. 14]

The History of Animation — a guide to the evolution of animation styles, techniques, technologies, and how filmmakers bring their subjects to life. What is Animation? ►► The Shot List Series ►► StudioBinder Blog ►► ───────────────────── Chapters: 00:00 - Intro to Animation 00:52 - History of Animation 03:05 - Traditional Animation 08:39 - Rotoscoping 11:09 - Anime 14:08 - Stop Motion 16:29 - Cutout 19:20 - 3D Computer 22:33 - Takeaways ───────────────────── Special thanks to: The Art of Aaron Blaise ►► Bradleigh Utz ►► Flipt Pictures ►► Massimo Giangrande ►► , MPC ►► sumerias1 ►► Victoria and Albert Museum ►► Your Average Skillets ►► ───────────────────── THE HISTORY OF ANIMATION & EVOLUTION OF ANIMATION STYLES From the beginning of film history, filmmakers have experimented with animation in many forms and techniques. In this video, we will lay out a brief history of animation and the evolution of animation styles. Including the techniques, the technologies, the differences, and the various mediums animators use to give their inanimate subjects the illusion of life. The word animation comes from Latin “animatio“ and means “a bestowing of life.” Like film, animation is the illusion of movement through the rapid succession of images created by a process called “persistence of vision.” This works because when we see one image, it is retained on our retina for a fraction of a second, just long enough for a second image to appear — and thus, we see a single moving image instead of a series of flashing static images. Traditional animation was the dominant type of animation in the 20th century. Basically, this involves drawing images, frame-by-frame. As the years went on, new techniques were developed to turn animation into more of an assembly line process. Animators like Walt Disney and his studio helped turn animation into a viable commercial and artistic medium. Rotoscoping is a technique that uses live-action footage as a reference to create animation with more realistic movement. Today, we can see variations of this process in films like Richard Linklater’s Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly. Anime is an umbrella term used to describe Japanese animation, which tends to share many of the same styles and techniques as Western animation, along with some key deviations. Stop-motion animation is also similar to traditional animation, except the subjects are often physical objects instead of drawings, like puppets or figurines. Claymation is a sub-type of stop-motion animation that uses plasticine clay. Cut-out animation uses shapes or characters cut out of paper or fabric and moved frame-by-frame. More recently, 3D animation has replaced 2D animation as the most common animation style. And, yet, it follows the same general principles. #FilmTheory #VideoEssay #Filmmaking ───────────────────── ♬ SONGS USED: “Caution (Instrumental)“ - Skrxlla “Origin“ - David A. Molina “A Battle in the East“ - Rhythm Scott “1986“ - Angel Salazar “Animatio“ - Mike Steele “Colors of the Wind (From Pocahontas)“ - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra “The Entertainer“ - E’s Jammy Jams “Still Need Syndrome“ - Yarin Primak “By the Dear Old River Rhine“ - Burr and Campbell “Can’t Help It“ - Shtriker Big Band “Ripples“ - Tamuz Dekel “Blue Beings“ “Echo“ - Twin Signals “In Love with Emi“ - Fabien Fustinoni “Take On Me“ - a-ha “O Come Let Us Adore Him (Instrumental)“ - Salt of the Sound “From a Distance (Theme from Hit TV)“ - Makeup And Vanity Set “Dojo Tradition (Instrumental)“ - In This World “The Path Of The Wind (Instrumental)“ - Joe Hisaishi “Visit to Hida“ - RADWIMPS “Kaneda“ - Geinoh Yamashirogumi “A Town with an Ocean View“ - Joe Hisaishi “Flare“ - Theatre of Delays “Merge“ “Story Time“ - Dario Marianelli “Action Drums“ - Rhythm Scott “Time Warp“ - Notize “Yes I Am “ - Zach Sorgen “South Park Theme“ - Primus “Theme Song Ending Credits“ “Stuck Behind a Train (Instrumental)“ - Makeup And Vanity Set “Double Espresso“ - Francesco D’Andrea “New World“ - Ian Post “Wistful (Instrumental)“ - Falls “You’ve Got a Friend in Me“ - Randy Newman “A New Morning“ - Portl “To Burn“ - Man With Roses “State Lines (Instrumental)“ - Aaron Kellim Music by Artlist ► Music by Artgrid ► Music by Soundstripe ► ───────────────────── SUBSCRIBE to StudioBinder’s YouTube channel! ►► Looking for production management solution for your film? Try StudioBinder for FREE today: — Join us on Social Media! — Instagram ►► Facebook ►► Twitter ►►