Animation Flip Books How Animation Works When you
Animation: Flip Books
How Animation Works -When you watch something on TV, in a movie, or on a computer screen, nothing really moves. -Instead, what you are REALLY seeing is a series of still images. -Each of these still images is called a frame. -Each frame is just a little different than the one before it. -If you look at these frames slowly, nothing happens. -If you look at them quickly, something called persistence of memory creates the illusion of movement.
How Animation Works -The number of frames you see every second is called the frame rate: frame rate for movies - 24 fps frame rate for TV - 30 fps frame rate for video games - as high as over 200 fps! -This means that to make just one episode of the Simpsons (which is about 22 minutes without commercials), you need 39, 600 frames!
Flip Books -We will be using a type of animation in class called a flip book. -In a flip book, each frame is drawn on a separate sheet of paper. -If you flip through the pages quickly, things appear to move, grow, shrink, transform, or deform.
Flip Books Flip book by Amelah
Make a Flip Book -For this project, you will design your own flip book: -Your animation needs to be at least 20 frames long (about 4 seconds) and no longer than 40 frames (about 8 seconds) -In your animation, you can make things move, grow, shrink, transform, or deform. -Your animations need to be appropriate for school. -You should also remember that plagiarism (using someone else’s work) is NOT allowed. -Craftsmanship and creativity are always important. -Make sure your frames show the setting of your animation.
Make a Flip Book -You will begin by making a storyboard. -Each boxes on your storyboard show what each frame on your animation will look like.
- Slides: 8