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[[File:Animexample.gif|thumb|180px|An animated bounce ball.]]
[[File:Animexample.gif|thumb|180px|An animated bounce ball.]]
'''Animation''' is a way of making a [[movie]] from many [[image]]s that don’t move. The images are put together one after another, and then played at a fast [[speed]] to give the [[illusion]] of [[movement]].
A person who makes animations is called an ''[[animator]].'' One of the first animators was [[Emile Cohl]] who made a [[Short movie|short film]] called Fantasmagorie which was made entirely of his drawings but which made the drawings move. Cohl made it in 1908.
A person who makes animations is called an ''[[animator]].''
There are at least three ways to animate:
# [[Drawing|Draw]] each frame
# [[Drawing|Draw]] each frame
# Use [[stop-motion]]: make a [[Scale model|model]] scene and change it to create a new image (frame)
# Use [[stop-motion]]: make a [[Scale model|model]] scene and change it to create a new image (frame)
== Overview ==
== Overview ==
[[File:Joy & Heron - Animated CGI Spot by Passion Pictures.webm|thumb|Joy & Heron - Animated CGI Spot by Passion Pictures]]
[[File:Joy & Heron - Animated CGI Spot by Passion Pictures.webm|thumb|Joy & Heron - Animated CGI Spot by Passion Pictures]]
Because it is expensive to make, most animation comes from [[professional]] [[company|companies]]. However, [[independent movie|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]].
Because it is expensive to make, most animation comes from [[professional]] [[company|companies]]. However, [[independent movie|independent]] animators have existed since the [[1950s]] in America, with many of those people entering the professional industry. In Europe, the independent moments has existed since the 1910s, with animators like pre-revolutionary [[Russia]]'s [[Ladislas Starevich]] and Germany's [[Lotte Reiniger]].
Many people use a [[computer animation]] program called [[Adobe 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.
Many people use a [[computer animation]] program called [[Adobe 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.
Many [[television]] shows, especially those made for children, use limited animation. Companies such as [[UPA]] and [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]] do this. Simple, limited movement makes the images easier to draw, which allows faster and cheaper [[film production|production]] of animation.
Many [[television]] shows, especially those made for children, use limited animation. Companies such as [[UPA]] and [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]] do this. Simple, limited movement makes the images easier to draw, which allows faster and cheaper [[film production|production]] of animation.
Usually, cartoons are hand drawn and short. Cartoons be a TV series, or theatrical shorts. The running time of an animated feature is more than one hour. Animated features can be hand drawn, stop motion, or computer animated.
== Famous names in the business ==
== Famous names in the business ==
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File:Lanature1882 praxinoscope projection reynaud.png|A projecting [[praxinoscope]], from 1882, here shown superimposing an animated figure on a separately projected background scene
File:Lanature1882 praxinoscope projection reynaud.png|A projecting [[praxinoscope]], from 1882, here shown superimposing an animated figure on a separately projected background scene
File:Fantasmagorie (Cohl).GIF|''[[Fantasmagorie (1908 film)|Fantasmagorie]]'' (1908) by [[Émile Cohl]]
File:Fantasmagorie (Cohl).GIF|''[[Fantasmagorie (film)|Fantasmagorie]]'' (1908) by [[Émile Cohl]]
File:FelixTheCat-1919-FelineFollies silent.ogv|''Feline Follies'' with [[Felix the Cat]], silent, 1919
File:FelixTheCat-1919-FelineFollies silent.ogv|''Feline Follies'' with [[Felix the Cat]], silent, 1919
File:Animhorse.gif|An example of traditional animation, a horse animated by [[rotoscoping]] from [[Eadweard Muybridge]]'s 19th-century photos.
File:Animhorse.gif|An example of traditional animation, a horse animated by [[rotoscoping]] from [[Eadweard Muybridge]]'s 19th-century photos
File:Claychick.jpg|A clay animation scene from a [[Finland|Finnish]] television commercial
File:Claychick.jpg|A clay animation scene from a [[Finland|Finnish]] television commercial
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