Meaning of ANIMATION

ANIMATION IS...
Animation comes from the latin language "anima", which means is life and the spirit soul. In accordance with the basic object animation original word is silent and off, but made as if alive, with a motion as a sign of life. At the later development the animation in general can be defined as an image sequence that is exposed to a certain period in order to create an illusion of moving images. MOTION ILLUSION That is the essence of the animation. Basic animation itself is very simple set of things, of course we still remember as a child, for children who are creative, who like fun, certainly unintentionally have draw a basic motion animation at the end of the notebook sheets, and magic! Pictures it move? animation is as simple as that.


When asked where the limit animation? Then take a look at animated films of Walt Disney, from Mickey Mouse, Donald duck, Lion King, Tarzan, to 3D animation homemade Pixar, Warner Bros., or Dreamsworks was fantastic, from Toy Story, Ice Age, Sherk, Finding Nemo, Cars, Robots, The Incredible, Final Fantasy, TMNT, etc.. Or 3D animation that blends the visual effect in the movie Star Wars, The Matrix, Spiderman, Jurassic Park, to the Transformer, and much more!!. Strength and animations that can turn them back over the lost history of the dinosaurs millions of years ago. Do not forget the Japanese animation of Doraemon, Sailormoon, Dragon Ballz, Crayon Sinchan, Gundam, Pokemon, etc.. How do we remember the fever Naruto, Avatar, and also SpongeBob Dora The Explorer epidemic from children to adults. Not to mention the animation combined with the multimedia world with all its activities came the game. Game, in its present form, is a remarkable combination of the digital world in her multimedia and animation technology. Game is one the cusp of a meeting between animation and technology. So we still asked again where the limit animation?

So that limits the actual animation is human imagination. So the question evolved, where the limits of human imagination? Is not the human imagination is dead? Even if the human imagination is dead, will be passed also by other humans. If that the animation can be regarded as the product of human imagination most spectacular,  because animation is a real imagination!!.

FIRST ANIMATION FILM

Inception animated film made by Thomas Edison in 1896. And the title is “Blackton, The Evening World Cartoonist”. A documentary movie made by a kinetograf Edison. A kind of photo camera that takes pictures continuously for later reflected in the wall with a certain speed so much like a movie (certainly not like today's movies).

J. Stuart Blackton is the actor of the film made in Edison, he is a journalist and cartoonist, who was interviewed Edison about his Kinetoscope creation. See the power of the tool, Blackton immediately think to apply the principle of the Kinetoscope to turn the picture makes.

In 1906, Blackton makes his dream come true. He and Edison worked to make the first animated film was given the title "Humorous Phases of THE FUNNY FACES". A film whose content is a series of activities Blackton painting faces in various amusing expressions on the board.

On the Year 1914 Mc Cay made film "Gertie the Dinosaur" sensational first animated movie to use individual figures. Then the next year the American animators began to develop animation techniques around 1913 until the 1920's. Max Fleischer made "KO KO THE CLOWN" and Pat Sullivan with "FELIX THE CAT". The series of images made as simple as possible, which figure in a black or dark shadows become one with the background or otherwise. Fleischer and Sullivan has used sell animation techniques, which is transparent sheet of material celluloid, called a cell.

Other newbies in Germany. Lotte Reineger, in 1919 developed the animated shadows, and Bertocosh from France, in the 1930 animated film making experimental pieces with figures derived from pieces of wood.

George Pal started using dolls as a figure in a short animated film, in 1934 in the Netherlands. And Alexander Ptushko from Russian create dolls length animated film "THE NEW Guliver" in 1935. In 1935 Len Lye from Canada, started drawing directly on film after entering renewal in color film through the film "COLOUR OF BOX".

The expansion is the most important in animation film technique, which is around the 1930's. Where appear pioneered animated film voiced by Walt Disney from USA, through the film "MICKEY MOUSE", "DONALD DUCK", and "SILLY Simphony" made from 1928 to 1940.

ANIMATION AND THE STORY

      Animation is not always cartoons. At first animation derived from images that are arranged in an amount not less to produce a movement and eventually became a full story. Till in a row of technology, especially computers, animated are not onluy cartoon, but also penetrated animation in various aspects. Starting from ad creation to a variety of console gaming.
    Product animations can be seen close to the cell phones that we have. For a sophisticated mobile phones, there is definitely a flash animation on the cell phone. Moreover, the application uses the game even in the form of 3D animation.
Some researcher say, the art of animation was started millions of years ago. In the wild boar is estimated around 30,000 BC with each foot in front of the 4 pieces and 4 pieces again behind, which is where the artist would like to visualize that the pig was running.

wild boar

    And do not miss the Indonesian nation also has animated in advance of the modern era, the shadow puppets, the name is Wayang. Even before computer technology and electronics has not been found, Wayang show has complied with all the animation elements such as screens, motion pictures, dialogue and musical illustrations. Woww ...

Wayang

After going through a long journey finally the researchers found a tool that can generate animated effects for the first time, including:


 1.    Thaumatrope.

Thaumatrope

This tool has another name turning manel or wonder turner. The shape of a circle painted on both sides by a different illustration. Both ends of the circle was tied to a rope. To play it, the rope rotated quickly. Causing optical effects that make our eyes see both images on each side of the circle together. This simple toy invented by John Ayrton Paris, and patented in 1825.

2.    Phenakistoscope.

Phenakistoscope

Discovered by Joseph Platen, a Belgian scientist in 1937. The way it works is simple, using the wheel face that one can be rotated. If we want to see the movement of the picture, just a static view of the wheel.

3.    Praxinoscope.

Praxinoscope

Discovered in 1877 by Charles Reynaud. The way it works is to make the optical distortion of rapidly moving objects, so that the resulting image seemed to move. The tool consists of two parts. The rotating disk for saving images lingakaran driven and glass in the middle of the screen.

4.    Zoetrope.

Zoetrope

Created by William George Horner and published in 1834. The principle works is not much different from praxinoscope. But, no glass as the screen.



originally posted by: pai