Diffterent types of animation

Cut Out Animation

Cut-Out Animation is where you cut-out different shapes which could be either props or people and move them a little bit at a time and capture the movement by taking pitchers too make it look as if they are moving. This type of animation can often result in 2D or 3d marvonette effect.

Cut-out animation can also be associated with Clay Animation, Stop motion and pixilation as they all use similar techniques for example taking lots of pitchures or shots to make a moving illusion sequence.

Examples of Cut-Out Animation

Adrien-Luc Sanders. (2015). What is cutout Animation. Available: http://animation.about.com/od/faqs/f/What-Is-Cutout-Animation.htm.

Cel Animation

Cel animation is originally used for the production of cartoons. Cel animation is all drawn by hand frame by frame. Throughout the hold animation process it is normally would require over a million drawings to complete it.

Cel based animation examples;

• Looney Tunes
• Simpsons
• Flintstones

Pixilation Animation

Pixilation Animation or also known as people animation is a animation technique were people move bit by bit and would get photographed while their doing it. Pixilation can also be associated with another such as; cut-out animation, but cut out is abit different as they use cut-out shapes and it also takes alot more effot and time.

Pixilation was also one of the first animation used for television and filming and was first founded by Norman McLaren.

Nodman McLaren was a very famous pixilation artist and is also best known for his first animation using people called Neighbors. Neighbors was about two friendly neighbors who ended up fighting over a beautiful flower which grew in the middle of their two gardens. Which after they ended up killing themselves.

Johnny Chew. (2015). What is pixilation. Available: http://animation.about.com/od/Stop-Motion/fl/What-is-Pixilation.htm.