Task 1A - Unit 59 Different Types of Animation

Cell Animation

• Classic animation or hand-drawn animation, is the traditional form of animation.
• Usually consisting of 24 frames per second (fps)
• Usually hand-drawn on and usually flat tends to be 2D not 3D

Pros & Cons of Cell Animation

Pros 

• They look Classic 
• Lots of people still enjoy watching them 
• Can draw freehand 

Cons

• Takes up a lot of time 
• Costs a lot of money 
• To produce a film it takes a lot of animators

The History of Stop Motion 

• Stop motion animation has been around almost as long traditional film making
• Originally stop motion animation involved animation objects which included the animated movement of any "None Drawn" inanimate objects, such as toys and blocks.
• This was shortly followed by Cell Animation   

Sleeping Beauty 1959

The plot of Sleeping Beauty is about a princess that gets snubbed by the royal family and she gets a curse cast upon her that can only be broken by a prince, she also has the help of three good fairies.

Creator

Sir Walt Disney (Disney Studios)

Writers

Erdman Penner (Story Adaptation)

Charles Perrault (Story "Sleeping Beauty")

Joe Rinaldi (Additional Story)

Winston Hibler (Additional Story) 

Bill Peet (Additional Story) 

Ted Sears (Additional Story)

Ralph Wright 

Milt Banta 

Director

Clyde Geronimi

Type of Animation 

Sleeping Beauty is a 2D Animation

Techniques Used

The techniques that are used in this animation are 2D drawing to portray the plot and help the story line make all the characters to use these characters that will be in the plot of the film.

This Disney made movie has had the colours changed so that it doesn't look like a Disney style movie.

Jason and The Argonauts 1963

The plot for Jason and the Argonauts is about a legendary Greek hero who leads a group of fearless adventurers in a risky quest for the legendary Golden Fleece.

Creator

Ray Harryhausen

Production Company

Columbia Pictures Corporation (Presents)

Morningside Productions (Uncredited) 

The Great Company

Director

Don Chaffey

Writers

Jan Read (Screenplay)

Beverly Cross (Screenplay)

Apollonios Rhodios (poem "The Argonautica") (uncredited)

Type of Animation

Jason and the Argonauts is a 3D Animation

Techniques Used 

The techniques that are used in this film are stop motion taking props that they will have available on set and taking pictures of these props in different movements creating the moving effect.

Suzy Snowflake 1951

There is not really a plot for the 1951 film Suzy Snowflake as it is a independent Christmas film.  

Creator

Helena Smith Dayton 

Writers

Sid Tepper

Roy C. Bennett 

Production Company

Centuar Productions

Type of Animation

Suzy Snowflake is a 2D Animation 

Techniques Used

The techniques used in this film are stop motion images to have a good effect to look like the character in the animation is moving.

The Lost World 1925

The plot for this film is the first adaptation of Sir Arthur Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.

Creator

Willis O'Brien 

This animation had 49 prehistoric animals in stop motion, which was seen to change the history of stop motion.

Writers

Arthur Conan Doyle (Based on the novel by)

Marion Fairfax (Screenplay)

Type of Animation

'The Lost World' is a 2D Animation.

Techniques Used

The techniques that are used in this animation is using props to do stop motion

Aladdin 1992


















The plot for Aladdin is about a rogue who vies for the love of a beautiful princess, he uses a genies magic power to make himself off as a prince in order to marry her.

Creator
Walt Disney

Writers
Ron Clements  (screenplay)
John Musker  (screenplay)
Ted Elliott  (screenplay)
Terry Rossio  (screenplay)
Burny Mattinson  (story)
Roger Allers  (story)
Daan Jippes  (story)
Kevin Harkey  (story)
Sue C. Nichols  (story) (as Sue Nichols)
Francis Glebas  (story)
Darrell Rooney  (story)
Larry Leker  (story)
James Fujii  (story)
Kirk Hanson  (story)
Kevin Lima  (story)
Rebecca Rees  (story)
David S. Smith  (story)
Chris Sanders  (story)
Brian Pimental  (story)
Patrick A. Ventura  (story)

Type of animation
The 1992 film Aladdin is a 3D Animation

Techniques Used
The techniques that are used is that its a hand drawn, then animated by Eric Goldberg


Frozen 2013




















The plot for Frozen is about two sisters, one who has the power to curse her home in infinite winter and the other sister teams up with a mountain man, his cheerful reindeer and a snowman to change the weather condition.

Creator
Walt Disney

Production Company
Walt Disney Productions

Writers

Jennifer Lee		(screenplay)
Hans Christian Andersen		(inspired by the story "The Snow Queen" by)
Chris Buck		(story)
Jennifer Lee		(story)
Shane Morris		(story)
Dean Wellins		(additional story)

Type of Animation

This animation is a CGI 3D Animation that is created by using props.

Techniques Used

The techniques that are used in this 3D Animation are that they use different types of props to create a stop motion image.

Monsters Inc 2001

The plot for Monsters Inc is about monsters who generate their cities power by scaring children but they are afraid of themselves being corrupted by children, So when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sully finds his world disrupted.

Creator
Walt Disney

Production Company
Walt Disney Productions
Pixar

Writers

Pete Docter		(original story by)
Jill Culton		(original story by)
Jeff Pidgeon		(original story by)
Ralph Eggleston		(original story by)
Andrew Stanton		(screenplay)
Daniel Gerson		(screenplay)
Robert L. Baird		(additional screenplay material) (as Robert Baird)
Rhett Reese		(additional screenplay material)
Jonathan Roberts		(additional screenplay material)

Type of Animation

This animation is a CGI 3D Animation put together using differnt types of props.

Techniques Used

The techniques that are used in this animation are photographing different types of props and using them to create the animation.

Creature Comforts 1989 (re-released in 2000)

The plot for creature comforts is animals that are made out of clay discussing issues that happen in everyday life.

Creator

Nick Park 

Production Team

Julie Lockhart		producer / series producer (26 episodes, 2003-2006)
Peter Lord		executive producer (26 episodes, 2003-2006)
Nick Park		executive producer (26 episodes, 2003-2006)
David Sproxton		executive producer (26 episodes, 2003-2006)
Claire Jennings		associate producer (13 episodes, 2003)
Abbie Ross		associate producer (13 episodes, 2003)
Miles Bullough		executive producer (13 episodes, 2005-2006)
Gareth Owen		producer (13 episodes, 2005-2006)

Type of Animation

This claymation is a 3D Animation, using clay to create a sreies of characters which are then voiced over by the Great British public.

Techniques Used

The techniques that are used in this 3D Animation are creating a stop motion image using clay figures and then putting these figures into different characters, then taking them characters turning them into a set.