Animation techniques Kinetoscope: The Kinetoscope was designed for films to be viewed by one

individual at a time through a peephole viewer window at the top of the device. The Kinetoscope was not a movie projector but introduced the basic approach that would become the standard for all cinematic projection before the advent of video, by creating the illusion of movement by conveying a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images over a light source with a high-speed shutter.

The inside of a Kinetoscope.

Flip books: Flip books are often illustrated books for children, but may also be geared towards adults and employ a series of photographs rather than drawings. Flip books are not always separate books, but may appear as an added feature in ordinary books or magazines, often in the page corners. Software packages and websites are also available that convert digital video files into custom-made flip books.

Zoetrope: The zoetrope consists of a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides. On the inner surface of the cylinder is a band with images from a set of sequenced pictures. As the cylinder spins, the user looks through the slits at the pictures across. The scanning of the slits keeps the pictures from simply blurring together, and the user sees a rapid succession of images, producing the illusion of motion.

Cell animation: is a technique where the frames are drawn by hand for each one. After they are drawn they are put on a computer and put together. It takes a really long time to make the film as well because you have to keep drawing the images over and over in different positions.

Rotoscpoing: Rotoscoping is an animation technique in which animators trace over footage, frame by
frame, for use in live-action and animated films. Originally, recorded live-action film images were projected onto a frosted glass panel and re-drawn by an animator. This projection equipment is called

a rotoscope, although this device was eventually replaced by computers.

Digital Animation: digital animation is when you make animated characters through a computer device or software and animate it through the softwares. The more general term computer-generated imagery encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images, while computer animation only refers to moving images.

Stop-motion: Stop motion (also known as stop frame) is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence. Dolls with movable joints or clay figures are often used in stop motion for their ease of repositioning.

Claymation: Claymation is used through stop-motion to create a character and animate it. It is produced by recording each frame, or still picture, on film or digital media and then playing the recorded frames back in rapid succession before the viewer. What animation is used for. Animation is used widely through entertainment such as: music videos, computer games, advertising, webpages and mobile devices. Animation is like an art which is used for moving images and unique characters like Wallace and Gromit and the Simpsons. Claymation is a really famous type of animation as people know it for movies like Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run and The Pirates.

As well as Claymation there are loads of others like digital animation, zoetrope, cell animation etc.

Animation companies Warner Bros Warner Bros is an American producer of film, TV and music entertainment. They also do animation on with all the other parts of filming. Warner Bros was founded in 1903, it was founded by Albert Warner, Harry Warner, Sam Warner and Jack Warner. There current Chairman and CEO is Barry Meyer (chainman) and Kevin Tsujihara (CEO). Warner Bros started making animations in the 1930s with their first character named Bosco in their first every looney tunes cartoon sinkin in the bathtub, which created a sister series Merrie Melodies in 1931.

20 century fox Fox was formed in 1915 by William Fox who formed Fox Film Corporation by merging two companies he had established in 1913. Its also an American producer, it is also one of the six major American

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film studios as of 2011. Fox created some of the well know animations like The Simpsons, South Park

What I think I like the types of animation both these companys make and I think there really entertaining to watch.