Name: MARLON M.

AGUSTIN DATE : FEBRUARY 14,2023

Yr&Section: BTLED ICT I-F

ACTIVITY 1.1-1: ESSAY

1) What is animation? Discuss the applications of animation.

Animation is a beautiful way to create films. Also, it is eye-catching and expressive.

Animation is nothing but moving pictures. Now, the moving picture can be
anything. It can be a Leaf falling on the ground, or it can a full feature movie like
Shrek. There are various objects medium) that can be used to make an animation.
Hence, any medium can make a type of Animation is the rapid display of a
sequence of images to create an illusion of movement. The most common method of
presenting animation is as a motion picture or video program. In simpler word;
animation means giving life to our imagination. Animation; the word “ANIMATE”
comes from the Latin verb “ANIMARE” means to make alive or to fill with
breathe.
Education
As we all know that people used to remember pictures or images more than text, So Animation is
the only and the best way to understand the main motive of any education and it helps everyone
to growth in their practical life.
Animation is used in education because it makes children watch the animation and not get bored
with it allowing them to intake information.
Entertainment

The biggest use for animation is for entertainment. Animation is used on the TV, on your phones,
and all over the internet. In television, animation is mostly used to occupy children, as is gives
them something to laugh about and keep them entertained for long periods of time. Programs
such as Tom and Jerry are created to make the children laugh, and tell the audience that just
because you are bigger than someone else, doesn’t make you better.
Many movies these days are created using animation. Films like Shrek and Finding Nemo gained a
massive profit from people watching the film and buying the merchandise.
Animation isn’t just for children. Programs like Family Guy and American Dad are animations that
get adults laughing.

Advertisements

Animation plays a big part in advertisement. Many big companies use animation in some kind of
way to attract the audience. An example of animation in advertising is the Dancing Pony Advert by
the phone company ‘Three’. This advert attracted millions of people all over the world to their
website and in return they gained a massive profit.
Animation is also used for advertisement on the web. Many games companies create cool looking
animations to attract the audience to play the game or visit the website.
Without animation in adverts, advertisement would be incredibly boring.
 Scientific visualization.

Animation is used to create models that are essential for research and study. Animation allows
you to create 3D, realistic models that allow diagrams etc. to show accurate representations of an
object.
An example of this is an X-ray. Doctors use this to get an accurate look at bones etc. so that
problems can be fixed quicker and more efficiently.
Creative Arts.

Animation is also used in creative arts to show and produce the skills needed to achieve a grade
for example an IT course is creative arts, which is a specified skill in creativity. They would use
animation in their work and much of it for presenting to the class they would use various
diagrams and animations to get a topic across the class in presentations

Gaming

In gaming Industries most of the things depends on animation. Without model a programmer can’t
programmer a game and everything in the scene starting from modeling, Texturing, Rigging,
lighting etc. all are done by the Animation students or professionals.

Stimulations

Simulations are mostly used in the military for weapons training and to train for certain events. Pilots
also use simulations to practice their flight training without having to spend money on fuel and
equipment. Simulations are also used for practicing events and to get a predicted outcome for
something. For example, when Nasap on putting a rocket in space, they will use simulations to get a
predicted outcome of what might happen. This is essential because it can potentially save lives and
resources.

2) List and explain the basic types of animation.

There are several popular styles of animation, including 2D animation, 3D animation, motion graphics,
illustration, stop motion animation, and more. Generally, 2D animation will be the most affordable
style of animation as it’s less time-consuming and labor-intensive than 3D animation or stop motion
animated is animation?
Animation is a method of photographing successive drawings,
models, or even puppets, to create an illusion of movement in a
sequence. Because our eyes can only retain an image for approx. 1/10
of a second, when multiple images appear in fast succession, the brain
blends them into a single moving image. In traditional animation,
pictures are drawn or painted on transparent celluloid sheets to be
photographed. Early cartoons are examples of this, but today, most
animated movies are made with computer-generated imagery or CGI.
To create the appearance of smooth motion from these drawn,
painted, or computer-generated images, frame rate, or the number of
consecutive images that are displayed each second, is considered.
Moving characters are usually shot “on twos” which just means one
image is shown for two frames, totaling in at 12 drawings per second.
12 frames per second allows for motion but may look choppy. In the
film, a frame rate of 24 frames per second is often used for smooth
motion.

Different Types of Animation:

Traditional Animation

2D Animation (Vector-based)

3D Animation

Motion Graphics

Stop Motion

Traditional This is one of the oldest forms of animation in film. It’s

sometimes called cel animation. As mentioned above, in traditional
animation, objects are drawn on celluloid transparent paper. In order
to create the animated sequence, the animator must draw every
frame. It’s the same mechanism as a flipbook, just on a grander scale.

Traditional is most often 2D animation. Aladdin, The Lion King, and

other earlier cartoons are the best examples of this. *Though, not all
2D is traditional. But we'll get to that in a minute.

In the earlier years, the animator would draw on a table that had a
light inside of it, so the creator could see his or her previous
animation. While the traditional style is not nearly as prevalent today,
drawings are generally done on tablets. And manual coloring hasn’t
been used by Disney since The Little Mermaid in 1989.

2D (Vector)

2D animation can fall under traditional animation like most early

Disney movies — Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast, etc. But there is
something called Vector-based animation that can be 2D without
being traditional.

With Vector-based, the motion here can be controlled by vectors

rather than pixels. So, what the heck does that mean?

Images with familiar formats like JPG, GIF, BMP, are pixel images.
These images cannot be enlarged or shrunk without affecting image
quality. Vector graphics don’t need to worry about resolution. Vectors
are characterized by pathways with various start and end points, lines
connecting these points to build the graphic.

3D

Today, 3D or computer animation is the most common type. But just

because computers have stepped in instead of actual drawings, it’s not
necessarily easier. The computer is just another tool, and 3D
animation is still a long, intense process.

In 3D animated movies, the animator uses a program to move the

character’s body parts around. They set their digital frames when all
of the parts of the character are in the right position. They do this for
each frame, and the computer calculates the motion from each frame.

Animators adjust and tweak the curvatures and movements their

characters make throughout. From Toy Story in 1995 to today’s Coco,
3D animation has become the dominant style in animated films.

Motion Graphics

Motion Graphics are pieces are digital graphics that create the
illusion of motion usually for ads, title sequences in films, but
ultimately exist to communicate something to the viewer. They’re
often combined with sound for multimedia projects.

They’re a type of animation used mostly in business, usually with text

as a main player. Below are a few examples of motion graphic
animation, using the top trends of today.

Stop Motion

Stop motion encompasses claymation, pixelation, object-motion,

cutout animation, and more. But the basic mechanics are similar to
the traditional style like a flipbook. However, instead of drawings,
stop motion adjusts physical objects in each frame.

If moved in small increments, captured one frame at a time, the

illusion of motion is produced. Whether puppets, clay, or even real
people, these manual adjustments can make it a long, arduous
process. Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, and The Nightmare
Before Christmas are all great examples of stop motion films.