LECTURE 2: Animation

Technique
TTTH 2823 Animation

Dr. Tan Siok Yee (Esther)

Type of Animation Technique

1. Traditional Animation
2. 2D Animation
3. 3D Animation
4. Typography Animation
5. Flipbook Animation
6. Stop Motion Animation
7. Mechanical Animation
8. Puppetry Animation
9. Cut-out Animation
10. Sand Animation
11. Pinscreen Animation
12. Clay Animation
Traditional Animation

1. Traditional animation first appeared more than 140 years ago in 1877, when Emil Reynaud showed the world an
apparatus for demonstrating moving drawings.

2. As the name now suggests, traditional animation means creating each frame manually using a pencil and a piece of
paper.
2D Animation

1. The uniqueness of 2D animation is that images have only two dimensions – width and
height.

2. At the moment, this is one of the most popular and sought after types of animation
for advertising and promotional videos, explainer videos, and branded cartoons.
3D Animation

1. Digital 3d animation characters are popular in the movie making industry.

2. Using a computer software 3d animated images are used to create many short films,
full length movies and even tv commercials and a career in digital 3d animation is
highly rewarding.
3. Comparing to 2D animation and the traditional approach, 3d animation models are
highly realistic.
Typography Animation

1. Typographic animation or kinetic typography is a style of text animation.

2. In business, this style is often used to show statistics or other information in an
involving way.
3. This is a good method for e-learning, as well as for training employees as an
alternative to long and boring lectures.
Flipbook Animation

1. This is one of the original techniques where each plot element is drawn on separate
pages of a notebook.
2. Once the drawing is finished, the pages turn quickly and create a “manual video” due
to the quick frame change. Flipbook Animation is not quite suitable for marketing as
such but is great for quick storytelling and entertainment for the target audience.
Stop Motion Animation

1. Stop motion is one of the most popular, sought after, and old animation techniques.
2. the essence of the technique is that the creator takes several photos by moving
objects in the composition.
3. After gluing photos into one track, a continuous video clip is created. The advantage
of that approach is that it does not require expensive equipment and facilities.
Mechanical Animation

1. Mechanical animation is used to show how a complex device works from the inside
out.
2. Most often, this style is used together with 3D animation to achieve maximum
visualization.
3. This technique is very popular in the production of technical equipment because it
allows you to make changes to the yet undeveloped product, significantly saving
money on its creation from reducing the likelihood of error. 
Puppetry Animation

1. Puppetry Animation is a style at the intersection between puppet theater and 2D or

even 3D animation.
2. this is the introduction of puppet heroes into a digital environment. 
Cut-out Animation

1. Cut-out is a form of stop motion animation.

2. Its feature is that the characters are created from paper, cardboard, or photographs,
and then superimposed on each other creating the effect of movement.
3. Cut-out can be used for explainer videos and storytelling. 
Sand Animation

1. Sand animation is one of the animation techniques that can be used both for creating
animated cartoons and for real shows.
2. The idea of ​the technique is very simple but quite complicated in execution – it
requires pouring sand onto a luminous surface to create a 2D image. 
Pinscreen Animation

1. Pinscreen animation makes use of a screen filled with movable pins, which can be
moved in or out by pressing an object onto the screen. The screen is lit from the side
so that the pins cast shadows. 
Clay Animation
1. Clay animation is an early form of video animation that is still popular today. It
consists of using clay pieces as characters and background objects in video animation
and moving or "deforming" them between frames to create continuous video
motion.
2. Clay animation is also known as claymation.
3. This technique is suited for businesses whose target audience is children because
very often clay characters are specially created with a kind of “child carelessness.”
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