Unit 24 - Animation Techniques A/601/3245 PDF from OCR IT Homepage Live sites We start in Hu209 which is the Mac suite IN MEDIA next to theatre (NOT the Macs we have used before!)
Introduction to the Cambridge Technicals OCR Level 2 IT Course. A look at the resources listed on this page.
More on animating your graphics and buttons in Photoshop.
Animating in Adobe Photoshop. Export > Legacy Save for Web and save as .gif to show the animation on your Web page.
Some influential animators of the past : |
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| Great traditional 2D animator Chuck Jones. | ![]() |
| 3D monster animator Ray Harryhausen. | ![]() |
State of the art in 2016: |
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| Kubo by Laika uses CGI and 3D printed heads combined with stop-motion | ![]() |
| Traditional Disney animator Glen Keane explores VR | ![]() |
If you enjoy animating stick figures, try the free Stykz (Windows, Mac, Linux) and Pivot (Windows only). Export as gif to add to your site. Stop-mo animation: http://www.animationtoolkit.co.uk/software/
Creating Flipbooks, Zoetropes and Praxinoscopes. More examples at Victorian-cinema.net
Planning your animation using
Storyboard template (6 up) | Storyboard (Widescreen 3 up) with Topview
Storyboard examples: W&G | StarWars Troopers/Bullfight | IratePirate
www.animationmeat.com/pdf/televisionanimation/strybrd_the_simpsonsway.pdf
examples from the storyboard artist
Intro to Storyboards:
Cuts & Transitions:
Cutting Edge - movie editing with Walter Murch, Martin Scorsese, Stephen Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino:
Flipbooks used in music videos:
Kraak & Smaak flip-book music video from WEAREWILL
Presidents of the USA: Mixed up S.O.B.
Moray McLaren – We Got Time from Blink on Vimeo.
Moray McLaren – We Got Time “Making Of” from Blink