Computer Animation: How It's Changed
Everything
The computer has basically revolutionized how we as a
society go about our everyday lives. We check our email, go on Facebook, read
the news and search for videos on YouTube. In animation school, it became
apparent that the old fashioned way of animating was becoming a thing of the
past. Not necessarily so: some animators still go the old fashioned route, but
computer animation and computer generated effects have pretty much changed the
way animation and films are made.
Today's animation schools focus on both the old and the new.
While some still have a loving adoration of hand-drawn cel animation, computers
have streamlined the process. Say you're watching a film like The Wizard of
Oz, which was made with actors in costumes and matte paintings to showcase
the backgrounds of the Emerald City; today it would all be done by computer,
where the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow would be digitally enhanced
characters instead of actors in costume. An actor would have to voice the
character, but in some cases there'd be no need for an actor to actually be on
set, as it could be animated instead.
When the first film version of The Lord of the Rings
was released in 1978, it featured a combination of animated cells and live
action rotoscoping (animating over live action), which gave the film a dark and
mysterious appearance. However the film was limited in what it could do and it
only covered half of the actual story. With the recent Peter Jackson trilogy,
many of the issues that the first film was unable to achieve had been remedied
with computer technology, where live action was mixed with computer generated
characters. The most remarkable element of these films was the use of actor
Andy Serkis who played the notorious Gollum, through a process called 'motion
capture' where an actor is covered with reflective markers, filmed against a
green screen and then a computer generated character is animated over the
motion capture image.
Animation school taught me how the motion capture process
would revolutionize the way animation and films would be made. The impossible
is now possible. The first Star Wars films were made the old fashioned
way, by using models of spaceships and matte paintings. In the first trilogy (Star
Wars, Empire Strikes Back) alien characters were either animatronic
puppets or Claymation. By the time the second batch of films were released in
the late 1990s, all the alien characters and spaceships were computer
generated. This is part of the reason why the series' creator, George Lucas,
has gone back and tweaked his original films, to give them more ambience and
add more graphical flourishes that were impossible when he made the first film
in the 1970s. However this was controversial in some camps, as many die-hard
fans felt the original films should have been left alone without the
new-fangled embellishments.
However,
most animation schools give you the leeway to find your niche. It's good to
experiment with both, which gives a chance to decide which works for you. If
you love computers, then computer animation may be a good fit. But if you love
the way old animation looks, there is still an audience for it and if you're in
animation school, you
might want to give that style a whirl.
Create
Animation Video Which Makes Your Business Move Ahead
With
competition getting intense in promoting every kind of products and services,
everyone is trying to figure out the best means to promote a product. People
are making use of print media, videos and applying their own unique ways to
advertise their products. Due to introduction and existence of multiple ways of
promoting a product it has become difficult for few, especially the new and
small budgeted businesses, to make out what is best for them, or what will
truly work in their favour. And, at times they also get confused in picking the
best means to promote their products. Promoting a product through videos is
today the best option around. They can give the optimum result utilizing the least
resources.
Animation
videos, unlike general videos, have the following characteristics:
Short, crisp and convincing: General videos are not only long
but also fail to generate a uniform amount of curiosity for the whole duration
they are played. At one point they are convincing, while at the other their
effect goes down tremendously. This doesn't happen with animated videos which
are short, sharp, crisp and convincing. Being short they are able to hold the
attention of viewers for the whole duration they are played. An online video
maker deliberately makes them short. They do this to let the viewers get
engaged to them thoroughly and to make the video attention grabbing for their
whole duration.
Technology: General videos don't use animation technology, whereas
animated videos are primarily known for using it. Animation technology helps to
propagate a video and its message faster. They make the best use of cartoon
characters, who work as real actors in a video and thus make the video move
ahead.
Quick popularity: General videos lack the basic and essential element in
them. That is, they can't be shared by anyone even if one likes them. A
character based video has the possibility of going viral within the moment of
its release.
Life wise: General videos, unlike animation videos, are made to run
for a fixed period of time irrespective of whether they are popular or not.
This results into a shorter life span of general videos. Animated videos on the
other hand are evergreen, they can be played as many times as one wishes.
To
effectively advertise products create animation video which is professionally
complete in all respects. Animation video can do what other means of
advertisements cannot.
To
create animation video an online video
maker makes the best use of animation technology. They employ all
the professionals, such as animators, graphic artists, and script writer etc.,
under one roof who make the work move in a professional way.
Computer Animation: How It's Changed Everything
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Oleh
wirman
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