Animation Investigation

1. Identify and describe the steps required to make a feature length animation. http://www.pixar.com/howwedoit/index.html

2. What is renderman? https://renderman.pixar.com/

3. Listed below are several different types of animation. Describe how each one is produced:

·         cgi animation

·         clay animation

·         cut-out animation

·         direct-on-film animation

·         cell animation

·         pixilation

·         object animation

4. Using the resource, http://www.hash.com/lectures/histanim/page1.html
   1. What is Persistence of Vision?
   2. What is a mutoscope?
   3. Who made the first stop motion animation? What was the subject? When was it made?
   4. Why is Gertie the dinosaur important in the evolution of animation?
   5. How did the use of “cells” improve animation?
   6. Why is Steamboat Willie significant?
   7. What was the first feature length animation? When was it produced?
   8. What were the achievement of the “Golden Age” of animation?
   9. How did television cause a resurgence in animation?
   10. What were the significant aspects of animation in the 1980s?
   11. The 1990s brought forth profitable cgi studios including the release of the first full feature 3D animation. What movie was this and who awas responsible for it’s production?