Instructions | The Questions | Resources | The Big Question

Instructions

Use the Internet links below to uncover some "Treasures" of animation and how you might soon create your own.  Each Resource Link is used once to answer one question.  After finding all the answers and recording them in your theme book, move to the Big Question to bring your ideas together in a broader understanding of the topic.

The Questions

1. What equipment will you need to use time lapse photography?  Right There

2. What type of popular web animation uses vector-based files instead of pixels?  Right There

3. In the time before Walt Disney, who created Felix the Cat?  Right There

4. What was Walt Disney's first ever feature length cartoon?  Right There

5. The introduction of which three characters is classed as a "major error of judgement" by Hanna Barbera Productions?  Right There

6. What are the last three steps a professional animator uses to make animated movies?  Right There

7. How many frames-per-second (fps) is full motion animation?  Right There

8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using GIF animations on the web?  Think & Search

9. At Aardman Studios, how do the artists create animated speech?  Think & Search

10. How much would an animated TV series cost per episode (like The Simpsons) to produce if it lasted for 25 minutes?  Think & Search

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Resources

• How Web Animation Works - Animated GIFs

• Time Lapse Photography - by Keith Lightbody

• How Web Animation Works - Flash and Shockwave

• History of Animation: Before Disney

• The Origins of Snow White

• Hair Bear Web! - Hanna Barbera shows

• Model Making - Aardman artists show you behind the scenes

• The Steps The Pro's Use To Make Animation Movies

• How much does animation cost? - The Clayman's Funhouse

• Movies 101: Still Animation - Use your digital camera to make animation

The Big Question Think & Search

Look over all your answers above and decide what would be the best tools to use for each of the various types of animation:

• claymation

• stop motion animation

• still animation

Write the answers to all three types in your Theme book and start thinking about what type of animation you'd like to produce for our Film Festival.

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Now that you've finished, you can find the answers here and check them for yourself!

 qbstheme@lycos.com

Last updated February 26, 2003
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Have a read of this website by Tom March.  He has some great research telling you all about the different activities we are doing here.