1. Digital camera with a time lapse feature.
   Sufficient image storage capacity.
   Tripod with lockable swivel head.
   Simple lights (e.g. fluorescent desk lamps or low power incandescent bulbs).
   Background cloths or sheets.
   Mains power adapter (allows unlimited time and greater reliability).
   [batteries are usually not suitable except for short duration sequences]
   A remote release (infrared or cable) is handy to avoid bumping the camera. - http://members.ozemail.com.au/~cumulus/lapse1.htm
2. Flash and Shockwave - http://www.howstuffworks.com/web-animation5.htm
3. Otto Messmer - http://www-viz.tamu.edu/courses/viza615/97spring/pjames/history/main.html
4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - http://www.animationhistory.com/snowwhite/Origin/origin.html
5. Scrappy, Scooby Dee and Scooby Dum amongst others was a major error of judgement - http://www.dfcom.freeserve.co.uk/hbw/shows.htm
6. Edit sound and pictures, Add the sound track, Lab makes final print - http://library.thinkquest.org/11039/steps.html
7. At 15 frames per second, you will have full motion animation. - http://www.dpreview.com/learn/Image_Techniques/Movies_Still_Animation_01.htm
8. The main advantages of GIF animation are that it is incredibly simple to work with and it is automatically recognizable to most Web browsers.  The disadvantage is that you have to keep the animation pretty simple to keep the file size down. - http://www.howstuffworks.com/web-animation2.htm
9. With animated speech, if there is only a small amount of expression from the character an animator may sculpt the mouth shapes on the puppet's head, however, if more speech is required we will make mouth replacements. - http://www.aardman.com/culture/tour/model.html
10. The Simpson's" is in the $500 per second range: $750,000 - http://www.theclayman.com/faq.html#faq4

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