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Intro To Media Arts
Animation Chapter
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Undergraduate 1
05/22/2007

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What does Animate mean?
Definition
To bring to life
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Cel Animation
Definition
Animation drawn on transparent sheetsof celluloid, then layered over background
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Stop-Motion (Claymation)
Definition
Figured, posed, and photographed in series of small movements
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Rotoscope
Definition
To trace over live action footage for the purpose of animation
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What were the two books Edweard Muybridge put out?
Definition
1) Animal Locomotion
2) The Human Figure In Motion
Term
1st animated film
Definition
The Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (J. Stuart Blackton)
Term
1st animated character with personality
Definition
GERTIE the dinosaur
Term
1st Disney animated film with synced sound
Definition
Steamboat Willy
Term
Analog video computer that later became the Scanimate
Definition
The Animac
Term
1st 3d models were displayed using what?
Definition
SIGGRAPH
Term
What was the first film to incorporate CGI?
Definition
Westworld (1973)
Term
What was the first film to have a 3D image in it?
Definition
Star Wars! (1977)
Term
What was the first film with CGI environment with actors?
Definition
Tron (1982)
Term
1st CGI short film to win academy award
Definition
Tin Toy
Term
1st movie to integrate both CGI and stop motion
Definition
Jurassic Park (1993)
Term
1st computer animated full length feature?
Definition
Toy Story (1995)
Term
Most realistic feature to date?
Definition
Final Fantasy (2001)
Term
Modeling
Definition
Creating a 3D object
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Maquette
Definition
Detailed sculpture
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Primitives
Definition
Basic shapes
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NURBS
Definition
"Splined based" curved lines plotted in 3D
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Polygon
Definition
Flat, closed surface w/ 3 or more sides
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Bump Maps
Definition
2D Illusion of depth
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Material Maps
Definition
Reflective properties (the tin pan, not the sponge)
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Keyframing
Definition
Artist sets key positions of model, and computer creates movement between them (Interpolation-"Tweening")
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Motion Capture
Definition
Recording a human performance (3 types, Optical, Magnetic, and Electro Mechanical)
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Effects
Definition
Points in a 3D space that are animated based on physics
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Rendering
Definition
Converting 3D into 2D (MOST TIME CONSUMING)
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Compositing
Definition
Layering seperate rendered images or CGI with live graphics
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