Animation is widely used to create film tricks for live-action films. Nowadays, it is usually computer animation; before its discovery, filmmakers used traditional animation. Traditional Animation in Live-Action Film Here are some examples of the films you might have heard about: Czech Films: The Octopus from the Second Floor; Lucie, the Terror of the Street; The Visitors; The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians; or Karel Zemans films Journey to the Prehistoric; The Invention for Destruction; and many more Cartoon Animation Stick, Stick, Start Beating (CZ) or Who Framed Roger Rabbit (USA) The period or realism focused on people and the depiction of unembellished reality Stop-Motion Animation American Films: King Kong; The Adventures of Sinbad; Clash of the Titans; Star Wars; Terminator; Robocop CG Animation in Live-Action Film The most common technique used today for producing tricks in live-action films. Characters are either animated by hand or animated using Motion Capture techniques. Czech Films: Little Witch on a Broomstick; The Blacksmith from Woodham; Micimutr; Murderous Tales; and many more. Foreign Films: Harry Potter; Narnia; Hobbit; or any other superhero film or a sci-fi film you can think of. The post Animation and special effects first appeared on .
CG = Computer Generated 2D = two-dimensional = flat / corresponds to cartoon or cut-out animation 3D = three-dimensional = spatial / corresponds to stop-motion (puppet) film 2.5D = semi-spatial / corresponds to relief film Just as in tradition
ANIMATION Anima (in Latin) = Soul Animation = to animate the inanimate = to create the illusion of movement by projecting a series of rapidly changing static images Based on persistence of vision when the eye perceives a series of rapidly changing images
TECHNIQUES IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA In these techniques, the camera stands on a tripod, similar to live-action films. Its movements are generated devices that allow for the animation in tiny steps. The original solution was camera heads animated by rotat
TECHNIQUES UNDER THE CAMERA These are techniques where the camera hangs suspended, looking down at a table on which the animator animates or takes pictures of finished pre-prepared images (or phases). The camera can zoom in and out (getting closer or f
(1910-1989) A classic of Czech animation and Czech trick film. He is the author of a number of stop-motion and cut-out films (e.g. The Christmas Dream; Inspiration; the series about Mr. Prokouk; Krabat ̶ The Sorcerers Apprentice; and The Tale of J