research into animation (animation project)

animation is a process where there are moving images or shapes, a continuous motion or illusion. of images which are all different to make whar this project will be about, which is animation. animations can be recorded on many different devices, even those which don't involve technology, these could be: a flip book,  motion picture film, or shown/ presented on digital media, such as: GIF, flash or video, to display ones such as this a computer, digital camera or projector can be used.

just like the GIF shown, animations are made of frames, depending on how many frames there are and how long each frame lasts for depends on the length of the animation and detail, such as this one is created of atleast 6-10 frames which play very fast to make the gif seem like a bouncing ball..

Animation creation methods include the traditional animation creation method and those involving stop motion animation of two and three-dimensional objects, such as paper cutouts, puppets and clay figures. Images are displayed in a rapid succession, usually 24, 25, or 30 frames per second..

Techniques 



Traditional 
traditional animation consists of photographs of hand drawn pictures, each pictures is used as one frame, and all the pictures are put together to make an animation., this can include as many pictures/ frames as desired but it will take a while to draw every little movement. depending on detail to create the illusion of movement
every picture is slightly different, so when put together it makes it seem the shape/ object is moving.
"drawings are traced or photocopied onto transparent acetate sheets called cels, which are filled in with paints in assigned colors or tones on the side opposite the line drawings. The completed character cels are photographed one-by-one against a painted background by a rostrum camera onto motion picture film ."

Stop motion animation
stop motion animation is basically manipulating real world objects, photographing them one frame at a time to create the illusion of movement. there are many different types of stop motion animation such as puppet:( obviously using stop motion puppet figures with an armature inside to keep them still and straight -- the pictures is showing an example of a puppet used in stop animation)
clay: ( uses figures made out of clay or any matierial like clay, some may contain a wire frame to keep them upstraight and still, for every frame the clay figures are modled in a way in which when playing all the frames back, it looks like a proper animation, using clay is probably really easy as it can be morphed into many different shapes -- this picture is showing a frame made completely out of clay)
cut out: (consists of cut out pieces of paper or material, cutting out many different shapes and forms, is apparently less time consuming than drawing everything.) these are just a few examples of stop motion animation.
 
Computer animation 
computer animation uses a variety of techniques of animation which are done digitally, some include, 2D, which mainly focuses on the image manipulation using basic 2D images, shapes and forms to create a simple or yet very complicated animation, kind of like cartoons you see some times, and then there is also 3D which is based around building a virtual world with objects and characters move and interact move them to your will, 3D can also make things look realistic to the viewer. (the picture is just showing an example of what 2D and 3D is)

there are many other types of animation such as mechanical  or sand animation or even pin screen, etc, but the ones i mentioned are probably the most well known or mostly used in the industries/ by people today and over the years.