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If you have seen animated movies or TV programs such as //Wallace and Gromit,// //Monsters vs Aliens//, //SpongebobSquarepants or The Simpsons,// they use animation to make their programs or movies. They go through a lot of stages to get those animations look neat, continuous and generally great. Continuation is a big thing for animators to be aware of, each different person needs to look the same. Otherwise there could be a big problem if, during //The Simpsons,// Bart suddenly turned into Spongebob Squarepants! These are the steps and some info on how the pro's get the movies and programs looking awesome!!

1.  Styling: All films get styled nd designed individually to fit the mood, styling is like the setting and first sketched pictures of the animation 2. Story and Story sketch: The basic animation, staging, layout and background handling in the picture are shown in these sketches. 3. Recording the dialogue: All dialogue is recorded before any scenes are animated this is so that the voice can be put into the scene that it should be in. 4. Story Reel  :  The story is put onto motion picture film or video at the exact time the scene should be. 5. Art director: The Art Director works closely with the Director to establish the production "look" of the film, both in terms of color styling for backgrounds and approach to layout 6. Layout: The Layout person takes the story sketch and works out the final staging and dramatic angles,patterns of action for the animator and indicated camera positions and moves such as close-ups, long shots, trucks (moving in or out) and pans (moving side to side) for each scene. Layout artists design the background in pencil, later to be put in color for final production by the background artists. 7. Animation: Rough model sheets are developed at this time to show the characters' basic design and proportion. The animators get pencil layouts, dialogue tracks and an exposure sheet ( list of frames, dialogue animation drawings and camera instructions for each scene) from the Director for the scenes that he or she will be working on. Animators do their animation in a rough sketch style and shoot one or several pencil tests of a scene until the final timing is worked out and the director has approved it. 8. The Work reel: The Story Reel becomes the Work Reel when the rough pencil test scenes are cut into it, replacing the corresponding story sketch. The Director will wait unitl there are a number of rough test scenes cut into the reel before reviewing and okaying them for clean-up. The director needs to make sure that the individual scenes are going fluently. 9. Clean up: The acceptable rough scenes are redrawn by the Assistants putting details on the characters and making minor drawing and animation changes in the scene. The drawings are being prepared for final production, Xeroxing, and painting. 10. Animation check :Animation Check checks each animation drawing of the scene against the exposure sheet and approves is as "OK for Xerox". 11. Effects Animation: Any parts other than character animation, usually fall into the area of Effects. These animators' work ranges from drawing natural phenomenon (water, lightning, fire), to props and three dimensional objects (brooms, cars, roller coasters), to anything that enhances the mood or believability of a scene. 12. Computer Assisted Animation: When a scene calls for using complicated three dimensional objects or backgrounds, and animator can use computer technology as a tool to help create these objects and environments. 13. Background paintings: T he pencil layout is sent to the Background Artist, where the background is painted. Using colour, it is their job to depict the interiors, exteriors and detail of a scene. They must also find the mood and atmosphere of the entire sequence. 14. Colour Model: Establishes the exact colors needed for each character and animated object so that they relate to the color styling of each background 15. Xerox: Usually, the cleaned up scene is sent to the Xerox Camera to be transferred, in perfect registration onto cels - thin, see-through sheets of plastic that will carry each movement of the animated character. 16. Xerox check :Each Xeroxed cel is checked against the matching drawing to make sure all lines have been transferred 17. Paint: After Xeroxing, the cels are sent to the Paint Department where they are painted on the reverse of the inked or Xeroxed line(so that the outline is kept) in the colours that have been decided upon by Colour Models. 18. Final check:All production parts are reviewed in the way they will appear for the camera, one step at a time against the exposure sheet, to make sure that everything is in order before sending to camera for final photography. 19. Camera:The painted cels and matching backgrounds are photographed in color, one frame at a time, onto motion picture film. 20. Final Production  : When the entire picture has been shot, processed and color balanced, the music score along with the dialogue and sound affects tracks are assembled together (the final mix) and combined with the photographic image to form the finished film.

This is how the movies on the bbig screens are made. All of the hard work pays off because all the animated movies turn out great!!!!!


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