Vast world of Animation By rosemarylane  [3 more lists]

There are two ways to do draw on film animation. The first, is on blank film, in which you can paint, draw, glue, etc. directly onto the film. The second, is on black film (developed film) in which the animator can scratch or etch the film to create images. This beautifully done film is etched on black film and is called "Two Sisters" by Caroline Leaf. Other animators that have done great work drawing on film are, Stan Brakhage and Norman McLaren.

Chalk animation...definitely not a style of animation that is very popular. It basically consists of drawings made out of chalk that are animated through stop motion. Although it is not nearly as widely regarded it definitely takes a lot of patience and precision in making each drawing look clear and detailed. There are quite a few chalk animations out there, but I figured this music video, Strawberry Swing, gives a more modern look of how chalk animation is being used today. There is also another great animation that goes along with Firekites song ""Autumn Song"" animated by Yanni Kronenberg and Lucinda Schreiber. Take a look and let me know what you think!

In the last few years vintage has become the new ""in"" and with the popularity of myspace a new trend arose using Polaroids as user pics. Polaroids captured a photo that kept up the vintage appeal with the low quality and faded colors. It did not take long before people tried new projects with all their hundreds of polaroids they had laying around. This particular clip is an animation created by Jordan Greenhalg (www.thechasefactory.com) in which he uses 987 polaroids to create a short film that reveals the process of making the film as well as showing him running, walking, falling and ultimately being trapped inside the polaroid itself.

When I first heard about sand animation I did not realize to what extent people were actually practicing and perfecting it. With just a simple search on youtube you can see a wide array of sand animations that are being created every day. To give a little background, sand animation is the process of creating images in either a story or simple depictions of people and characters with the use of sand and ones own hand. The sand is sprinkled on a piece of glass lit from either the top or the bottom, most people use overheard projectors or lightboards. Many artists also use colored sand to enhance the quality of the image. Here is an example of sand animation created by the world renowned Hungarian artist Ferenc Cako.

Paper cutout animation is fairly common but tends to stay at a moderately simple level. An example of this is the TV series South Park, where cutout animation was only used in the very beginning and did not have much detail. One of the first cutout and feature length animations was actually done in 1926 by Lotte Reiniger! This film was called "The Adventures of Prince Achmed" and contains highly detailed cutouts. Along with the paper cutouts Lotte also used sheets of lead under the camera and color tinting. Another fascinating aspect of this film is that it was animated frame by frame. Pretty amazing!