mark making on flim

With digital editing tools, stop-action animation (think Wallace and Gromit, or Tim Burton) has become more forgiving to make and therefore more new artists are trying their hand at it, making stop-action film more common in commercials, shorts and MTV-ish channels. But it's really difficult to make a decent flexible figure for stop-action that will not move unless you want it to, but will move exactly as you want it to when you do, and even more challenging to make one that looks alive. I know I've tried. There's really no other way to do this; you have to make a special armature figure. I can't imagine there are more than five readers of Cool Tools interested in how to make a really good latex puppet for use in animated videos and films. But for you five, here's some gold: an all-you-need-to-know step-by-step DVD from a gal (Kathi Zung) in New York City who's perhaps the only professional animated latex puppet maker in the galaxy. She does everything in her loft kitchen, and is very eager to tell you what she has learned. It's as thorough a workshop course as I've seen, with no detail or potential problem unattended.

http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/filmmakers/making.html

cell animation

The Simpsons have always offered both limited edition and original production cels to fans who are looking to capture a piece of history from television's longest running sitcom and hang it right on their own wall ! The holy grail of Simpsons merchandise is being the proud owner of an official cel used in the creation of the show. These cels have been increasing in price every year since the animated sitcom began and will continue to be sought after when the show has come to an end. This site is your ultimate guide to help you learn about The Simpsons animation cels, look at my collection, and find links to the best places available for purchasing Simpsons cels. I have been collecting Original Production Simpsons Cels for over 8 years now and would like to share my knowledge with anyone who has ever dreamed of owning a cel. I hope that this site will help answer all of your questions and start you on your way to collecting the greatest piece of Simpsons merchandise that you can ever own.

http://www.animationsensations.com/

cut-out animation

Cut-out animation is one of the oldest forms of animation and in pre computer days, probably the easiest to create. As its name implies, cut-out animation involves moving cut-out shapes in small steps and taking a picture at each stage, this is a lot less work than having to draw every single frame of the animation.

http://www.aifweb.com/animation/cutout_anim/cutout_animation.html

index cards

an index card is a small card that your right things on in order


http://www.landmark-project.com/evaluation/dic1.php

collage

a collage is a belending of colors mixed together

http://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/

mortor drive

History - This was used by Pearce Studios Ltd from the mid-60's. All the Hitch-Hiker animated graphics was shot on it. It achieved as many as 26 multiple passes without drift. In 1983 it was adapted for computer control and the Max Headroom 3D wireframe was shot direct from an aircraft instrumentation display frame-by-frame onto 35 mm - again using multiple passes (one for each colour).

http://www.motorcontrol.com/