Process - Traditional animation, also referred to as cel animation, classical, or hand drawn animation implies that each cel his hand drawn and filmed. There are a few major steps to any animated film.
- Storyboard – Characters and a storyboard are created to give the film a general theme and focus.
- Voice Recording – Character voices and sound effects are recorded to give a distinct personality to the picture.
- Design and Timing – Storyboards and voices are put together to give the filmmakers a general feel for the scenes and changes to make sure that the basic structure is all in alignment.
- Layout and animation – Scenes are then laid out and drawn to specifications generated through the previous processes and the full animation begins to take shape.
- Backgrounds – Parallel to character creation, backgrounds are created to give the characters depth and frame of reference.
- Filming – Through a number of different methods from traditional to digital, cels are filmed in succession to form a comprehensive film ready for editing and viewing.
Techniques – Traditional cel animation employs the use of multiple drawings each varying slightly from one to the next. In the earliest days of cel animation the whole image was drawn and redrawn for each shot. Afterward, cel animation evolved to layers of cells placed on top of one another where non moving items were drawn as part of the background and moving parts were layered on top of background cels. Limited animation utilizes small moving areas to create movement on a lower budget. Limited animation is not very life-like but is effective on small budgets.
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