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There are many different animation techniques used within cinema, these include drawn animation, cut out animation, stop motion animation and computer generates imagery (CGI).

Many older animated films were done using drawn animations, this is done similar to a flip book where each drawing is slightly different, this is a very long process, some of the most notable drawn animation films are Aladdin, The Lion King and Tarzan.

Cut out animation was used in the earliest known animated films, it was done by using materials such as paper and card and then creating props, characters and backgrounds, this type of animation is done by using computers nowadays. Some cut out films include South Park and Twice Upon A Time.

Stop motion animation is usually done using clay or plasticine models, a picture would be taken of a scene, the characters would be moved slightly and another picture would be taken etc. this is also a very long process. Stop motion films include; Corpse Bride, Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit.

CGI is where all the animation is done using models created on a computer using computer graphics, this is more commonly used nowadays than the other techniques, it literally a digital successor of stop motion animation. Films created using CGI include; Over the Hedge, Shrek and Toy Story.

A Scanner Darkly

A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 animated film, it is a sci-fi thriller based on a novel by Philip K. Dick.

The film was filmed digitally and then later animated using interpolated rotoscope.

Interpolated rotoscoping is where an artist draws a start and end key frame and the Rotoshop program automatically generates the frames in between, it is a simple form of automatic tweening.

Yellow Submarine

Yellow Submarine is an animated musical film based on The Beatles music, it was released in 1968.

The film was directed by George Dunning and produced by United Artists and King Features Syndicate.

The Beatles personas in the film were based on their appearance in their promotional film for Strawberry Fields Forever, and the film is based in music from the Beatles and has a lot of references to their songs.

The film was animated using the technique of rotoscoping.

Monty Python

Terry Gilliam is the animator behind the Monty Python animations.

Terry, born 22 November 1940, is an American born British animator, actor, director, screenwriter and a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.

Warner Bros

Warner Bros. Animation is the animation part of the of Warner Bros. which is a subsidiary of Time Warner.

Warner Bros. Animation is the successor to Warner Bros. Cartoons, which used to be called Leon Schlesinger Productions which produced Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons from 1933 to 1969.

Warner Bros. Animation was founded in 1980, to produce Looney Tunes related work.

Since 1990 Warner Bros. Animation has focused on making cartoons and feature films that are related to other Time Warner things such as DC Comics.