Cinema

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.