Stop Motion Animation

Stop Motion Animation

What is Animation?

Animation is the illusion of movement created by showing a range of different still images at a fast pace, or giving life inanimate objects and or puppets. Animation can include different products such as, Disney and Pixar which are the two main products.


The first animations were found around 2.5 million years ago. This would be known as the paleolithic era also known as the stone age. These animations were found in caves that were probably drawn by cave men to show and share their experiences to others. Even though the cave paintings were not creating the illusion of movement, people still classified as first animations founded.

 Disney:                                                                                                                                                                                 

• The Lion King
• 101 Dalmations
• Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
• Cinderella 
• The Jungle Book
• Sleeping Beauty
• Dumbo 
• Bambi

The main company is 'Walt Disney' which was founded on October 16th, 1923.

Pixar:

• Finding Nemo
• Brave
• Inside Out
• Monsters Inc
• Toy Story 
• Cars
• Coco
• The Good Dinosaur

The main company is 'Pixar' which was founded on February 3rd, 1986. 

Minimalist Film Posters 

  As you can see in the poster, this film is called 'The Lion King'. However, if the name was not mentioned in the poster the majority of the people would know what this film is since it is a classic. We would also know what the film is because in the poster we can see a big lions head, which tells us that it is probably the main animal in the film. Furthermore, we can see that the lion eye is the sun which is mighty, powerful and the over looker of the world. This shows that the lion is all mighty and has dominance over all animals; we can see this in the poster because it shows the animals following the lion. Also, by the lion roaring it shows us that it's not to be messed with, since it is fearless and dangerous.

The poster above is from the movie jaws. We can tell that it is the movie jaws because of the fin which is in red. This could be seen as being a gory film since the shark fin is in red, this could be portrayed as the shark being a killer and dangerous. Also, the red colour on the poster should really be blue because it is meant to be water, but the reason why they done this is maybe because the shark is a predator so when they actually kill another fish or a human the ocean will turn from blue to red (blood). This can also be seen as the shark leaving a trail of blood from its victims. However, this poster can be portrayed as being poly semi because the shark fin can be something of multiple meanings. For example, it could be a character from another film or even a weapon.