Make Your Own Flipbook . Animation is the process whereby still pictures are turned into moving pictures. This is done by flashing a series of images before the eye in rapid succession.
Animation is used in cartoons, television, and film.
In a conventional film, still images flash by at a rate of 24 frames per second. Typically, animation cells flash by at about 12 cells per second. A flipbook contains a series of images, one per page. When thumbed through quickly, the images appear as an animation. Through this exercise the students will explore the animation elements of time and sequence.