Understanding Animation
Edition: 2Rev Ed edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: July 31, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780415397308
Subjects: Animation; Film & Video - General; Performing Arts; Animated films; History and criticism; Cinema/Film: Book
First sentence: To animate, and the related words, animation, animated and animator all derive from the latin verb, animate, which means 'to give life to', and within the context of the animated film, this largely means the artificial creation of the illusion of movement in inanimate lines and forms.