Manchester, United Kingdom

Computer Animation and Visual Effects

Bachelor's
Language: EnglishStudies in English
Subject area: computer science
Qualification: BSc
Kind of studies: full-time studies
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
University website: www.mmu.ac.uk
Animation
Animation is a dynamic medium in which images or objects are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today most animations are made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Computer animation can be very detailed 3D animation, while 2D computer animation can be used for stylistic reasons, low bandwidth or faster real-time renderings. Other common animation methods apply a stop motion technique to two and three-dimensional objects like paper cutouts, puppets or clay figures. The stop motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject is known as pixilation.
Computer
A computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming. Modern computers have the ability to follow generalized sets of operations, called programs. These programs enable computers to perform an extremely wide range of tasks.
Computer Animation
Computer animation is the process used for generating animated images. The more general term computer-generated imagery (CGI) encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images, while computer animation only refers to the moving images. Modern computer animation usually uses 3D computer graphics, although 2D computer graphics are still used for stylistic, low bandwidth, and faster real-time renderings. Sometimes, the target of the animation is the computer itself, but sometimes film as well.
Animation
Anything can be done live-action if you have unlimited time and unlimited money. But it wouldn’t have looked like the book and it wouldn’t have kept the same emotion as the wonderful paintings that Chris illustrated. So I don’t think it would have been as true to the book if it was done live-action.
Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks and Director Robert Zemeckis Discuss "The Polar Express", Rebecca Murrary, About Entertainment,
Animation
Any story can be told in animation…I’m hoping someone will try to tell a story that’s brand new…not one that’s similar to every other story we’eve seen.
Tom Ruegger, "Tom Ruegger", Laura, Animation Insider, 3 September 2015
Animation
Japan will just no longer be the center of world animation. Maybe in five years, Taiwan will be such a center.
Hideaki Anno, Evangelion Creator Predicts the Death of Anime, Brian Ashcraft, Kotaku 5/25/15.
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