Seth MacFarlane A native of Kent‚ Connecticut‚ MacFarlane is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design‚ where he studied animation‚ earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. He was an animator and writer for Hanna-Barbera for several television shows‚ including Johnny Bravo‚ Cow and Chicken and Dexter’s Laboratory‚ before creating his own series for 20th Century Fox entitled Family Guy in 1999. MacFarlane would go on to co-create American Dad! in 2005‚ The Winner in 2007 and The Cleveland Show
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1.0 Abstract Evidence of artistic interest in depicting figures in motion can be seen as early as the still drawings of Paleolithic cave paintings‚ where animals are depicted with multiple sets of legs in superimposed positions‚ clearly attempting to convey the perception of motion.[1] Other examples include a 5‚200-year old earthen bowl found in Iran in Shahr-e Sukhteh and an ancient Egyptian mural. The Persian bowl has five images painted along the sides‚ showing phases of a goat leaping up to
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Everything we see in an animated sequence is there because the creators want us to see them. Animators want us to suspend belief and to actively part-take in the animation sequence‚ unreservedly. 2D animators construct the visual narrative as pictorial representations of or references to one or more “events” that occur in a sequence (Pimenta & Poovaiah‚ 2010). When telling a visual story in animation
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“All the adversity I’ve had in my life‚ all my troubles and obstacles has strengthened me. You may not realize it when it happens‚ but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”- Walt Disney. Grit is the perseverance‚ passion and creativity of a person. Walt Disney was an American motion-picture and television producer and showman. Disney was famous as a pioneer of cartoon films and as the creator of Disneyland. Walt Disney used perseverance‚ passion and creativity to overcome
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http://www.filmsite.org/animatedfilms.html Animated Films are ones in which individual drawings‚ paintings‚ or illustrations are photographed frame by frame (stop-frame cinematography). Usually‚ each frame differs slightly from the one preceding it‚ giving the illusion of movement when frames are projected in rapid succession at 24 frames per second. The earliest cinema animation was composed of frame-by-frame‚ hand-drawn images. When combined with movement‚ the illustrator’s two-dimensional static
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The History of Macromedia Flash Adobe Flash‚ formerly known as Macromedia Flash‚ is a software program used to create and manipulate graphics and animation. It is one of the most common programs used for creating animated web pages‚ video players‚ and audio streaming applications. Flash files are traditionally in the SWF format‚ or ShockWave Flash‚ though many other types of files can be viewed or manipulated with this software. 1. Early History * The history of Flash can be traced
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capture‚ virtual theater‚ digital puppetry‚ real-time animation‚ and the favorite among traditional key frame animators is “The Devil’s Rotoscope” (Furniss). Motion capture‚ in its most basic form‚ is the technique of digitally recording the movements of real organisms‚ usually humans and then applying those movements to some other media (Polhemus). What motion capture allows animators to do is capture the movements of people or animals to create digital models with more realistic movements. Although
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| | Memo To: Professor From: Student Name Date: [ 6/27/2012 ] ------------------------------------------------- Re: Case Analysis- Pixar History Pixar Animation Studios is an independent‚ American computer animation film studio. Pixar’s objective is to combine proprietary technology and world-class creative talent to develop computer-animated feature films with a new three-dimensional appearance‚ memorable characters and heartwarming stories that appeal to audience of all ages. How to
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Regardless of how old you are‚ where in the world you live and no matter what your likes or dislikes‚ one thing is for sure‚ some time in your life you watched a Disney Classic. Wheater it was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs‚ Fantasia‚ or Hercules‚ we have all been touched by the power‚ pleasure and the magic of Disney’s magnificent animated classics. The name Walt Disney has been heard by millions so many times. He is an interesting person and has changed the 20th century forever.He has added a
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When it comes to early animation during the Silent Era‚ many would prefer Walt Disney as their favorite animator because he is one of the most famous cartoonist and created popular fictional characters including Alice’s Wonderland and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit‚ and many would think that Winsor McCay’s cartoons are incredible because he is famous for creating comic strips such as Little Nemo which was made into a film. However‚ McCay and Disney’s lives and careers are not similar to each other through
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