Friday 18 September 2015

Funny Animations: Where They Come From And How They Are Made

By Jim Peterson


People these days define animation as inventive styles of non-realistic or semi-realistic pictures used for humor.

The beginnings of Cartoons

The idea of animation is a result of preparatory illustrations used for fresco, paintings, stained glass windows and tapestry during the Middle Ages. To be able to create murals and wall paintings, they used cartoons drawn on damp plaster to link parts of the entire work.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, cartoons turned into funny animated cartoons and comic strips. Albert E. Smith's Humpty Dumpty Circus' was the animation that was produced first. Initially, funny animated cartoon videos used to be black-and-white and silent. The first identified animated cartoon which came with synchronized sound, was Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie" in 1928, where the well-known Mickey Mouse made his debut. Here, action and music were connected by Disney. Several cartoon series like for example Tom and Jerry, Donald Duck and Popeye the Sailor followed after. The first feature cartoon was made in the year 1937. It was the very successful Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'.

How are modern cartoons made?

In the modern world, funny cartoon videos are made with computer devices. The basic concept of animation, however, has stayed same over the years. By presenting still illustrations in a rapid and successive way, the illusion of motion is attained in animation. Creating and presenting funny animated cartoons could be achieved in different ways. In addition to motion picture, another popular method used to present animation is video program. However, there are other forms of making animations also.

How Viewers are Influenced by Animations

Almost all, if not all children watch funny animated cartoon videos. Cartoons are real to children since they do not recognize the distinction between what is not and what is real. When children watch cartoons, they could discover a lot of lessons. They begin to notice things around them as they start to become a lot more curious. Through animated cartoons, they become intrigued about real life.

Our minds become a lot more active through visual learning compared to other styles of learning and this has been proven scientifically. Kids could learn animals, colours and various other things when watching animation. Kids could even learn other languages in addition to their mother tongue from it.

Laughing enhances the blood circulation. Therefore, cartoons is good for the health since it makes people laugh. Humorous animated cartoon videos can lessen your daily stress and hence can have a positive impact on our overall health.

How could newbies create animation?

You could create your own hilarious cartoon videos using numerous kinds of digital software programs. However, to begin with, you could consider starting with programs like Flipbook and Flash.

The Flipbook Software program: This program can scan, do digital painting and lighting. It can also help you with doing some old or new tricks.

The Flash Software program: You could use this low-cost software to make web animations. Normally, this program is used to make public service announcements in addition to short commercials.

So give it a try...creating hilarious animated cartoons is now made easy with these programs. You could then post the video on Facebook or YouTube to see the viewers response.




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