Animator: history and fun facts
Everything a curious kid might want to know about this job.
Did you know?
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A movie or cartoon is really a long line of still pictures. Each picture is a little different, and when they play fast, they look like movement!
Through history
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Long ago
People loved making pictures seem to move long before computers. They used flip books, spinning toys and paper strips with drawings on them.
Tools of the trade
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Drawing tablet
A flat screen you draw on with a special pen. It lets the animator sketch each tiny picture quickly and smoothly.
A day in the job
- 9:00 AMThe animator sits down with a warm drink and looks at the drawings from yesterday. They decide which tiny movement to draw next.
Words to know
- Frame
- One single picture in a moving animation. Many frames played one after another make the movement look real.
Quiz time
Animation can help us learn how a seed grows.