Animation is a series of still drawings that, when viewed in rapid succession, gives the impression of a moving picture. The word animation derives from the Latin words anima meaning life, and animare meaning to breathe life into. Throughout history,...

Short for ‘animation socio-culturelle’. The stimulation of people to awareness of their own needs as a group, so that they define the nature of the needs, determine the means to satisfy these needs and act to do so. Thus it is neither...

Animation is the art by which two-dimensional drawings or inanimate objects are turned into moving visual representations of three-dimensional (3-D) life. Computer animation uses computer hardware and software to make the animation process easier,...

Animated feature-length films have carved a niche in American culture as a viable and enduring art form. Whether the story concerned the X-rated adventures of Fritz the Cat or the G-rated fairy tales offered up over the course of 60 years by Disney...

The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. This animation moves at 10 frames per...

Animals, animated heroes roar into new TV season for children By SUSAN KING Los Angeles Times Thursday, September 14, 2000 Hollywood -- As school kids start hitting the books again, television is back in action, too, premiering its new children's...

Colour Contamination Written and directed by Louise Bagnall, Colour Contamination is a short animated film funded by the Irish Film Boards 'Short Shorts' scheme. It is the story of a clean-cut business man who is adverse to all things colourful. He enters a...

James Laurinaitis’s father, Joe Laurinaitis, worked as a pro wrestler under the name “Animal” for years. His in-ring costume included football pads adorned with metal spikes and multi-colored face-paint. His son was apparently meant to wear a helmet on Saturdays (and soon, on Sundays), hitting...

The tagline for Disney's upcoming "Enchanted" could well be the motto for the latest push in animation: "The real world and the animated world collide."Not simply colliding in the slapstick tradition of 1988's pioneering "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?," but in the more fundamental sense of...