How was the animation made?

The main feature of the photography method used to shoot animated films is frame-by-frame shooting.

First, the overall design stage; 1, script, the first step in any film production is to create a script, but the script of an animated film is very different from that of a feature film performed by a real person. Dialogue in general movies is very important for actors' performances, while in animated movies, we should try to avoid complicated dialogues. The most important thing here is to express visual action with pictures. The best animation is achieved through funny actions, in which there is no dialogue, but visual creation stimulates people's imagination. 2, storyboard, the director should draw a sketch of a story similar to a cartoon according to the script (shooting and drawing the script), and show the actions described in the script. The storyboard consists of several segments, and each segment consists of a series of scenes. A scene is generally limited to a certain place and a group of people, and the scene can be divided into a series of shots as picture units, thus constructing the overall structure of an animation. While drawing each shot, the storyboard should have the corresponding action description, telling the truth time, photography description and picture connection as its content. Generally, if there are about 400 shots in a 30-minute animation script, a storyboard with about 800 pictures will be drawn. 3. Shooting table, that is, the progress schedule of the whole animation production compiled by the director, is used to guide the unified coordination of all parties in the animation creation collective.

Second, the design and production stage; 1, design, design work is based on the storyboard, determine the background, foreground and the form and shape of props, and complete the design and production of the scene environment and background map. Design characters or other characters, and draw several standard pages from different angles for other animators' reference. 2, sound, in animation, because the action must cooperate with the music, so the sound recording must be completed before the animation. After the recording is completed, the editor must accurately decompose the recorded sound into each picture position, that is, the second (or first) picture begins to speak, how long it will last, and so on. Finally, the whole sound course (or track) should be decomposed into a list, which corresponds to the sound of each picture position for the reference of animators.

Third, the specific creative stage; 1, original painting creation, original painting creation is some key pictures of animation drawn by animation designers. Usually a designer is only responsible for a fixed role or other roles. 2, the middle illustration production. Intermediate illustration refers to a picture starting from two important positions or frames, usually between two original paintings. The assistant animator makes the middle diagram, and the rest artists interpolate and draw the connection diagram of the role action. Interpolating the continuous action of the painting between the original paintings to meet the specified action time and make it close to the natural action.