Cartoons are the most interesting part of childhood. And many retain their love for them in adulthood, especially since cartoons are becoming more mature and more interesting.
Cartoons are made in different ways, the most popular is to create the illusion of movement using a series of hand-drawn images. You can try to do this with a child - draw in a thick notebook or notebook a series of drawings with some changes from the last page to the first. Now if you quickly start scrolling through the pages, you get a small hand-drawn cartoon.
But real animation is a very laborious process. First, the script of the film is written, then a lot of pictures are drawn, they are photographed and assembled into one whole at a speed of 24 frames per second, sound is additionally superimposed and synchronized. The production of one cartoon can take from several months to several years.
Puppet animation is no less popular. The principle of operation is the same - photographing and assembling frames, but the heroes are dolls, on each next frame there are minimal changes in position, and when assembling, an illusion of movement is obtained.
Computer animation is gaining momentum. After the main characters are drawn in the program and their main poses are indicated, the computer itself calculates intermediate movements, creating a cartoon.
Computer animation and animation are the most promising types of animation in the development, which give the maximum opportunity for the implementation of creative ideas.
How to make cartoons yourself?
Some parents make cartoons at home with their children. One of the ways has already been mentioned above - drawing a series of pictures in a notebook or notebook. As a more modern option - drawing pictures in a computer and assembling the finished video using special programs.
At home with a child, you can also shoot puppet animations - the main characters can be plasticine creatures, household items, food in the kitchen and everything that will only be of interest to the child. For example, you can recreate a kolobok in the kitchen and capture it in a film.
To produce such a film, you will need a digital camera and a lot of patience, the more frames are taken with minimal changes on them, the smoother and more beautiful the video will be.
Directly to assemble video, you can use one of the popular programs, for example, Video Spin, PhotoSHOW or VideoMach. Many programs have been released for these purposes.
For older children, 3-D graphics programs are available to draw cartoons directly in the program, without material embodiment.
