Some of my favourite animations come from my childhood but of course there are many favourites as an adult too.
Many of the animations from my childhood were the traditional method of hand drawn. I was introduced to clay animation with the rise of Aardman's Wallace and Gromit. These led my interest in animation at college. Toy Story was quite a advancement in animation with more use of computer animation and the details becoming even more life like. As the years have gone on the use of cgi and the quality of computer animation is getting better and better.
Frozen 2 is a great example of the complexities that can now be achieved. Bringing realistic backgrounds together with characters that almost look life like, their hair so life like, you can almost reach out and touch it.
The 80's and 90's children's tv used a mix of animation. Trap Door used claymation and Tony Hart's Morph. Button Moon was more like puppetry and then cartoons likes Danger Mouse, Scooby Do, Pigeon Street all used the hand drawn method.
Postman Pat in the 80's was a great example of how 3D animation was used to create a world for children that felt real. The set of Greendale village was like a real village with cottages where Pat would do his rounds. His van would take him and his cat Jess around the roads to deliver the post to the different residents. Attention to detail was seen in the little parcels, letters, flowerbeds, all the normal things we see in our day to day life.
Of course Disney was a huge pioneer of animation beginning with Steam Boat Willie, hand drawn animation with sound effects and even making smoke and water look realistic with line work and colour blocking in black and white.
Animation has evolved dramatically over the years, becoming more and more advanced. It's exciting to see where it will lead in the future.
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