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Biography
other usesrefimprove|date=December 2006Infobox Occupation| name= Animator| caption= Experimental animator Norman McLaren drawing directly on film in 1944| official_names= Animator | type= Art | activity_sector= film|cinema , television , internet , Mass media|media , Video game|gaming | competencies= Drawing, Fine Arts, Acting, Knowledge of relevant computer software | formation= | employment_field= Animation | related_occupation= | average_salary= An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frame s. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film , television, video game s, and the internet . Usually, an animation piece requires the collaboration of several animators. The methods of creating the images or frames for an animation piece depends on the animators' artistic styles and their field.
Other artists who contribute to animated cartoon s, but who are not animators, include Page layout|layout artists (who design the backgrounds, lighting, and camera angles), storyboard artists (who draw panels of the action from the script), and background artist s (who paint the "scenery"). Moreover, voice actors , musician s and other talent may be added as necessary to give the animation additional depth.
Specialized fields
Among the specialized of animators are character animator s (artists who specialize in character movement, dialogue , acting , etc.) and special effects animator s (who animate anything that is not a character; most commonly vehicle s, machinery , and natural phenomena such as rain, snow, and water).
Inbetweeners and cleanup artists
In large-scale productions by major studios, each animator usually has one or more assistants, " Tweening|inbetweeners " and " clean-up artists", who make drawings between the "key poses" drawn by the animator, and also re-draw any sketches that are too roughly made to be used as such. Usually, an artist is hired for the first time in one of these categories, and can later advance to full animator status.
Methods
In the past, animating was a long and arduous process; each frame of a given scene was hand-drawn, then transposed onto celluloid, where they would be traced and painted. These finished "cels" were then placed together and filmed, one frame at a time."How A Cartoon is Made" http://www.sci.fi/~animato/cartoon/cartoon.html
Animation methods have become far more varied in recent years - today's cartoons could be created using any number of interesting Animation|methods , mostly using computers to make the animation process cheaper and faster. These more efficient animation procedures have made the animator's job less tedious and more creative.
See also
Portal|Animation
Animation
Computer animation
Computer graphics
Key frame
Sweat box
References
External links
Wiktionary
http://www.animationtoolworks.com/library/article6.html Animation Toolworks Glossary: Who Does What In Animation
http://www.sci.fi/~animato/cartoon/cartoon.html How An Animated Cartoon Is Made
