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3D Animation Technology Report Three: Animation: Types of Animation: Animation has historically been produced in two ways. The first is by artists creating a succession of cartoon frames, which are then combined into a film. A second method is by using physical models, e.g. King Kong, which are positioned, the image recorded, then the model is moved, the next image is recorded, and this process is continued. Before the advent of the computer animation, all animation was done by hand. Considering that each second of animation contains 24 frames (film), it isn’t difficult to imagine the tremendous amount of work and time that has to go into creating even the shortest of animated films. Key Frames: Considering the immense amount of work that has to go into the making of an animation sequence, the drawing or painting is usually done by more than one person. After all a movie can be anywhere up to 1 ½ hours long which equates to approximately 130,000 different frames, beyond the means of even the speediest artist. A storyboard is laid out; the senior artists then go and draw the major frames of the