1. Traditional animation
{ What it is?
How they are made?
WILLIAN FERNANDO CARDENAS, CCA - 2012

2. It is a technique of a series of still drawings
that gives the impression of a moving picture.
What traditional
animation is?

3. An animated film
is a complex work
of art that involves
the artistically
work of a team of
talented people:
writers, artists,
illustrators,
painters, actors
and technical staff.
How a traditional
animation is made?

4. 1. Script
2. Storyboard
3. Soundtrack, Voice acting
4. Animatic
5. Design and Timing
6. Layout
7. Animation
8. Digitalization
9. Composing
10. Release
Steps (Pipeline) of
traditional animation

5. 1. Script
2. Storyboard
3. Soundtrack, Voice acting
4. Animatic
5. Design and Timing
6. Layout
7. Animation
8. Digitalization
9. Composing
10. Release
It is a written work by screenwriters.
Movement, actions, expression, and
dialogues of the characters are narrated
by them.
Steps (Pipeline) of traditional animation

6. Movements, actions, expression, and dialogues of the
Script characters are narrated by them.
Steps (Pipeline) of traditional animation

7. 1. Script
2. Storyboard
3. Soundtrack, Voice acting
4. Animatic
5. Design and Timing
6. Layout
7. Animation
8. Digitalization
9. Composing
10. Release
They are essentially a large comics of
the film or some section of the film
produced, that helps to visualize the
scenes and find potential problems
before they occur.
Steps (Pipeline) of traditional animation

8. They are graphic organizers in the form of
Storyboard illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the
purpose of pre-visualizing an animation sequence.
Steps (Pipeline) of traditional animation

9. 1. Script
2. Storyboard
3. Soundtrack,
Voice acting
4. Animatic
5. Design and Timing
6. Layout
7. Animation
8. Digitalization
9. Composing
10. Release
A completed cartoon soundtrack
will feature music, sound effects,
and dialogue performed by voice
actors.
Steps (Pipeline) of traditional animation

10. 1. Script
2. Storyboard
3. Soundtrack, Voice acting
4. Animatic
5. Design and Timing
6. Layout
7. Animation
8. Digitalization
9. Composing
10. Release
An animatic typically consists
of pictures of the storyboard
synchronized with the
soundtrack.
Steps (Pipeline) of traditional animation

11. 1. Script
2. Storyboard
3. Soundtrack, Voice acting
4. Animatic
5. Design
and Timing
6. Layout
7. Animation
8. Digitalization
9. Composing
10. Release
Characters design Color Palletes
Backgrounds Timing
Steps (Pipeline) of traditional animation

12. Based in the animatic, the timing
Design director analyzes exactly what poses,
and Timing drawings, and lip movements will be
needed on what frames.

13. 1. Script
2. Storyboard
3. Soundtrack, Voice acting
4. Animatic
5. Design
and Timing
6. Layout
7. Animation
8. Digitalization
9. Composing
10. Release
They are drawings that indicate poses
of the characters, camera movements
and environmental conditions
Steps (Pipeline) of traditional animation

14. 1. Script
2. Storyboard
3. Soundtrack, Voice acting
4. Animatic
5. Design
and Timing
6. Layout
7. Animation
8. Digitalization
9. Composing
10. Release
Drawing sequences
of animation by making
key frames and Inbetweens
Steps (Pipeline) of traditional animation

15. Timing is the very base of animation,
Animation giving an object variations of force
(speed, weight, etc,)

16. 1. Script
2. Storyboard
3. Soundtrack, Voice acting
4. Animatic
5. Design
and Timing
6. Layout
7. Animation
8. Digitalization
9. Composing
10. Release
Animators' drawings are scanned
into a computer, where they are
colored and processed
Steps (Pipeline) of traditional animation

17. 1. Script
2. Storyboard
3. Soundtrack, Voice acting
4. Animatic
5. Design
and Timing
6. Layout
7. Animation
8. Digitalization
9. Composing
10. Release
The resulting drawings are
composited in the computer over
their respective backgrounds
Steps (Pipeline) of traditional animation

18. 1. Script
2. Storyboard
3. Soundtrack, Voice acting
4. Animatic
5. Design
and Timing
6. Layout
7. Animation
8. Digitalization
9. Composing
10. Release
Steps (Pipeline) of traditional animation

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