Monday, August 24, 2015

Funny Animations: Where They Come From And How They Are Made

By Jim Peterson


Modern meaning of animated cartoons is a semi-realistic or non-realistic sketches or pictures that are used for satire, comedy or some creative kind of such works.

How animated cartoons began

The preparatory sketches used for fresco, paintings, tapestry and stained glass windows during the Middle Ages led to the idea of cartoons. They used cartoons painted on damp plaster and linked the parts to make the entire mural or wall painting.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, cartoons turned into hilarious animations and comic strips. The first animation that was produced was Albert E. Smith's Humpty Dumpty Circus'. Initially, hilarious animation videos used to be silent and black-and-white. The first recognized cartoon which had synchronized sound, was Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie" in 1928, where the popular Mickey Mouse made his first appearance. Disney made a strong connection between action and music. Donald Duck, Popeye the Sailor, Tom and Jerry and a few other cartoon series followed after. The first feature animated cartoon was created in the year 1937. It was Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" and it got immense success.

How are modern cartoons made?

In the modern world, funny cartoon videos are produced with computers. What has not changed ever since is the essential concept of animation. In animation, static pictures are presented rapidly and successively, creating an illusion of motion as a result of phenomenon of persistence of vision. Creating and presenting funny animations could be done in different ways. In addition to motion picture, another common method used to show animated cartoon is video program. However, there are other forms of creating animations as well.

How Viewers are Influenced by Animations

The major audience of these funny cartoon videos are children. Children consider the cartoons to be real, as they are unable to differentiate between fantasy and reality. When children watch cartoons, they could learn a lot of lessons. Through cartoons they can grow the curiosity of observing everything. Thanks to cartoons, they acquire the curiosity to learn more about the real world.

As opposed to other styles of learning, it has been proven scientifically that visual learning help our brains become a lot more active. Children could learn animals, colours and various other things while watching animated cartoons. They can also learn a foreign language from watching animated cartoons.

Cartoon makes its viewers laugh and laughing is good for health, since it increases blood circulation. The effect of humorous animated cartoon videos on our health is good since the stress individuals encounter every single day could be lessened.

How could newbies create animation?

You could create your own humorous cartoon videos utilizing different kinds of computer softwares. As a newbie however, it is advisable to use the Flash and Flipbook softwares.

The Flipbook Program: In addition to lighting, scanning and digital painting; this program can also help you with some tricks you require to do.

The Flash Program: This program, which is truly not that pricey, could help you create web animations. Apart from making short commercials, this program is also frequently utilized to make public service announcements.

So give it a try...creating humorous cartoons is now made simple with these programs. See how viewers would respond if you post the humorous video on Facebook or YouTube.




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