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CURRICULUM EXTRA • Unit 4 • Art: The history of animation
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Check the meaning of the words in the box.
Then match them with the pictures.
cel
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The history of
character
backgrounds
stick figure
1
C
B
animation
In the 1880s, British photographer Eadweard
Muybridge, invented the zoopraxiscope. This machine
took photographs of moving things. He put them onto
discs and as the discs turned, the photographs seemed
to move. This was a very early form of animation.
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D
2
headings a–d with paragraphs 1–4.
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B
C
D
Stop-motion animation
Computer animation
Early animation
Hand-drawn animation
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Read and listen to the text. Match
In 1895, the Lumière brothers invented the world’s first
film camera, the cinematograph. Early film-makers
used it to make stop-motion animation. They filmed
objects, one picture at a time, moved the object, then
filmed again. Film-makers used this technique to
make
King Kong
in 1933. Stop-motion animation never
became very popular, because it’s an extremely slow
process. However, some film-makers, for example Nick
Park, still make films like
Shaun the Sheep
in this way.
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3
Read the text again and answer the
questions.
1
What did the zoopraxiscope do?
2
When did the Lumière brothers make
the cinematograph?
3
Why didn’t stop-motion animation
become popular?
4
What studio made the first cartoon
with sound?
5
When did film-makers start using
computers for special effects?
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What is the name of the first CGI
feature film?
In the 1920s, famous animator Walt Disney started to
make animated films with drawings, not photos. Artists
drew the pictures onto a transparent piece of plastic,
or cel. The film-makers put the cels on top of painted
backgrounds and photographed them one at a time.
This technique is called ‘hand-drawn animation’. In
1928, Disney studios introduced the character of Mickey
Mouse in the first cartoon with sound,
Steamboat Willie.
People started using computer animation in the
1960s. At first, computers could only make simple
stick figures move on film, but by the 1990s, studios
were using realistic computer-generated imagery
(CGI) for special effects. Soon, they were producing
completely computer-animated films;
Toy Story
(1995) was the first fully computer-animated film.
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USE IT!
Research the making of
your favourite animated film.
Prepare a short presentation on the film.
Include this information:
•
Which film-makers and studios worked
on the film?
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What animation techniques did they use?
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Was it a blockbuster?
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What do you like about it?
Give your presentation to the class.
PHOTOCOPIABLE
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Curriculum extra
Unit 4 English Plus Options dla klasy VII
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