10 Things About Animation

1. (1896) George Milies discovered how to make objects move by making drawing with slight changes in movement and projecting them in order.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/sh/animation/sh_animation_subj.html

2. Video game animation uses 3D objects, CG theatrical scenes, and an in-game engine that generates the gameplay and avatars.
http://www.animationarena.com/video-game-animation.html

3. Despite having a patriarchal culture, Japanese animation features a lot of strong female characters.
http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2004/anime.html

4. The stereotypical large eyes in Japanese animation were influenced by early works of Disney animation.
http://www.carleton.ottawa-anime.org/afaq.html

5. In television animation, the average 20 minute show consists of 30,000 or more frames.
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/tv-animation.htm/printable

6. All dialogue is recorded before any scenes are animated.
http://animation-now-and-then.com/anim.htm

7. The average number of drawings in the animated film Bambie is about 400,500.
http://animationarchive.net/Feature%20Films/Bambi/Fun%20Facts/

8. The stop-motion animation technique involves photographing an object, repositioning it, then photographing it again.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/724969/stop-motion-animation

9. Mickey Mouse was originally going to be named Mortimer Mouse.
http://www.bukisa.com/articles/194313_interesting-and-fun-facts-about-walt-disney

10. The size of the crew that made Shrek the Third was about 350.
http://www.escalight.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=34