Οι δώδεκα βασικές αρχές του animation και η συμβολή τους στην δημιουργία Κινούμενης Εικόνας

Abstract

The Twelve Principles of animation developed by Ollie Johnston and Frank Tomas, leading designers of Disney, on the book «The illusion of life». The main goal of the principles is to create personality of the designed character in compliance with the basic laws of physics, but also be attributed to the more abstract concepts such as emotional state, timing and appeal of the characters. Although it originally intended to applied to the traditional animation, the principles still have great importance and with the techniques of computer animation and stop motion animation. Besides, John Lasseter, (Pixar Graphics Group) developed the usefulness of these principles and to the creation of 3D Computer Animation at SIGGRAPH conference since 1987. As a tool for teaching animation, it is necessary the comprehension and their use by the students. At TEI of Athens and at the lesson of Animation, the principles included in the theoretical part of the courses and developed through the laboratory exercises to incorporate as a way of thinking and as a communication tool of the students’ development characters, as tomorrow's animation filmmakers. Tomorrow's artist only if he makes his property the foundations of his art can develop his own way of expression, different builds without foundation, that replicate visual material that contains no his personality and therefore not communicating