MOVIE ANIMATION VS. GAMING ANIMATION

Childhood days were the days of Tom and Jerry and the Popeye Show. Such was the impact of these animated shows that we never used to miss an episode! Animation has been catching attention since a long era and I love the fact how animation has the ability to fill life in a character. Animation tools and techniques are used in movies, games, cartoons and what not!

The use of animation in all the things that we see around is the reason why an animation career is becoming so popular among the people. To a layman, all kinds of animation may look similar. But it is only in the animation schools that you to get know the techniques of animation used is different in different kind of work.

AAFT Animation School prepares students for taking up animation jobs in various industries of entertainment. Let’s look at the differences between an animation used in movies and animation used in gaming.

•    Angle: In movies, the animator animates only the things which are in view of the shot camera. Audiences keep watching the movie at a fixed angle from beginning to end. In games however, the angle keeps changing. The animation in games has to be done really carefully to make it look good from multiple angles.

•    Control: In animated movies, you have no control over what’s going on. You are merely watching it and the story will go on as the animator has made it. In games however, you are the one taking the story forward! Not that you can do whatever you like, but still, the area is quite large for making your character move.

•    Sound: In movies, a planned audio goes on during the course. On the other hand, while making an animated game you have to have multiple sounds in store for every act- such as walking, running and gunning, to sound differently.

But be it an animated movie or an animated game- both offer amazing entertainment to us!

Animation As A Medium Of Education

Imagine you’re an 11-year-old kid, sitting at school and chewing on your pencil, gazing out the window and mindlessly listening to the teacher ranting on about World War II or what have you. Now, imagine you’re the same 11-year-old kid sitting in a classroom where you and your peers are recreating World War II through some stellar animation. Which do you think you’d prefer? Which would grab your attention? Which would invoke that desire to learn and have fun all at the same time?

Surely, your answer is quite obvious –as would be everyone’s! And that’s exactly why a lot of people these days have been advocating the inculcation of animation in the education system. It’ll be like getting an animation course and a history lesson all rolled into one! 

But all fun and games aside, the education system as a whole must come to realise the sheer benefits of animation as medium of education. Let’s take a quick look at how using animation in the classroom can be a highly effective tool of learning.

•    Communication: Whether it’s textual, verbal or visual, creating animation will allow a student to better their communication skills by putting across their ideas, understandings and concepts in a creative fashion.

•    Story telling: You don’t need to go to Animation Institutes In Delhi to learn the art of story telling through animation! Students will be able to form coherent and impelling stories and convey their ideas and philosophies by using exciting and challenging animation tools.

•    Facilitate positive peer interaction: By introducing animation as a medium of education, students will learn to collaborate in creating their works, and also learn presentation skills that will lead to the creation of a classroom environment that will stimulate positive peer interaction.

•    Creativity and logical thinking: Animation, being an art, will allow students to explore their creativity and be innovative, which will lead to not only aesthetic growth but also work on the intellect and cognitive and emotional aspects of their personality through novel approaches at problem solving etc.

•    Artistic qualities will naturally enhance learning in various other content areas –such as history, literature, etc.