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!