What is animation?

[matafedo]

anyone could tell me what is animation?
well the question is not that, i know what is that actually 'cos im an animator.
anyone tell me the word called animation , is that a pure English word, or has it came from Latin language or any other languages.
or why / how its called as animation, mean where is the word came from?
sorry, don't suggest me search in wikipedia.
thx in advanced and im waiting to give full points for good answer.

[delboy3]

animation n. a. An optical illusion of continuous movement achieved by the rapid succession of separate, still, but gradually varying images, utilised for entertainment in animated cartoons, for example. b. The art or process of achieving this illusion.
[Latin animare, to fill with breath, from anima, breath, soul.]

[Clanad]

I think delboy's dictionary excerpt certainly meets the requirements for an accurate description however, in the context from which you ask, the aspect of filling with breath interpreted as giving life to something that did not previously have life is important. For example, both the words animal and animation have the same root, as previosuly explained (The Latin anima). As an animator, you are able to take an immovable, lifeless firgure drawn on a piece of paper and make it, at least appear, to move and have life.
The earliest animations attempted to do just that and the art continues today with the use of the computer to where it becomes difficult to determine real life from reel life so to speak...

[Octavius]

Even cave paintings are an early form of animation.

As said, the word animation is derived from the Latin word anima, meaning "life" or "soul." Thus, animation is the act of bringing an image or something to life.

[qudosanimations]

Animation is the process of making the illusion of motion and change by means of the rapid display of a sequence of static images that minimally differ from each other. The illusion—as in motion pictures in general—is thought to rely on the phi phenomenon. Animators are artists who specialize in the creation of animation.

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y1rH_s9dwA

[anji333reddy]

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