By Diana Miranda

Definitions

A general definition of the term animation is

•“to give life to” (Parent, 2002, xviii).

Richard Auzenne (1994) gives another definition:

• “the creation of movement and ultimately the creation of life in film.”

Brief Background

•Joseph Antoine Plateau

•Winsor Mc Cay

•Otto Mesmer

•Walt Disney Studios

Computer Animation

•Definition

•Computer Animation Categories•Computer-Assisted Animation•Computer-Generated Animation

•Applications

Computer Animation

Facilitate:

•Access

•Organization

•Visualization

Animation and Internet•Esthetic

Locomotion Pictures http://www.locomotionpictures.com/home.html

Splash pageshttp://www.sinac.go.cr/

•Helps visitors with navigationhttp://www.ufcu.org/

•As part of the content http://www.construccionvirtual.com/

Animation and Information Architecture

Bibliography

http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/%7Eluna73/architecture/biblio.htm