DDP History of Computer AnimationName:______
PART 1:
- Computer Graphics is a ______industry.
2. Sixty years ago, Walt Disney required ______artists to draw the images for his
groundbreaking film Bambi.
3. The origins of computer graphics began the 1950’s at the height of the ______.
4. In 1963, the mathematicians at MIT came up with a radical new concept called
______.
5. The ground breaking program was called ______and was developed as
a design tool.
6. In the 1960’s, the ______industry developed their own program to draw
more sophisticated designs.
7. In 1976, another technological milestone; making the computer drawing ______.
Computers could also ______and manipulate pictures.
8. At the University of Utah, scientist were determined to recreate the object that was not
only 3-D but realistic. What object did they choose?______
9. How did they first show the teapot? ______in a 3-D ______
10. What process was applied to simulate the way light reflected off the surfaces? ______
11. ______was the key to realism. Possibilities were endless!
12. In the 1970’s, the software was held back by the ______.
13. In 1971, this revolutionized the computer world; the advent of the ______
or ______.
14 What does CGI mean? ______
15. The ______agency spotted the potential of powerful images that
could be created by CGI.
16. The next generaton of commercial direction married computer generated images with
______and created an imaginary yet real life world.
PART 2
17. Using tracking points on the actors’ body, a wireframe could be mapped giving the actor a
______, from now on the possibilities were unlimited.
18. Tron was the first feature film combining live actors and computer generated images where ______animators worked 9 months using only the computer to create ______spectacular shots.
19. In Toronto, Canada, programmers had been working on a computer software that could produce the most realistic digital effects possible was called ______.
20. How many controls did it take to animate Shreks face? ______
21. Since 1990’s, CGI has become the mainstay of Hollywood action movies, Alias joined forces with the California basedwavefront to develop a new software called ______.
22. This allows you to ______, ______, and ______3-d computer graphics scenes.
23. It took 300 animators well over ______years to animate Shrek.
24. Shrek featured the first realistic computer generated humans who not only had to speak dialogues but also express ______. ______controls were used to animate Shreks face alone.
25.. This was a ______in computer graphics because characters really engaged with the audience.
26. Process called ______, is when computer calculates all the elements together such as ______, ______and ______to create the final image.
27. Animation is Pure ______!
28. The more complex the show, the longer it takes to ______.
Not only films have benefitted from this revolution but also games.
29. ______has become the true art of the 21st Century.
Be prepared to be amazed!