Suppose you had a deck of cards, each of which contained the figure of a man with his arm in a slightly different position.
And suppose you arranged this deck so that in the bottom card, the man held his hand at his side, and in each successive card, he lifted his arm until, at the top card, his hand was on top of his head.
If you were to flip through the cards very quickly, it would appear that the man’s arm was rising in one motion until his hand was on top of his head.
That’s the way cartoon figures “move” in animated movies. Each frame of film contains a drawing that is slightly different from the ones before and after it. These frames move across the screen so rapidly, usually 24 frames per second, that it appears the cartoon figures are moving in one continuous motion.
Related Posts
-
Which Ancient Egyptian Tomb Was Filled with Toys And Figures?
In 1920, an American scientist was exploring, a tomb near the site of the ancient city of Thebes. This tomb was the resting place of a nobleman named Meket-Re, who lived and died…
-
How Do Stars Move Across the Universe and Why Do Stars Move Across the Sky At Night?
Traditionally, people have thought of the stars as immovable and permanent, but they do move. We know the stars move because we know that the universe is expanding. But Earth is also moving…
-
Who Created the Cartoon Character Porky Pig and Who did Porky Pig’s Voice Before Mel Blanc Took Over?
Porky Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. The character was designed by animator Bob Clampett and introduced in the short "I Haven't Got…
-
How Did Walt Disney’s Mortimer Mouse Get its Name and What Happened to the Original Cartoon Character?
Mortimer was Walt Disney's original name for a cartoon mouse in the historic 1928 cartoon "Plane Crazy." When Walt came home and told his wife about the little mouse, she didn't like the…
-
How Did the Peanuts Comic Strip Get its Name and How Did the Charles Schulz Cartoon Originate?
Charlie Brown first appeared as a character in a syndicated cartoon in September of 1950, which was named Li'l Folks. The most popular children's television show at the time was Howdy Doody. The…
-
How Did the Chipmunks and Rocky and Bullwinkle Get Their Names and How Did the Cartoon Characters Originate?
The Singing Chipmunks were inspired by a near accident. Their creator, Ross Bagdasarian, had to swerve sharply to miss hitting a chipmunk while driving on a country road. He named the trio Alvin,…
