Animation Movie Clips

Movie clips containing animation, both solely and partly, can be classified as animated movie clips. In general, the best example of an animated clip would be a small cartoon film or a cartoon character in a normal clip.

Animated clips are used predominantly in advertisements. This is so because they are both different and eye-catching. However, movie clips from animated movies such as Shrek 2, Finding Nemo and Toy Story 2 were also released on the Internet as trailers.

An animated movie clip can be saved in all normal formats such as AVI and MOV, but the format SWF or shockwave flash is best suited for files containing animation. However, the drawback in using this format is that the user must have the shockwave flash runtime player installed.

Animation movie clips can be of two types: 2-dimensional (2-D) or 3-dimensional (3-D). A 2-dimensional animation clip is often created using traditional methods that involve drawing the characters on paper. Hundreds and thousands of individual frames are drawn and then transferred to clear plastic cells. These are then hand painted and filmed in sequence. On the other hand, a 3-dimensional animation clip is created mainly with the help of computers. The basic difference between the two, apart from the increased realism in 3-D, is that, in 3-D animations, the amount of time, labor and equipment required is far less.

Creation of animated movies has now become a large industry and provides immense employment opportunity to thousands of people. For those wanting to pursue creating animated movies as a career, courses in both 2-D and 3-D animations are taught in colleges across the United States. Learning basic animation can be exciting and a lot of fun. Just about anybody can create his own animated movie clips and release them on the Internet.

Online Animation Competitions - Moving Art to the Next Level

Online animation competitions are an essential method of generating exposure for amateur creators. Back at the dawn of YouTube, animation hits like "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" were fun to watch, but showed us that something serious could be achieved with the reach of the Internet. To date, Peanut Butter Jelly Time has been viewed more than 11 million times on YouTube. This is truly amazing considering that the animated short cost next to nothing in production expenses and was distributed and publicized for free.

Seizing upon this ability, video sharing websites have created competitions of varying reward levels. Some provide creators with exposure and little more, while others involve large cash prizes and potentially lucrative contracts.

One important innovator in this area is aniBoom. aniBoom holds yearly amateur animation competitions that reward 50 creators with prizes ranging from $10,000 in cash to free animation software. The aniBoom website also shows various videos that receive regular rankings in various categories, and which are posted mostly as short, funny clips.

aniboom is also increasing in stature in the general animation industry, due to events like the Radiohead In Rainbows animated music video contest. This competition awarded several animators for original animated videos based on Radiohead's music, and judges included members of Radiohead.

Other websites hosting animation competitions include Facebook, YouTube, and Famecast. Regardless of the type of awards, these competitions provide the exposure that is essential to getting noticed and getting hired. For animation creators with true talent and unique modes of expression, the Internet may be the fastest way to move their moving art up to the next level.