Cell Based Animation

Cell Based Animation is a series of hand drawn images on sheets of clear plastic, and every time one is drawn a photograph is taken of it, and then traced over but slightly changed and another photograph is taken. this process goes on until you have your animation. But it also takes 25 images to make up a second on when creating a cell based animation, so that takes a really long long time! A traditional form of animation used in the production of cartoons or animated movies where each frame of the scene is dran by hand. A full-length feature film produced using cell-based animation would often require a million or more drawings to complete. 

Here is the first full featured length movie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, a disney classic. It took disney creators a least  3 years to create this movie!