Drawn-on-film animation

Drawn-on-film animation

Drawn-on-film animation, also known as direct animation or animation without camera, is an <a href="/en/Animation" title="Animation" class="wl">animation</a> technique where footage is produced by creating the images directly on <a href="/en/Film_stock" title="Film stock" class="wl">film stock</a>, as opposed to any other form of animation where the images or objects are photographed frame by frame with an animation camera.


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Drawn-on-film animation, also known as direct animation or animation without camera, is an animation technique where footage is produced by creating the images directly on film stock, as opposed to any other form of animation where the images or objects are photographed frame by frame with an animation camera. 