'The Animation Academy' offers an education in the history of animation, from hand-drawn cels to stop-motion to computer-generated images.
is unveiling its new headline exhibit,"The Animation Academy: From Pencils to Pixels."
"This is a very interactive exhibit where you learn about the history of animation," Farmer said."Some pioneers in animation you may not know about. There's a lot of hands-on things where you can actually animate things and learn the process. And it's all that behind-the-scenes stuff that you may not know about that really is intriguing about this exhibit."
But it is that passion for making film and appreciation for artists that inspired him to make the exhibit.Saturday morning cartoons have a kind of altar at the Animation Academy. One of Carlson’s favorite spots is the stop-motion studio, where they actually made a Gumby film after 50 hours of meticulous animation.
But the exhibit does try to explain some of the magic behind animation. Take a massive camera set up to shoot single frames of animation.
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