Animation and Movement

Animation

Animation noun - The quality or state of having abundant or intense activity.

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Movement and animation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Movement" instead a noun "Animation".

Nearby Words: animate, animated, animal, animating, animator

Movement noun - The act or an instance of changing position.

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Animation and movement are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Animation" instead a noun "Movement".

Nearby Words: move, moving, moved, mover

full	full animation	full movement
low	low animation	low movement
normal	normal animation	normal movement
original	original animation	original movement
Other adjectives: single, fluid, poor, actual, entire, slow, little, black, limited, basic, realistic, modern.

The animation similarly became far less stiff, with more attention to fluid movement and expressions.

Source: Western Animation / Sonic Boom
Also, the style of the animation consists mostly of moving the camera across the illustrations to give the story a sense of movement.

Source: Limited Animation
The animation company Rabbit Ears Productions was well known for using dissolve animation where the characters from the illustrations would dissolve into the next panel whenever there is movement from the characters.

Source: Limited Animation

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