How an animated cartoon is made
卡通片是怎樣制作的
1 The idea
1 想法
To begin with, some basic ideas for a story are necessary.
一開始,必須有一些基本故事的想法。
For example, a plot needs to be thought of.
例如,需要想出一個故事情節。
That is, the sequence of events in a story.
也就是說,故事中的一系列事件。
The characters and settings are important too.
角色和北京也很重要。
This story is about a robot, Han.
這是個關于機器人,漢的故事。
He works at a hotel in the city centre, but he has a problem.
他在市中心的一家酒店工作,但是他有個問題。
He always forgets things.
他經常忘事。
One day, Han meets his friends. Fanny and Tim, at the pier.
有一天,漢和他的朋友見面。范尼和提姆,在碼頭。
They are waiting for the ferry going to Lucky Island.
他們在等船要去幸運島。
Han says, 'I'm happy. I bought a Palm Pilot. It's useful to have. You won't forget things.'
漢說:“我很高興。我買了個掌中導航員。它很有用。你就不會忘記事情了。
Fanny says, 'Yes, Palm Pilots are useful.
范尼說,“是的,掌中導航員非常有用。
Here's mine.' Tim says, 'Where's yours?'
這個是我的?!碧崮氛f,“你的呢?”
Han says, 'Oh no! I forgot to bring it!'
漢說,“哦,不!我忘記帶了!”
2 The characters
2 角色
In the second stage, the type of characters and their sounds are decided.
在第二階段,角色類型已經他們的聲音需要確定。
Han is a very tall and large robot.
漢是位高大的機器人。
He sounds funny because his voice comes from a computer.
他聽起來很有趣因為他的聲音來源于電腦。
He has square eyes, not round ones, because they are actually video cameras.
他眼睛是方形的,不是圓的,因為他們實際上是影像攝影機。
Tim is a thin, happy boy. He wears glasses, so he looks clever.
提姆是個瘦瘦的高興的男孩。他帶眼鏡,所以看起來很聰明。
It's important to make him look funny but nice.
使他看起來很有趣但是很善良這很重要。
Fanny is a tall, pleasant girl, with a cheerful face.
范尼是個高個、友善的女孩,有張令人愉快的你臉蛋。
She has long, straight, black hair.
她有著長而順的黑發。
She thinks that robots are fun to talk to, so she smiles a lot when she talks to Han.
她認為和機器人說話很有趣,所以和漢說話時她總是笑。
3 The storyboard
3 情節串聯圖板
Now, a rough sketch of the story is made in black and white.
現在,一個大致的故事梗概是黑白色的。
At this stage, the animated cartoon is like a comic strip.
在這一階段,卡通畫就想部連環畫。
Words are added to thought or speech bubbles and captions are inserted.
添加話語或者話語泡和字母被添加。
4 Sound recording
4 錄音
Next, the voices and sounds in your animated cartoon are recorded.
接下來,錄下卡通片里需要的聲音。
For example, Han, Fanny and Tim talking and the noise of the ferry.
比如,漢,范尼和提姆的聲音以及渡船的聲音。
5 Making detailed drawings
5 畫出細節畫
Now, detailed drawings are made and colour is added.
現在,畫出細節畫并上色。
Then different camera angles are set for each drawing.
然后給每幅圖畫設定不同的照相視角。
6 Computerized camera photographs
6 電腦攝像攝影
Finally, each frame (drawing) is photographed separately.
最后,每一幀(圖畫)唄分別拍攝下來。
For this, a computerized camera is used.
這樣便用了電腦攝像攝影。
An animated cartoon is made when the photographed frames are put together and played very fast.
當拍攝成幀并連接起來以很快速度播放時就成了一部卡通片。