Animation is a way of bringing your pictures to life. All film and video is created through a series of pictures spread over time. A camera takes up to 25 pictures to create one second of movement. That means that for some types of animation you would have to create and film 25 drawings for one second
of movement. Don't despair or give up yet! You can create animation without it being so complicated or time consuming.
The first animation and filmmaking exercises in these notes don't even need a camera - there are other ways of creating the illusion of movement.