5 Theme The theme is the central idea or belief in a story. Through recognizing the
important elements of a movie, students are expected to be able to master the material related to narrative effectively. Besides that, by recognizing the elements
of movie, students will be easy to arrange their idea in retelling the movie to the others.
9. Animation Movie
Animation movie is a kind of movie which involves sound, recording a series of drawing or manipulating in animate object, one frame in one time. When
projected, the sequences of frames take on the illusion of motion. This movie uses computer graphics in creating animated images.
In this research, animation movies are used. Animation movies that will be given is appropriate with the age of Junior High School students. In this study, I
choose animation movies that has funny characteristics, so it can make teaching- learning process more enjoyable.
a. Definition of Animation
According to Pikkov 2010:14, animation essentially involves the presentation of still images in a manner that creates an illusion of motion in
viewers’ minds. The fact that the illusion of motion is located inside the viewers’ minds and not in outside reality is of fundamental importance here. The
movement of marionettes in a puppet theatre does not constitute animation because the audience sees real-life motion, while a moving puppet in an animated
film is animation because the audience is actually presented with still images of
the puppet, which, when presented in a certain manner, lead to an illusion of motion. Thus the movement in animation does not take place on the screen but in
the viewer’s mind. The human eye is capable of retaining an after-image for a fraction of a second, which allows for the perception of motion if a sequence of
slightly different pictures is shown at a certain rate. A filmed recording of a puppet theatre’s show entails only recognition of
the initial movements that are being re-presented on the screen. In the animated film, however, no initial movement occurs; the film has been shot one frame at a
time this is a distinctive technical characteristic of the animated film. This is equally true in all animation techniques: a hand-drawn animation consists of a
series of drawings, and the pixilation technique uses still photographs. In principle, live action fiction films and documentaries can also be seen as
sequences of still images, According to Sfetcu 2011:1, animation is the optical illusion of motion
created by the consecutive display of images of static elements. In film and video production, this refers to techniques by which each frame of a film or movie is
produced individually. These frames may be generated by computers, or by photographing a drawn or painted image, or by repeatedly making small changes
to a model unit, and then photographing the result with a special animation camera. When the frames are strung together and the resulting film is viewed,
there is an illusion of continuous movement due to the phenomenon known as persistence of vision. Generating such a film tends to be very labour intensive and
tedious, though the development of computer animation has greatly sped up the process.
Based on Kuchimanchi 2013, animation has a pretty nerdy definition.
Animation is rapid display of images to create an illusion of movement. They have the power to gain the attention of a person for hours together without boring
them. And sometimes animations are extremely helpful. They help us show and generate interest in something which we otherwise would not entertain.
b. Types and Techniques of Animation
