Timing For Animation
Animation implies a numerous amount of drawings her second of action. The majority it requires that every single frame of the 24 frames within second be animated in order to achieve an illusion of fluidity on the screen
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In animation, the director carefully pre-times every action, so that the animator does not waste time doing unnecessary drawings, but works within prescribed limits.
Timing is a very important part in animation, since it gives a meaning to movement.
Exposure Sheet
The exposure sheet is used when an animator is planning a scene. The animator enters data in the different columns, the name of the drawings an their exposure into the exposure. The exposure helps you to see the animation timing in detail.
Each column of the exposure sheet, is split into rows representing the frames in the scene. It usually has 80 rows and ten columns. This helps the animator to associate a layer with a certain element, such as character, mouth, etcetera and make a record of the frame at which each animator appears.
Traditionally, the exposure sheet was mainly created for the animator to communicate with the cameraman regarding the scene's timing. the camera moves and element trajectories.
