How to Use animation in a Sentence

animation

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  • The animation for the film took over two years to complete.
  • The website has hundreds of animations you can download.
  • The studio used computer animation for some of the special effects.
  • The trailer does not give much away on the depth the film actually contains behind the animation and jokes.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2024
  • Inside Out was just the balm the storied animation studio needed.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024
  • The soundtrack – with some original songs – is surprisingly good as is the animation.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
  • The most groundbreaking storytelling is all being done in animation.
    — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • In recent years, the firm — which has about 1,300 employees — has expanded into animation, sports and gaming.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
  • And as the the animation above shows, this tilt causes the Moon's shadow to miss the Earth.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The animations on the ground glitched when Swift dove into the opening of the stage.
    — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
  • The bright and friendly animations bring an overall joyful tone to the film.
    — Nikita Eglis, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Anime, the Japanese animation art form, has come a long way in the past few decades.
    — Tyler Aquilina, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
  • But that was how 2013’s The Wind Rises, which was meant to mark the start of the animation master’s retirement, was framed as well.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Whereas the first film was a genuinely bold step for animation, Dawn of the Nugget is overcooked.
    — Jack Francis, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2023
  • To add the animation later, each frame that Schmidt cut was then photocopied as an 8×10 blow-up.
    — Rhett Bartlett, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2023
  • But a shift from hand-drawn to computer animation edged Crews out.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
  • My only real qualm is that the lip sync animations end after just a word or two of each line reading.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Now a short can be a live-action pilot, the first episode of a web series and/or use a filter to turn into an animation, etc.
    — Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The sun-bursting-from-horizon animation is reminiscent of 2021’s Dune, from the font to the color scheme.
    — Robert Anderson, PCMAG, 1 May 2023
  • Here’s an animation of a Titan’s hand reaching out from under the Fortnite map, part of the event launching the season.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The effort to unionize animation’s east coast writers has been discussed for over a decade.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2023
  • Roth is also spearheading the show, which is still in its early stages, keeping the same animation style.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • All the musical and animation stops are pulled out for a series of show-stopping numbers.
    — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Skydance launched its own animation studio in 2017 and is led by ex-Pixar chief John Lasseter.
    — Tim Baysinger, Axios, 15 July 2024
  • Hopefully the transition from animation to live-action doesn't cause the film to lose its voice.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 1 May 2023
  • Don’t have any un-mess-with-able memories of the 1989 hit, which paved the way for an entire renaissance in Disney animation.
    — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2023
  • Then there’s the stop motion animation process itself, which even the most advanced technology in the world can only speed up so much.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Filmed rather than taped in front of an audience, the show featured a rapid-fire series of sketches on a blank white set, brief bits of animation and, for the time, a number of risqué subjects and lines.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Through animation, the pair and their cat Willa become immersed in the story of Jesus, involving notable friends and foes.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024
  • But, in addition to the beautiful animation, the big draw is the voice ensemble, which reunites the film cast, many of whom have only risen in fame since its release.
    — Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023

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