In their simplest form animated movies are an enornmous number of drawings shown in quick succession in much the same manner as a flipbook. The first step in creating an animated movie is drawing the characters. This is accomplished by a team of artists and animators drawing hundreds of thousands of images. Every character's emotion, movement, and background scene must be drawn individually. Often a team of animators is assigned a particular character. In the video clip below, director Simon Wells demonstrating how a series of drawings is brought to life. Flipbook (Quicktime 1.0 Mb, 10fps) Flipbook (Quicktime 0.7 Mb, 5fps)