I have seen so many animation myths from animation fans (some I know I believed too), that I have gotten tired enough to debunk some I’ve seen:
•The budget affects a lot of the quality of the animation which is why they have to make decisions to have less “smoother animation”.
• NO! That episode did not redo the animation because the voice actor did a too good of a job, you just compared a storyboard panel to the final animation. A simple scene goes through many reviews and passes before it’s finally approved. (And studio would never do that because that would cost A LOT of money)
•Animators can rarely make their own decisions in the animation unless it’s to plus something that already exists. The only way I see it could happen is if the animator trying to contact the higher ups who is working with the entire episode. But then again, might not be entirely risk free of being replaced.
•Storyboards of feature films and cartoons are quite different in the sense of method and artstyle and the cinematography of it.
But both has the rule that all the necessary information has to be in the storyboard, which means ‘yes, action scenes requires many drawings.’
•A lot of animators use film references for their scenes, especially in feature films whether animators makes them themselves or the studio have filmed before, and it’s not rotorscoping/tracing! They’re studying the body mechanics + acting in order to avoid generic acting.
•NO ANIMATION METHOD IS EASY. 3D, stop-motion, hand drawn, puppet animation. All of them follows the same principles to make it believable and ever technique has is advantages and disadvantages + their own visual style.
•This one really depends on the production but this is accurate in most cases. 3D ANIMATION IS NOT CHEAPER TO PRODUCE. Especially now when many 2D shows is made on the computer. Source: https://www.studiopigeon.com/blog/how-much-does-it-cost-to-produce-animation-and-why/
I see so many times people “criticize” or “share facts”, but is just false information. Myths. So please research, especially if you want to point out the serious flaws because if not, less will be willing to listen because it’s shown you don’t know about the industry.